[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43184-43185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21233]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Financial Services Technology Consortium, Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 25, pursuant to Sec. 6(a) of 
the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 
Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Financial Services Technology 
Consortium, Inc. (``Consortium''), has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing changes in its membership and area of planned

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activity. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the 
Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to 
actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Specifically, the membership changes are as follows: Norwest 
Corporation, Minneapolis, MN was admitted as a principal member. Compaq 
Computer Corporation, Houston, TX and @Work Technologies, New York, NY 
were admitted as Associate Members. American Recovery Association, New 
Orleans, LA was admitted as an Advisory Member. The following parties 
are no longer members; Equifax Credit Information Services; Global 
Concepts, Inc.; Gemini Computers, Inc.; Raptor Systems, Inc.; SSDS, 
Inc.; Home Financial Network, Inc.; and YCS, Inc. Membership remains 
open and the Consortium intends to file additional written 
notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
    The consortium also filed notice that it has entered into an 
Agreement for Strategic Alliance with the Banking Industry Technology 
Secretariat (``BITS'') as a new activity of the Consortium.
    On October 21, 1993, the Financial Services Technology Consortium 
filed its original notification pursuant to Sec. 6(a) of the Act. The 
Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register 
pursuant to Sec. 6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1993 (58 FR 65399). 
The last notification was filed on February 6, 1997. A notice was 
published in the Federal Register on March 20, 1997 (62 FR 13394).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 97-21233 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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