Commission Actions

The Federal Trade Commission charged today that Intel Corporation, the world’s largest manufacturer of microprocessors, used its monopoly power to cement its dominance over the microprocessor market...

What: PRESS CONFERENCE Who: William J. Baer, Director FTC Bureau of Competition When: 2:30 P.M, Monday, June 8, 1998 Where: Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 432 Washington...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Consumers have little privacy protection on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission said today as it released its "Report to Congress on Privacy Online." The report, a comprehensive analysis of the...

Representatives of the United States and the European Communities today signed an agreement clarifying the circumstances under which they will refer cases of anticompetitve activities to each other...

Gary Walton, doing business as Pinnacle Financial Services, has agreed to settle federal charges that he allegedly assisted Canadian telemarketers in their fraudulent advance fee loan scheme directed...

In testimony today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, William J. Baer, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, outlined, on behalf of the Commission, the agency’s...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Consent agreement given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the...

The Federal Trade Commission joined with other federal agencies and filed comments on May 29, 1998, with the Federal Reserve Board (Board) advocating changes in its Regulation B and Regulation C. The...

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission filed a comment on May 29, 1998, with the Maine Department of the Attorney General and Public Utilities Commission regarding "The Interim Report on Market...

What: Federal Trade Commission Report on Privacy Online The report assesses the current state of industry self-regulation as a means of protecting consumer privacy -- including children's privacy --...