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Trial Date place In Retailer Suit Against MasterCard, Visa

Feb 10 2000 (Card freshs Vol. 15, No. 3 via COMTEX) -- Associations'

Market Power subordinate to Scrutiny Again

couple recent rulings by the arbitrator overseeing the now 3-year-old suit

brought by the agency of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart [WMT] and other retailers

against Purchase, N.Y.-based MasterCard and San Francisco-based Visa

brought the case into the spotlight again.

As the case accelerates, it heightens the squeezing on the
associations from federal regulators who are questioning the legality

of the associations' use

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