21.   The details also show just how quietly Nine West and the department stores have stepped to try to keep the pricing practices private.

22.   The company cited continuing cost controls, stable pricing practices, and a shift toward higher-margin products.

23.   The company cited continuing costs controls, stable pricing practices, and a shift toward higher-margin products.

24.   The company had earlier acknowledged that the Federal Trade Commission was investigating its pricing practices.

25.   The FTC is already investigating gasoline pricing practices in the California oil industry, responding to a request by Boxer a year ago.

26.   The FTC has subpoenaed documents on pricing practices at the major companies doing business in California.

27.   The lawsuit culminates more than two years of investigation by the federal government into complaints of predatory pricing practices by American and other major carriers.

28.   The Justice Department said Thursday that it had begun a significant investigation into possible anticompetitive pricing practices in the newsprint industry.

29.   The measure would also give DOT the authority to crack down on so-called predatory pricing practices.

30.   The major oil refiners denied the pricing reflected anti-competitive practices.