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Lorrilard Tobacco Company

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Lorillard Tobacco Company (formerly P. Lorillard Co.) has petitioned the Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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...

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 Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they made false and...

O'Rourke/Andrisani Settlement

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ 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...

Tele-Communications, Inc.

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ 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 Â鶹´«Ã½ 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...

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ 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...

Orchid Technology

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ 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...

Reebok International, Ltd

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Reebok International Ltd. and its subsidiary, The Rockport Company, Inc., have agreed to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they fixed the resale prices of their products. The FTC alleged...

National Dietary Research, Inc.

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National Dietary Research, Inc. (NDR) and its owner have agreed to pay $100,000 to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges that they made false and unsubstantiated claims for two products: Food Source...

Boston Scientific Corporation

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Boston Scientific Corporation, settling charges that its acquisition of Cardiovascular Imaging Systems, Inc.(CVIS) and...

Debra Mink

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has asked a federal district court to halt a nationwide job-placement service operating out of Monroe, Michigan, following charges that the firm's sole proprie- tor, Debra...

Cigarette Test Results--1993

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Total cigarette industry advertising and promotional expenditures for 1993 amounted to $6.03 billion, an increase of 15.4 percent over 1992, according to the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission's annual report...

PFR d/b/a PFR and Awards Center

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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has amended its court-filed complaint against PFR, Inc., d/b/a PFR and Awards Center, and its president, Joseph M. Mantashigian, by adding charges against Sherri L...

William E. Bailey

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William E. Bailey, one of the defendants in a Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission lawsuit brought in 1991 to halt the allegedly decep- tive promotion of fire-safety products and door-to-door sales jobs would be...

Louis Abramowitz

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Louis Abramowitz, who held senior positions in numerous corporate entities sued by the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission over an allegedly deceptive scheme to sell vending machine business opportunities, has...