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FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 01-12 we feature matters handled by the FTC during the final quarter of 2011.

FTCNewsLine is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 04-11 we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the third quarter of 2011.

The twelfth lecture in the Annual Shirley Playfair Lecture Series will be held on September 13, 2011 at 3:00 pm at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

The Fair Trading Commission's assessment, of the likely competition effects of the proposed acquisition of Claro by Digicel, which was scheduled for release by July 29, 2011 will be released at a later date.

FTC Newsline is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue: 03-11 we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the second quarter of 2011.

Beyond an ad hominem title that may not necessarily be attributable to Darron Thomas, his response to my ‘Clarifying the Jurisdiction of the FTC’ bears a staunch resistance to reading primary as opposed to secondary research material.

In an article entitled Power and Privilege: How the FCA Lost its Teeth, and the FTC, Its Spine published in the Sunday Gleaner of April 3, 2011, Darron Thomas, Lecturer in the School of Business Administration at the University of Technology, made several unfounded and inaccurate statements regarding the Fair Competition Act, 1993,(FCA) and the jurisdiction exercisable by the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) pursuant to that Act, which warrant clarification in the public interest.

FTC Newsline is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue, we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the first quarter of 2011.

This report summarizes the key results of our study into the nature and extent of competition in the commercial banking sector in Jamaica. The aim of the study is to assess whether any bank or group of banks could be hindering competition; and recommend measures to enhance competition in the sector.

FTC Newsline is an online quarterly newsletter of the Fair Trading Commission. In this Issue, we feature matters being handled by the FTC during the last quarter of 2010.