Federal Trade Commission articles over last 30 days

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2012/05/27 01:25
2012/05/27 01:25
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... Pennsylvania was ranked 14 in the nation for identity theft complaints, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Pennsylvania maintains its status as the East Coast "magnet state" for...
2012/05/27 01:25
2012/05/27 01:25
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2012/05/26 23:55
2012/05/26 23:55
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Free tips and advice you can trust on direct selling are available at www.bbb.org/us/dsef-tips. Federal Trade Commission Wondering what kind of proof you need to back up the claims in your ads?...
2012/05/26 22:06
2012/05/26 22:06
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... limitations to the jurisdictions of both the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission so, as a result, "calls from or on behalf of political organizations,...
2012/05/26 13:43
2012/05/26 13:43
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... that really mean that this event is as bad as Chernobyl? It kind of breaks my heart that the Federal Trade Commission may soon crack down on "greenwashing." For years, polluters' claims that...
2012/05/26 10:37
2012/05/26 10:37
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... Skechers made unsubstantiated health claims about certain brands of athletic shoes.� The Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of 44 states including Oregon had alleged that...
2012/05/26 07:59
2012/05/26 07:59
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Instinctively, we look for people�s motives. We need to know who we can trust and who we can�t. We�re especially skeptical of business because we know business wants our money. It took me too long to...
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2012/05/25 23:52
2012/05/25 23:52
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... asked to take on a risk that a professional lender will not take," said Malian Mithal of the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC recommends that you remember you're acting as more than a...
2012/05/25 22:38
2012/05/25 22:38
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... name of his employer and phone number as I was going to file a complaint with Microsoft, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission! He stated that he can't...
2012/05/25 20:32
2012/05/25 20:32
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... not be necessary, with private groups working to implement recommendations from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the agency's chairman said Monday. The Digital Advertising Alliance,...
2012/05/25 20:26
2012/05/25 20:26
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... United States, blagging is known as "pretexting". According to the website of the Federal Trade Commission, pretexting is illegal under federal law if the purpose is to obtain...
2012/05/25 20:10
2012/05/25 20:10
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... adults with a broader system of protection against abuse and fraud. Bingham noted the Federal Trade Commission recently released a report that indicated the Thomasville and Lexington...
2012/05/25 18:49
2012/05/25 18:49
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For Facebook, the show must go on – and it's one show after another, constantly. While the ink is still drying on its billion dollar acquisition of Instagram–which the FTC is looking into on...
2012/05/25 16:45
2012/05/25 16:45
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Judge Ellen Huvelle in a battle between the National Automobile Dealers Association and the Federal Trade Commission. The law says auto dealers who agree to extend financing have to tell...
2012/05/25 16:42
2012/05/25 16:42
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Along with Facebook’s other troubles is the scrutiny by the FTC about their pre-IPO purchase of Instagram. At issue is the startup’s “future plans,” and to what extent the social media giant bought it...
Read more at Forbes, Wired News
2012/05/25 15:32
2012/05/25 15:32
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Anticompetitive in Market for Outpatient Dialysis Clinics Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a modified final order settling charges that Fresenius Medical...
2012/05/25 15:23
2012/05/25 15:23
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... spent $10.5 billion to market their products in 2008, the most recent year tracked by the Federal Trade Commission. In that same year, state anti-tobacco funding was about $779 million,...
2012/05/25 13:45
2012/05/25 13:45
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Systems, Inc. (NYSE: NCS) announced that the Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the waiting period under the...
2012/05/25 11:34
2012/05/25 11:34
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... loan is farmed out to a bank or finance company. That ruling came from federal judge Ellen Huvelle in a battle between the National Automobile Dealers Association and the Federal Trade Commiss...
2012/05/25 08:02
2012/05/25 08:02
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PORTLAND, Ore. – It's the new spam: Strange text messages offering prizes or gift cards are being sent to cell phones. Text spam doubled last year. The messages look like they're from Best Buy,...
2012/05/25 01:49
2012/05/25 01:49
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Let the rumble begin! In the right corner we have the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In the left corner we have beverages company POM Wonderful. On Monday May 21 Chief Administrative Law Judge D....