The Penn Traffic Company
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with The Penn Traffic Company, settling charges that its plan to acquire 45 grocery stores in Pennsylvania and New York...
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Olin Corporation
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Olin Corporation has requested Federal Trade Commission approval to divest its 50 percent interest in Chlor-Chem Ltd., a joint venture located in the United Kingdom, to Schering Agrochemicals Holdings...
Coca-Cola Company
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The Coca-Cola Company has agreed not to acquire any rights to the Dr Pepper brand in the United States without first obtaining Federal Trade Commission antitrust clearance. Coca- Cola also will notify...
Great Expectations Creative Management, Inc.
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Great Expectations Creative Management, Inc., a franchisor of video dating services, and 23 of its franchises have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made inaccurate...
Murfy Alexander Named FTC's Director of Office of Public Affairs
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Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky has announced the appointment of Murfy Alexander to be Director of the Office of Public Affairs, effective immediately. Alexander will direct the...
Trans Continental Affiliates
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The Federal Trade Commission has leveled charges against Trans Continental Affiliates (TCA), a California debt-collection agency, and two of its principals, for using abusive and deceptive practices...
Duram Rubber Products
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The marketers of the Duram Emergency Escape Mask have agreed to notify prior purchasers that the mask does not filter out carbon monoxide, a lethal gas associated with fires, and also to disclose that...
FTC Launches World Wide Web Site
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Federal Trade Commission brochures offering advice and tips for consumers, news releases announcing law-enforcement and other official Commission actions, background information on the agency and its...
Robbins Research International, Inc.
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Motivational speaker Anthony J. Robbins and his company, Robbins Research International, Inc., have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misrepresented the potential earnings of...
Lorrilard Tobacco Company
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Lorillard Tobacco Company (formerly P. Lorillard Co.) has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside a 1958 order requiring Lorillard to offer compensation for promo- tional...
Credit Practices Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has determined that its Credit Practices Rule continues to serve a useful function and, there- fore, will retain the rule in its present form. The Commission's decision...
Lockheed Corporation
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Lockheed Corporation, Martin Marietta Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation. The consent agreement settles...
Eskimo Pie Corporation
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The Eskimo Pie Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made false and misleading claims in advertising that its "Sugar Freedom" line of frozen dessert products is low...
Alternative Fuels--Final Rule Issued
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a final rule to establish labeling requirements for non-liquid alternative fuels -- such as compressed natural gas, hydrogen, and electricity -- and alternative...
O'Rourke/Andrisani Settlement
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The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated settlements in a business opportunity fraud case that, if approved by a federal district court in Florida, would net more than $600,000 for a consumer...
Original Marketing, Inc.
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Original Marketing, Inc., two of its corporate officers and an affiliated advertising agency, have agreed to pay consumer refunds to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and...
Tele-Communications, Inc.
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), settling charges that TCI's $1 billion-plus acquisition of TeleCable Corporation...
Thomas E. O'Day
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One of the defendants named in a 1994 Federal Trade Commission lawsuit has agreed to pay up to $350,000 for consumer redress, and to post a bond of $1 million to protect future customers before...
Orchid Technology
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The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Orchid Technology, settling charges that it misappropriated favorable reviews and tests of competitors' computer...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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The Federal Trade Commission has granted a petition from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) to set aside a 1976 consent order that prohibited AAOS from initiating, pub- lishing or...
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