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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has obtained a court ordertemporarily halting the allegedly deceptive sales practices oftwo companies and four individuals selling photocopier tonerand other office...
The five remaining defendants in a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission case involving a franchisor of self-improvement courses and products have agreed to pay a total of $320,000 in civil penalties to settle...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with European Body Concepts, Inc., and James Marino, its president, settling charges that weight-loss and inch-loss claims...
Following a preliminary hearing, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has won a federal court order prohibiting four Florida companies and four individuals, pending a trial, from using a variety of deceptive...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Mattel Corporation, settling charges that it made deceptive and misleading environmental claims in marketing its...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with David Green, M.D., settling charges that he deceptively advertised as pain-free and permanent his varicose vein and...
The Port Washington Real Estate Board (the Board) has agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission allegations that it has restrained competition in the provision of residential real estate brokerage...
McWhorter Technologies, Inc. (formerly McWhorter, Inc.) has applied for Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission approval to acquire a coating resins facility owned by ICI Americans Holding Company and located in...
Hoechst AG, Marion Merrell Dow, and The Dow Chemical Company have entered into a "hold separate" agreement with the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission under which Hoechst can acquire Marion Merrell Dow's stock...
The report contains data on the tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide content of 1107 varieties of domestic cigarettes sold in 1993. It is the most recent in a series of reports on tar and nicotine test...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with the Korean Video Stores Association of Maryland and its 16 individual members, settling charges that individual...
The defendants in a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission case chal- lenging three deceptive "money-making" schemes they allegedly ran have signed settlement agreements that contain broad prohibitions against...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has announced a new policy that will reduce the burden on companies involved in the merger cases the FTC brings, while still protecting consumers from transactions that...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection today released a staff opinion letter in accordance with which the nation's largest insurance reporting agency will, for the first time...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission today announced a new policy that will expand cooperative efforts between the Commission and the state Attorneys General in merger investigations. The procedure will...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with William J. Santamaria and his firms, Taleigh Corporation and Choice Diet Products, Inc. Taleigh and Choice marketed...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff has concluded that the formation of a purchasing joint venture between Elmore Community Hospital and Community Hospital, both of which are rural hospitals in Elmore...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has granted Roche Holding Ltd. approval to divest Syva Company, a Syntex subsidiary which manufactures drugs of abuse testing (DAT) products, to Behring Diagnostics, Inc...
The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Glaxo plc, settling charges that its $14.3 billion acquisition of Wellcome plc may substantially lessen competition in...
The Arizona Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Ltd. and its President, Robert H. Tamis, M.D., have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they made deceptive claims regarding the...