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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff submitted a comment to the U.S. Â鶹´«Ã½ Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) providing views on supporting electricity market competition in the review of...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Koninklijke Ahold N.V., the parent company of Giant Food Stores, LLC, to sell a supermarket outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to settle charges that its...

Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that Kinder Morgan Inc.'s proposed acquisition of El Paso Corporation would have been...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has halted a telemarketing scam that allegedly tricked consumers who were seeking affordable health insurance into buying worthless medical discount plans. Health Care One...

As part of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's systematic review of all current FTC rules and guides, the FTC is proposing to consolidate the labels required on alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) with those...

At the request of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has halted an operation that allegedly preyed on financially vulnerable homeowners, convincing them to pay $1,995 or more by...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission announced it is amending its Franchise Rule to adjust the monetary thresholds used to determine when the sale of a franchise business is exempt from the Rule, which...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, with the concurrence of the Department of Justice's Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust, released the agencies' fiscal year 2011 report on their review of mergers...

For the first time, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, is releasing consumer advice in six languages. A new consumer alert about wiring money is available in...

Spokeo, Inc., a data broker that compiles and sells detailed information profiles on millions of consumers, will pay $800,000 to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it marketed the profiles...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today announced the appointment of two new deputy directors of the FTC's Bureau of Economics. Ken Heyer will join the agency from the Department of...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to sell its system for surgically treating serious wrist fractures, resolving charges that J&J's proposed $21.3 billion acquisition of...

A U.S. district court granted a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission request and has temporarily shut down a Florida-based operation that allegedly continued to pitch bogus credit-repair services nationwide...

In its ongoing efforts to safeguard consumers’ private information, the FTC has charged two businesses [ complaint 1 | complaint 2] with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission put a stop to the allegedly deceptive practices of a debt settlement operation that lured consumers with exaggerated claims about how it could help reduce their debts. The...

Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved an application by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, GP, L.P., requesting approval to sell their...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will require Graco Inc., a leader in the worldwide market for key industrial finishing equipment, to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is seeking public comment on changes the agency is proposing to make to the EnergyGuide labels that are required for residential furnaces, central air conditioners, and...

Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff, in response to a request from North Carolina Representative Stephen LaRoque, stated that a bill proposed in the North Carolina legislature would likely deny consumers...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will host a one-day public workshop on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to consider the need for new guidance concerning advertising and privacy disclosures in today’s online and...