June 30, 1998
June 29, 1998
- For Release: June 29, 1998
Sky Chefs Modifies Purchase of In-flight Catering Competitor to Resolve FTC Antitrust Concerns
The Federal Trade Commission announced today that Sky Chefs, Inc., one of the largest providers of in-flight food services to the airline industry, will not acquire Ogden Corporation's in-flight catering operation at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, in response to the agency's concern that the acquisition would eliminate competition because Sky Chefs would become the only caterer at that airport.
June 26, 1998
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For Release: June 26, 1998
Global Industrial Technologies Agrees to Divest Ap Green Assets as Part of FTC Settlement
In a proposed settlement announced today, Global Industrial Technologies, Inc. has agreed to restructure its proposed acquisition of AP Green Industries, Inc. to resolve Federal Trade Commission allegations that the merger would violate federal antitrust laws by combining the two largest domestic producers of glass-furnace silica refractories.
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For Release: June 26, 1998
FTC Obtains Stipulated Preliminary Injunction in Cramming Case
Court Action Will Require Companies to Comply with 900-Number Rule and Halt Other Potentially Abusive Billing Practices
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For Release: June 26, 1998
FTC, Mexican Authorities, and State Officials Continue Campaign to Halt Fraudulent Advertising Aimed At Spanish-Speaking Consumers
Spanish-Language Public Service Announcements Will Air in the US and Mexico
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PARA PUBLICARSE: 26 DE JUNIO DE 1998
La FTC, Las Autoridades Mexicanas, Y Los Funcionarios Estatales Continuan La Campaña Para Detener La Publicidad Fraudulenta Dirigida a Los Consumidores De Habla Hispana
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For Your Information: June 26, 1998
Announced Actions for June 26, 1998
Applications for approval of transactions
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For Your Information: June 26, 1998
Announced Actions for June 26, 1998
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has amended its 1973 Enforcement Policy Statement (Policy Statement) concerning requirements for clear and conspicuous disclosures in foreign language advertising and sales materials.
June 25, 1998
- For Release: June 25, 1998
Fraud Could Slow Growth of Electronic Commerce: FTC
The Federal Trade Commission today told a House Committee that business on the Internet could explode -- from $2.6 billion in 1996 to $220 billion in 2001 -- but if the trend is to continue, "... consumers must feel confident that the Internet is safe from fraud."
- For Release: June 25, 1998
Memphis Company Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Advertising its Diet Program
TrendMark International, Inc., a Memphis, Tennessee company, and its owners, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made a host of unsubstantiated weight loss and health-related claims about their "THIN-THIN" Diet™ program. The THIN-THIN Diet™ is a combination of two weight loss products -- NEURO-THIN™ and LIPO-THIN™ -- that purportedly cause weight loss.
June 24, 1998
June 23, 1998
- ELECTRIC INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING: June 23, 1998
FTC Files Comment with Public Utility Commission of Texas
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission yesterday filed a comment with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) about the relationships between regulated electric utilities and their affiliated entities operating in unregulated markets.
June 19, 1998
- For Release: June 19, 1998
Telemarketer of "Credit Services" Agrees to Settle Federal and State Fraud Charges
Consumer Credit Services, Inc. (CCS), based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has agreed to settle charges that it defrauded consumers nationwide through the deceptive telemarketing of credit cards and lines of credit for an up-front fee.
- For Release: June 19, 1998
Louisiana Group of Doctors to Settle FTC Charges That it Fixed Prices
A group of Louisiana physicians has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it unlawfully fixed prices, which increased the cost of physician services and medical insurance coverage for consumers in the southwestern part of the state.
- For Release: June 19, 1998
FTC Wins Civil Contempt Order and Preliminary Injunctions Against the Sterling Group
Couple Jailed for Failing to Repatriate Almost $1.3 Million in Offshore Account
- For Your Information: June 19, 1998
Announced Actions for June 19, 1998
Consent agreements given final approval
June 18, 1998
June 17, 1998
June 16, 1998
June 15, 1998
- For Release: June 15, 1998
Fort Wayne Telemarketing Company Admits Law Violations; Firm's President Banned from Advertising Sales and Publishing
Image Sales & Consultants, Inc., a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based company, and its president, Michael Dague, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their role in "Operation False Alarm," a joint federal/state law enforcement campaign targeting unscrupulous telemarketers that prey upon small businesses, requesting that the business purchase advertisements in publications with child safety or other civic-purpose themes. In most cases, according to the FTC, the publications for which the ads were solicited were never distributed in the business's community as claimed, so that the business failed to get the promised advertising benefit.
- For Release: June 15, 1998
John D. Graubert Named Deputy General Counsel at the Federal Trade Commission
John D. Graubert has been named Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Trade Commission. Graubert has extensive experience in antitrust and other litigation matters before both administrative agencies and the courts, and has written and lectured on regulatory issues.
June 11, 1998
June 8, 1998
June 5, 1998
June 4, 1998
June 3, 1998
- For Your Information: June 3, 1998
Announced Actions for June 3, 1998
Consent agreement given final approval:
- Corrected For Release: June 3, 1998
FTC Advocates Continued Role in Protecting Competition and Consumers as Financial Services Industry Restructures
In testimony today before the House Committee on the Judiciary, William J. Baer, Director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, outlined, on behalf of the Commission, the agency’s expertise in evaluating the effects on competition of mergers and also its enforcement of several credit related laws.
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For Release: June 3, 1998
Arizona Defendant Who Assisted Fraudulent Canadian Telemarketers Agrees to Settle FTC Fraud Charges
Gary Walton, doing business as Pinnacle Financial Services, has agreed to settle federal charges that he allegedly assisted Canadian telemarketers in their fraudulent advance fee loan scheme directed at U.S. citizens.
June 2, 1998
June 1, 1998
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