FTC Accepts Ahold/Giant Settlement
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it had accepted a proposed settlement with Koninklijke Ahold nv and Giant Food Inc., which will keep supermarket prices competitive in eight...
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"Y2K? Y 2 CARE" Series Offers Tips for Consumers and Industry about How To Prepare for the Year 2000
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"Y2K? Y 2 Care" is the theme of five business and consumer publications released today by the Federal Trade Commission as part of National Y2K Action Week, October 19-23. The week is an initiative of...
FTC and DOJ Announce "Communiqu" from First Antitrust "Summit of the Americas"
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice today published a "Communiqué" from the first "Antitrust Summit of the Americas." Antitrust authorities from 11 of the 12 nations of the...
Announced Actions for October 19, 1998
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Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following entities. The Commission action makes the consent orders...
Pitofsky Assesses Impact of Merger Guideline Revisions
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Robert Pitofsky, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, said today that 18 months after adoption of new guidelines for treating efficiency claims in defense of mergers, dire predictions about the...
LaFarge Settles FTC Charges
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LaFarge, Corp. has agreed to restructure its agreement to purchase certain assets of Holnam, Inc., to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the purchase agreement violated federal antitrust...
FTC and Eight Attorneys General Seek Preliminary Injunction to Require Marketer of "Do-It-Yourself" Termite Bait System to Change Its Ads
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The Federal Trade Commission and eight state Attorneys General today sought a preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court to require the marketer of TERMINATE, a termite bait system, to modify the...
FTC Continues to Steer Consumers away from Deceptive Automobile Lease and Credit Ads
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Chrysler Corporation, its national advertising agency, Bozell Worldwide Inc., and Martin Advertising, Inc., a regional advertising agency for General Motors’ dealerships and dealer associations, have...
FTC Staff Files Comment with Massachusetts Office about Rules Governing Regulated Utilities and Unregulated Affiliates
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The staff of the Federal Trade Commission on October 8 filed a comment with the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy (MDTE) outlining issues it may wish to consider as it reviews...
FTC Upholds Charges that Toys "R" Us Induced Toy Makers to Stop Selling Desirable Toys to Warehouse Clubs
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Toys "R" Us, the nation’s largest toy retailer, was ordered today by the Federal Trade Commission to stop engaging in illegal practices that keep toy prices higher and reduce choice for consumers...
FTC Premerger Notification Office Issues Formal Interpretation Under Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
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The Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, has issued a Formal Interpretation under the Hart-Scott...
FTC Wins Landmark Case Against National Franchisor
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that a federal court has found Minuteman Press International, Inc., its wholly-owned affiliate Speedy Sign-A-Rama, U.S.A., Inc., and two of the...
FTC Wraps Up Record Year in Antitrust Enforcement
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Antitrust enforcement at the Federal Trade Commission has just concluded one of the most active years in recent memory, according to William J. Baer, Director of the agency's Bureau of Competition...
FTC Charges Three Indiana Telemarketers with Deceptively Soliciting Small Businesses to Pay for Advertisements "Community" Publications
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A U.S. District Court has ordered a temporary halt to the operations of three Fort Wayne-based telemarketers charged by the Federal Trade Commission with deceptively convincing small businesses they...
Two Companies And Their Principals Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting "Credit Repair" Services; Court Enters Final Judgment Against a Third
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements with two companies and their principals to resolve charges brought against them as part of "Operation Eraser," a federal-state crackdown on...
Announced Action(s) for October 6, 1998
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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...
Las Vegas Filmmaking Telemarketers in FTC Investment Fraud Case Permanently Banned from Engaging in Telemarketing Activities
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Four individuals and four companies, named by the Federal Trade Commission in its "Project Field of Schemes" investment fraud cases, have agreed to settle FTC charges that they, and others, made...
FTC Staff and Washington, D.C. and Oregon Officials Check Used Car Lots for "Buyers Guide"
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and local investigators recently checked used car lots in Washington, D.C. and Oregon to evaluate compliance with the FTC's Used Car Rule, which requires used car...
FTC Files Comment with FCC About Advanced Telecom Services
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On September 25, the Federal Trade Commission staff filed a comment with the Federal Communications Commission about competition issues related to FCC's proposed framework for the development and...
One of Country's Largest Debt Collectors Agrees to Pay Record $1 Million Civil Penalty to Settle Charges of Violating Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
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Nationwide Credit, Inc., of Atlanta, Georgia, has agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that the company violated...
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