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False promises of a pre-approved, guaranteed MasterCard for a fee have been halted by a U.S. District Court at the request of the �鶹��ý Trade Commission. The FTC is also announcing today charges...

WHO: �鶹��ý Trade Commission U.S. Postal Inspection Service State of Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions Consumer representative WHEN: Thursday, February 2, 2006 10:30 AM WHERE: �鶹��ý Trade...

Investigations closing: The Commission’s Bureau of Competition has closed its investigation into the acquisition by Comcast Corporation (Comcast) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) of the cable assets...

An automated phone dialing service hung up on more than 64 million people and called more than a million others whose numbers were listed on the National Do Not Call Registry, according to the �鶹��ý...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), the San Diego District Attorney’s Office, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California are hosting a...

The creator of allegedly false and misleading advertising for Gero Vita International’s dietary supplements has settled �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges. Chase Revel is required to post a $1 million...

February 5-11 is the week to focus on consumer protection! Each year, National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) highlights consumer protection and education efforts across the country. During the week...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file a...

Consumer data broker ChoicePoint, Inc., which last year acknowledged that the personal financial records of more than 163,000 consumers in its database had been compromised, will pay $10 million in...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission today released its annual report detailing consumer complaints about fraud and identity theft in 2005. Complaints about identity theft topped the list, accounting for 255...

FTC to Announce Multi-Million-Dollar Civil Penalty for Data Security Violations The �鶹��ý Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, January 26, 2006, at 11 am EST to announce a...

Commission approval of comment to the �鶹��ý Energy Regulatory Commission: The Commission has approved a comment to the �鶹��ý Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) about economically sound ways to...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for Ohio hosted a workshop in Cleveland today to continue a nationwide campaign to find more ways...

Under a settlement reached by the �鶹��ý Trade Commission and announced today, a Georgia-based corporation, Entrepreneurial Strategies, Ltd., and its chief executive officer, Dale Allison, Jr., will...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission has charged an employment-opportunity scammer and his companies with marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employment program. Through advertisements and...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission and the United States Postal Inspection Service will hold a media availability, following a one-day workshop for law enforcement, government, and community groups, to...

Under a consent agreement announced today, the �鶹��ý Trade Commission will allow Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s (Teva) proposed acquisition of IVAX Corporation (IVAX), provided the companies...

Commission authorization of the filing of staff comment: The Commission has authorized the staffs of the Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Bureau of Economics to file a...

The �鶹��ý Trade Commission today reiterated that despite the claims made in e-mails circulating on the Internet, consumers should not be concerned that their cell phone numbers will be released to...

Consumer reporting agency Far West Credit, Inc. will pay $120,000 to settle �鶹��ý Trade Commission charges that it did not follow reasonable procedures to assure the accuracy of the information in...