| In the United Kingdom the OFT and MMC have often considered excessive pricing arising out of oligopolistic market structures. |
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| According to the OFT, signing up customers without their active consent is a breach of the 1974 Consumer Credit Act. |
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| According to the OFT, these chains have been inflating pre-sale pricing far beyond what products were ever sold for. |
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| The OFT also found evidence that some companies were not complying with some consumer regulations. |
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| Around one-and-a-half million tenancy agreements are clinched each year worth nearly 6 billion and the OFT is determined these contracts must be fair. |
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| The OFT is to look into competition and selling with regard to store cards and could launch a formal investigation if uncompetitive practices are found. |
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| Government receives OFT s recommendations in report on Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland divestments. |
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| At the time, the OFT stressed that it should not be assumed that the parties involved had broken the law. |
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| The OFT Retailer Code of Practice has not resulted in any change in behaviour, and is unlikely to do so. |
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| The OFT offered both Winchester College and Eton a fifty percent reduction in their penalties in return for their full cooperation with the investigation. |
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| Concern about the restrictive practice has been raised as the OFT reaches the closing stages of its six month study into the servicing of new car warranties. |
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