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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today is announcing a second case challenging the marketing and selling of unproven and dangerous comfrey products via the Web, as part of its ongoing and comprehensive...

Commission extension of time period: The FTC has approved the extension of a time period in the following matter: Baxter International, Inc. Under the order in Docket No. C-3726 which concerned Baxter...

Data Medical Capital, Inc., and its principal, Bryan D'Antonio, will be permanently banned from selling business ventures, employment opportunities or work-at-home opportunities, and from...

On August 2, 2001, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will hold an initial public conference to examine factors that affect prices of refined petroleum products in the United States. The conference, which...

Testifying on behalf of the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today before the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, Bureau...

Today at a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission testified about the joint federal-state enforcement against fraudulent telemarketers under the...

ValueVision International, Inc., the third largest television "home shopping" network retailer in the United States, has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that it aired advertisements...

Pacific Office Systems, Inc., based in Canoga Park, California, and its owner, Suzette Oppenheim, have agreed to settle federal charges that they engaged in deceptive sales practices in connection...

As part of its latest efforts in its ongoing and comprehensive "Operation Cure.All" to combat Internet health fraud, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today is announcing an additional case challenging the...

In accordance with the terms of a final consent order reached with the Commission, the following has applied for approval of non-affiliated Internet service providers (ISPs) and alternative cable...

The marketer of a device being advertised as a less expensive alternative to the PC for Internet access and e-mail has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that its sales and billing...

Application for approval of hold separate trustee agreements: The following parties have applied for approval of two hold separate trustee agreements, pursuant to a proposed decision and consent order...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission said today that the North Dakota financial privacy law is not preempted by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act (GLB Act) because it is "not inconsistent"...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today released a report they prepared jointly at the...

WHAT: The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission will present testimony before the Committee on Financial Services of the United States House of Representatives on The Electronic Signatures in Global and National...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Application for approval of proposed divestiture: The following parties have applied for approval of a proposed divestiture...

Operators who used bogus "rebate" checks to deceive consumers into signing up for Internet yellow pages directory and Internet service have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that their...

The Commission has approved the transmittal to Congress of a staff report regarding the following: Reforms to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Merger Review Process. Under Public Law 106-553, which was...

The operator of a Web site that sold credit repair advice and promised "perfect credit . . .instantly" has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission allegations that his scheme violated federal law...

The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has brought suit against a fraudulent Internet operation posing as a legitimate multi-level marketing business. The FTC charges that the scheme is actually an illegal...