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The Federal Trade Commission will host a press event on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 11 am EDT to announce a multi-million-dollar settlement with a major U.S. company for facilitating cross-border telemarketing fraud between the United States and Canada.
Electronic Verification Systems (EVS) President and CEO Rick Tur made a statement today regarding EVS's continuing support of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Red Flags Rule and all affected businesses. The FTC released an announcement late last month indicating that it would once again be postponing the enforcement of the Red Flags Rule, extending the deadline for affected businesses to ...
Defendants Could Pay More Than $1 Million for Failing to Disclose Terms of Recurring-Fee Plan
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- You might think the bigger the pharmacy the cheaper the drugs. After all, big pharmacy chains can buy in bulk and pass the savings on to you. Jan and Max Hauser pay close attention to their drug costs. But earlier this year, the retired truck driver and his wife found something most Medicare patients miss. "That's when I discovered the difference in the price of drugs," says ...
Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government is notifying 10 companies in a crackdown on phony remedies to the swine flu now on the market. The Federal Trade Commission action follows Schumer's request earlier this month to address what he calls gimmicks and fake cures.
To comply with newly mandated regulations from the Federal Trade Commission, the Township Committee unanimously approved a resolution Oct. 27 to adopt a new Identity Theft policy that, among other changes, will require certain township personnel to undergo training about awareness of fraud.
The FTC warns 10 Web site operators that they are selling questionable flu-fighting products.
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key administration posts: • Julie Brill, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission • Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission • Scott H. DeLisi, Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Department of State • Beatrice W. Welters, Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad ...
An electronics sales company gets in trouble with the Federal Trade Commission for taking money and then never delivering the product. Djuan Roberson of West Springfield has bad credit and couldn't get financing to buy a computer.
Scott & White Hospital in Temple announced last week that the Federal Trade Commission nixed its April merger with King's Daughters Hospital, declaring it "anti-competitive." The FTC would not comment on the investigation, as it is ongoing.
Just when you thought paid inclusion was finally dead with holdout Yahoo getting out of the space , it’s come back from the most unlikeliest of sources: Google. Below, a look at the experiment plus reexamining the FTC’s guidelines about disclosing paid ads.
