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2012/05/25 07:08
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Study: Stores overcharge sale prices
PHOENIX — A new study shows that some merchants may not be giving consumers what they were promised. The state Department of Weights and Measures picked up those ads stuffed in the Sunday papers of...
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2012/05/24 00:55
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Buying home items on credit
As a home owner, you may be looking at upgrading for better energy efficiency, improving the look of your home, or simply having more fun stuff. While it is still a good philosophy to only purchase...
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2012/05/22 22:13
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Oreck to pay consumers $700,000 for unfounded hea...
... total of nearly $700,000 -- as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over False advertising claims. In addition, Oreck is barred from making future claims that its vacuum...
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Federal Trade Commission Oreck Corporation Oreck Corp. Oreck Halo Vacuum Washington
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2012/05/22 17:11
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Dick’s Sporting Goods Settles with Governor’s Off...
... a settlement with Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (“Dick’s”) to resolve claims of deceptive advertising. The agency alleges that Dick’s compared merchandise “sale” prices to “original” or...
Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. John Sours Governor's Office of Consumer Protection Atlanta University System
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2012/05/22 00:12
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TBL: Is Ticketworld Scalping Concert Tickets?
Consumers put up with a lot, but nothing torques them off quite like confusing, misleading or inequitable pricing, whether it's concert tickets, bagels or even a single banana. Nancy B. of New...
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2012/05/20 02:25
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News flash: Wearing Skechers won't trim your butt
... as having lost weight or reduced their body fat. Other recent investigations into False advertising: Reebok International Ltd. agreed to pay $25 million after the FTC questioned...
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Federal Trade Commission SKECHERS USA Inc. Kim Kardashian Brooke Burke Washington
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2012/05/16 23:55
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TOP HEADLINES: Gas-price drop gives relief to con...
Here are today's top stories from The Associated Press. Drop in gas prices this month helping drivers, businesses NEW YORK — A threat that's been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot...
NEW YORK Facebook Robert Mueller Federal Bureau of Investigation Barack Obama
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2012/05/16 11:22
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Sales Tax Isn't Why Online Retailers Are Killing ...
Sales Tax Isn't Why Online Retailers Are Killing Your Store Let's talk about a real-world example of competition in the physical/local market versus going online. Last month I went to purchase an...
Why Online Retailers Are Killing Your Store Let's talk Lea Strickland CHICAGO Boston
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2012/05/16 10:48
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Man pickets restaurant over all you can eat policy
... Give a man a fish and feed him for a day? Not for one disgruntled customer, who is claiming False advertising after an all-you-can-eat restaurant kicked him out. Weighing in at 350 pounds and...
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Bill Wisth THIENSVILLE Wis Elizabeth Roeming WTMJ-TV
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2012/05/15 23:02
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Hagan says bill restricting how for-profit colleg...
A month after introducing a bill in Congress that would restrict how for-profit colleges spend tax dollars, N.C. Sen. Kay Hagan says it's gaining momentum. "What this bill does is it tells our...
Kay Hagan CONGRESS Consumers Union federal government
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2012/05/15 00:00
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Olive industry calls for better labels
... and avoid the Australian olive industry’s potential decimation from “wrongdoing, misleading advertising and misleading labelling”.In his speech, Senator Williams also accused retail...
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Richard Whiting John Williams Australian Olive Association Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Senate
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2012/05/11 16:04
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Raynham car dealership agrees to pay $225k to res...
A family of car dealerships with locations in Hanover and Raynham has agreed to pay $225,000 in restitution, civil penalties and attorney fees to resolve allegations that it used deceptive marketing...
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Martha Coakley McGee Motorcars Inc. McGee Chevrolet Inc. Suffolk Superior Court Suffolk Superior Court
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2012/05/10 16:46
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Bummer! Lotto Ticket Misprint Fools Man Into Thin...
... makes selling tickets, they should give him the money. I would consider this fraud, and False advertising. What is stopping any state from claiming a misprint for a winning ticket. If it...
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Paul Pasquarosa CBS tickets Boston George Miller
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2012/05/08 17:36
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Public Health Activists Seek FTC Investigation of...
... teenagers to engage in "dangerous behavior" -- playing through illness -- and creates a false sequence of events to enhance Gatorade's role in the performance and uses deceptive product...
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Michael Jordan Public Health Advocacy Institute Federal Trade Commission Public Health Advocacy Institute National Basketball Association
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2012/05/03 15:12
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Contracting officers asked for more details in ne...
... total value of savings achieved]. Reverse auctions are neither good nor bad - they are a tool when properly use provide benefit and when poorly used become a weapon for false...
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2012/05/02 08:34
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Energy Watch misled consumers: court
A MISLEADING advertising campaign run by the company Energy Watch has been described as deplorable by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims. The Federal Court found Energy...
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Energy Watch Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Federal Court Rod Sims Shane Marshall
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2012/05/01 15:32
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FTC Wins Court Judgment Against Massive Get-Rich-...
... bought them lost money. Regarding the John Beck system, the court found that the defendants falsely represented that consumers could purchase homes at tax sales in their own area for pennies...
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Federal Trade Commission John Alexander Jeff Paul John Beck Amazing Profits LLC U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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2012/04/30 04:24
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Energy Watch misled customers, court finds
... thinking they could save hundred of dollars on electricity bills during a nine-month advertising blitz, a court has found. But, Energy Watch was not offering a comparison service and...
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Shane Marshall Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Ben Polis Energy Watch Federal Court in Melbourne
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2012/04/29 12:00
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BBB: Research ‘green’ claims before spending your...
I was recently shopping for a new laundry detergent. My daughter was diagnosed with a severe nickel allergy and I needed to find a more natural detergent so that her skin would be less...
Federal Trade Commission Green Guides U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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2012/04/26 22:12
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TPG pays $13,200 in fines over misleading ads
TPG has paid two infringement notices totaling $13,200 after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took the telco to task for misleading advertising. The company was fined twice...
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Rod Sims Melbourne Sydney Brisbane
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