Intel Corporation, the leading producer of microprocessors for personal computers, proposes to acquire the voting securities of Chips and Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of graphics and video...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities: Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.; Volkswagen...

DuPont Advanced Fiber Systems and BASF Corporation have each independently petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to change its Textile Labeling Rules to include generic names and definitions for new...

Approximately two-thirds of the Chicago metropolitan-area patients who undergo lithotripsy -- a non-surgical, shock-wave treatment for stones -- are treated at one or the other of two Parkside Kidney...

The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit in federal district court alleging that Alpine Industries, Inc., a company based in Tennessee and Minnesota, has violated a 1995 Commission order by...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final a consent agreement with the following entity. The Commission action makes the consent order...

In order to settle Federal Trade Commission charges, TRW Inc. has agreed to divest a portion of the systems engineering and technical assistance (SETA) operations of McLean, Virginia-based BDM...

The Federal Trade Commission on December 19, 1997, filed public comments in support of a Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) proposal to implement the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (“Act”)...

As part of its ongoing "Project $cholar$cam," an effort to combat fraudulent scholarship promotion schemes, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled a complaint against Deco...

Shell Oil Company and Texaco, Inc., have agreed to divest a package of assets, including Shell's Anacortes, Washington, refinery; a Hawaiian terminal; and retail gasoline stations in Hawaii and in...

Orson Swindle has been sworn in today as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission and has assumed the responsibilities of the office. The Federal Trade Commission enforces federal laws and rules...

Mozelle W. Thompson has been sworn in as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission and has assumed the responsibilities of the office. The Federal Trade Commission enforces federal laws and rules...

In settlement of Federal Trade Commission allegations that the proposed acquisition by CUC International, Inc., (CUC) of HFS Incorporated (HFS) would create a virtual monopoly in the worldwide market...

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...

Information about Registered Identification Numbers (RNs), issued by the Federal Trade Commission for use on labels on clothing and other textile or fur products, is now available on the Internet at...

The $36 billion merger between Guinness PLC and Grand Metropolitan PLC was given tentative approval by the Federal Trade Commission after the companies agreed to sell three of their top-selling...

Federal Trade Commission staff announced today the results of "Kids Privacy Surf Day" designed as a "snapshot" of children's Web sites' privacy practices. FTC staff found that approximately 86 percent...

The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has settled a "Project $cholar$cam" case against Florida-based College Assistance Services, Inc., and two of its principals, Linda Love and John...

Petitions to reopen and modify or set aside orders: The FTC has received a petition from the following entity seeking changes in, or termination of, an FTC order. The FTC is seeking public comments on...

Tod Silvers, owner of Interstate Inc., and three other defendants who ran a deceptive advance fee loan scheme business, have agreed to pay $374,000 in settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges...