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November 25, 2002
November 22, 2002
FTC Staff Provides FERC with Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Standard Electricity Market Design
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Economics and General Counsel's Office of Policy Studies on November 15, 2002, provided the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with comments...
Announced Actions for November 22, 2002
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The Commission has approved four applications from America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW) requesting approval of non-affiliated Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and alternative cable broadband...
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America Online, Inc., and Time Warner Inc. (timeline item) - November 22, 2002
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Shell Oil Company and Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (timeline item) - November 22, 2002
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Decision and Order
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Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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November 21, 2002
Preserving Competition, FTC Requires Divestitures Before Allowing Wal-Mart's Acquisition of Supermercados Amigo In Puerto Rico
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Company Would be Required to Divest Four Amigo Stores to Supermercados Maximo, Inc. Under the terms of a proposed consent order accepted for public comment by the Federal Trade Commission and...
Operations Charged with Business Opportunity Scams
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The Federal Trade Commission has charged companies that used false earnings claims and other deceptive representations to sell vending machine business opportunities with violating federal law. A...
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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and Supermercados Amigo, Inc. (timeline item) - November 21, 2002
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Order to Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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November 20, 2002
November 19, 2002
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Workshop on Deception in Weight Loss Advertising
The FTC held a workshop to explore alternate approaches to reducing deceptive claims in advertising for weight-loss products. Following up on the issuance of the FTC staff report, Weight-Loss...
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Rambus Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 19, 2002
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November 18, 2002
La FTC Realiza un Taller sobre Publicidad de Productos para Perder Peso
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Tema: Un taller para explorar el impacto de la publicidad engañosa de productos para perder peso sobre la salud pública y nuevos enfoques para luchar contra la proliferación de afirmaciones...
Blue Stuff to Pay FTC $3 Million to Settle Charges That Its Infomercial Promises to Relieve Severe Pain Are Deceptive
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Blue Stuff, Inc., McClung Advertising, Inc., and their president, Jack McClung, have agreed to pay $3 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made unsubstantiated claims that Blue...
FTC to Hold Weight Loss Advertising Workshop
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WHAT: A workshop to explore the impact that deceptive weight-loss product advertising has on public health and new approaches for fighting the proliferation of false, misleading, and unsubstantiated...
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Blue Stuff, Inc., Jack McClung, and McClung Advertising, Inc. (timeline item) - November 18, 2002
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Statement of Commissioner Anthony
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Statement of Commissioner Swindle
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Opinion 02-4
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Discusses whether franchisors may use financial statements prepared according to non-American generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
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