Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On the Proposed Tobacco Settlement
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Robert Pitofsky, Former Chairman
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29 de Oct de 1997
Public Statement
From Open Access to Convergence Mergers: An Antitrust Perspective on the Transition to Electricity Competition (Revised: February 6, 1998)
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INTRODUCTION In looking over the program before you arrived this morning, some of you may well have asked: what is someone from the Federal Trade Commission doing as our luncheon speaker? I thought...
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FTC Chairman Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust Exemption in Proposed Tobacco Settlement
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The antitrust exemption contained in the proposed tobacco settlement is unacceptably broad, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky said today as he presented Commission testimony before the...
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FTC Extends Comment Period for Proposed New Method for Determining Cigarettes' Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide Yields
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The Federal Trade Commission has extended until Jan. 20, 1998, the public comment period on proposed revisions to the method currently used to determine the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide ratings...
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Marketer of Dietary Suppliement Advertised through Spanish-Language Media Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Unsubstantiated Benefits Claims for Product
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A Brooklyn, New York-based seller of a dietary supplement has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made unsubstantiated health benefits claims for "Alen," a powdered nutritional...
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Comercializador de un suplemento dietético que se anuncia por los medios de comunicación en español acepta resolver demanda de la FTC por hacer afirmaciones no corroboradas de los beneficios del producto
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El vendedor de un suplemento dietético de Brooklyn, Nueva York ha acordado resolver las acusaciones presentadas por la Federal Trade Commission (FTC) en cuanto a las afirmaciones no corroboradas de...
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Venegas, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 29, 1997
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Consent Agreement Package
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27 de Oct de 1997
24 de Oct de 1997
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Announced Actions for October 24, 1997
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Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval of a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 24, 1997
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Decision & Order
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - October 24, 1997
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Decision & Order
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23 de Oct de 1997
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Magazine, Prize Telemarketer Settles FTC Charges; Lifetime Ban on Magazine Sales and Prize Promotions
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The owner of a telemarketing company whose employees conned consumers by telling them they had won a valuable prize, and then convinced them to "redeem" their prize by sending money, has agreed to...
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Mag-Topia, Inc. ("MTI") and Robert Flarid (timeline item) - October 23, 1997
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21 de Oct de 1997
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Atlanta Telemarketers Offering "Guaranteed" Credit Cards for a Fee Deceived Consumers, FTC Said
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A federal district court in Atlanta has temporarily halted what the Federal Trade Commission has alleged to be a deceptive telemarketing scheme offering "guaranteed" unsecured credit cards for an...
20 de Oct de 1997
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Chicago Finance Company Agrees To Pay $40,000 Civil Penalty to Settle Charges That it Violated Equal Credit Opportunity And Fair Credit Reporting Acts
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Bonlar Loan Co., Inc., a Chicago-based finance company that makes small loans to low income consumers who often have poor credit histories, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...
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Bonlar Loan Co., Inc. and Larry Metnick., U.S. (timeline item) - October 20, 1997
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Consent Decree
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17 de Oct de 1997
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Announced Actions for October 17, 1997
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent order...
Federal Register Notice
Alternative Fuel Rule Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request - 16 CFR Part 309
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Global World Media Corporation and Sean Shayan, In the Matter of (timeline item) - October 17, 1997
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Complaint
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Decision & Order
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