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September 10, 2007
September 8, 2007
September 7, 2007
FTC Challenges Illegal Agreement to Close, Acquire Dialysis Clinics
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a consent order settling charges that two dialysis clinic operators – American Renal Associates, Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. –...
Commission Approves Appointment of Compliance Officer in Matter of Rambus Incorporated
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FTC approval of appointment of compliance officer in matter of Rambus Inc.: By a vote of 5-0, the Commission has approved an application to appoint a compliance officer in the matter of Rambus...
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American Renal Associates, Inc., a corporation, and Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., a corporation (timeline item) - September 7, 2007
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Complaint
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Realcomp II Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - September 7, 2007
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Order Closing the Hearing Record
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September 6, 2007
Invention Promotion Swindlers Ordered to Pay $60 Million in Scheme that Defrauded 17,000 Consumers
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The operators of an invention promotion business, which a judge called “one grand con game to take money away from consumers,” have been ordered to pay $60 million for violating a 1998 court order....
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International Product Design, Inc.; the Innovation Center, Inc.; National Idea Center, Inc.; New Products of America, Inc.; Azure Communications, Inc. dba London Communications, Inc.; International Licensing Corporation, Inc. (timeline item) - September 6
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Order for Monetary Relief
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September 5, 2007
Supplementary Testimony, Letter to Senator Herb Kohl
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Pamela Jones Harbour, Former Commissioner
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Commission Approves Issuance of Federal Register Notice Announcing Review of Mail Order Rule
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Commission approval of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the issuance of a Federal Register notice announcing the start of its decennial review of the FTC’s Mail or Telephone Order...
September 4, 2007
Telemarketers Pay $505,000 & Forfeit $1,030,000 in Uncashed Checks and Unpaid Invoices
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Canadian telemarketers will pay $505,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they scammed United States businesses into paying for business directories and listings that had never been...
September 1, 2007
Report
Vertical Relationships and Competition in Retail Gasoline Markets: Comment
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In a paper in the March 2004 AER, Justine Hastings concludes that the acquisition of an independent gasoline retailer, Thrifty, by a vertically integrated firm, ARCO, is associated with sizable price...
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Economics at the FTC: Pharmaceutical Patent Dispute Settlements and Behavioral Economics
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Economics at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) supports both the competition and consumer protection missions of the agency. In this year's essay we discuss two issues, one from each of the agency...
August 31, 2007
FTC Approves Proposed Divestitures by Service Corp. International
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Commission approval of proposed divestitures: Following a public comment period, the Commission has approved a petition for divestiture of two funeral homes pursuant to the modifying order issued in...
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