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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commended Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum for his proactive efforts to combat mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification scams in Florida.
Comprehensive interview webinar illuminates FTC (Federal Trade Commission) regulation changes and eases compliance. The FTC recently provided an online, in-depth interview examining the Internet applications of recent changes / additions to the FTC Act with Jim Edwards of Guaranteed Response Marketing, LLC. The expanded interpretation of the regulations goes into effect December 1, so every ...
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday approved the $9 billion merger of Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electronic Co. -- on one condition. To satisfy the FTC's anti-competitive concerns, Sanyo must sell its portable nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery business, including a manufacturing plant in Japan.
MoneyGram International Inc. has agreed to pay out more than $18 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges it allowed its operation to be used by scam artists to defraud U.S. victims out of millions of dollars.
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Trade Commission approved Panasonic Corp .’s purchase of Sanyo Electric Co . under the condition that Sanyo sells its portable nickel metal hydride battery business.
Memphians lodged 807 formal complaints about abusive debt-collection practices to the Federal Trade Commission in a 21/2 -year period ending in July, according to an investigation by the Scripps Howard News Service.Nearly one-third, or 250, involved some type of error with the debt. In 104 complaints, the collector allegedly failed to provide written notice of the debt when it was requested. And ...
As part of his ongoing effort to combat mortgage and foreclosure fraud, Kansas Attorney General Steve Six has joined the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and state attorneys general to announce “Operation Stolen Hope” the latest in the nationwide effort to crack down on bogus mortgage foreclosure rescue and loan modification operations.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday cleared Panasonic Corp.'s (6752.TO) $9 billion acquisition of Sanyo Electric Co. ( 6764.TO), but required the companies to divest Sanyo's portable nickel metal hydride battery business as a condition of government approval.
BlueHippo.com, a computer-purchase financing company that requires customers to pay upfront before products are shipped, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, saying its bank had frozen its funds after the Federal Trade Commission and consumer groups claimed that it had failed to deliver computers and electronics orders.Earlier this month, the FTC asked a federal court to issue a contempt ...
The Federal Trade Commission has given its go-ahead to Panasonic's $9 billion purchase of Sanyo.
A consortium of kids activists and academics has asked the Federal Trade Commission to redefine its definition of programming targeted to children and teens to be able to collect more information on the marketing by popular TV shows, and to collect it from program distributors as well food marketers.
