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October 12, 1999
October 8, 1999
Remaining VFS Defendants Banned from Business Opportunity Industry
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Samuel and Jay Levine, President and Vice President respectively for Vendors Financial Services (VFS), have agreed to a permanent ban from marketing any business opportunity, franchise or business...
Announced Actions for October 8, 1999
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Advocacy/comments filed by FTC the Commission: The Commission has authorized the filing of comments on the Federal Communications...
October 7, 1999
United States and Japan Sign Bilateral Antitrust Agreement
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno today signed an antitrust cooperation agreement between the United States and Japan. The agreement was signed for...
U.S. - Japan Bilateral Antitrust Cooperation Agreement
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Related Releases
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U.S. - Japan Cooperation Agreement
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October 6, 1999
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Solving the Problem of Scholarship scams
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Sheila F. Anthony, Former Commissioner
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Testimony
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FTC Testimony Addresses Scholarship Services Scams
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"The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 provides some useful tools to help combat scholarship fraud," said Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony in delivering FTC testimony today...
Crammers Settle FTC Charges (October 1999)
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Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...
Federal Register Notice
Requests for Views on Draft Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitiors
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October 5, 1999
Announced Action(s) for October 5, 1999
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Release of New Consumer and Business Education Alert: To alert small business owners to two Y2K scams - phony billing for Y2K...
"Catch the Bandit in Your Mailbox"
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Pledging a continuing law enforcement effort against mail fraud that costs both consumers and businesses millions of dollars a year, the Federal Trade Commission and its partners, the U.S. Postal...
October 4, 1999
Public Statement
Global Mergers: Trade Issues and Alliances in the New Millenium
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I. Statistics: How Trade and Mergers are Changing the Face of the Economy A. Growth in Exports, Imports and FDI In the US, exports have effectively doubled and imports climbed by more than half in the...
October 1, 1999
Report
The Effect of Asymmetric Entry Costs on Bertrand Competition
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By permitting firms to have different entry costs, I generalize two previously studied models of two-stage entry and pricing amongst Bertrand competitors. I find that the existing results depend...
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FTC and DOJ Propose Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations among Competitors
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The Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has drafted "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors." The agencies today...
Tractor Trailer Training School Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Job Success Rates of Graduates
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A New England-based vocational school offering courses in truck driving has agreed to disclose its job placement and licensing-test pass rates to prospective students as part of a settlement of...
"Catch the Bandit in the Mailbox"
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference to announce new initiatives -- including a new "Internet Public Service Announcement Banner Project" -- to help state and federal officials "...
Case Timeline Item
Eight Point Communications, Inc., et, al (timeline item) - October 1, 1999
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