August 31, 2001

• For Release: August 31, 2001
  Georgia Defendant Settles FTC Charges in California Case
  Permanently Barred From Marketing and Selling Credit-Related Goods

August 30, 2001

• For Release: August 30, 2001
  Internet Auctioneer Settles FTC Charges
  Promised Computers Arrived Late or Not At All

August 29, 2001

• For Release: August 29, 2001
  Adult Entertainment Web Site Operators Settle FTC Charges
  Consumers Billed For Calls to Madagascar Illegally, Agency Says

• For Release: August 29, 2001
  Adult Web Site Settles FTC Charges
  Consumers Billed International Long Distance Charges to Access "Free" Pictures

August 24, 2001

• For Release: August 24, 2001
  Federal Trade Commission Votes to Close Investigation of Proposed Merger of Amerisource Health Corporation and Bergen Brunswig Corporation
  After conducting a detailed investigation of the proposed merger of AmeriSource Health Corporation and Bergen Brunswig Corporation, the Federal Trade Commission has voted to close the matter
   
• For Release: August 24, 2001
  Spammers Settle FTC Charges
  Spammers who collected consumers' personal identifying information, including credit card information, by telling them they had to supply the data or lose access to the Internet have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their scheme violated the law.
   
• For Your Information: August 24, 2001
  Announced Action(s) for August 24, 2001
  Consent agreement given final approval in Value Vision International, Inc.

August 21, 2001

• For Release: August 21, 2001
  Marketer of Dietary Supplement Purporting to Treat Liver Diseases Agrees to Settle FTC Charges:
  Must Have Adequate Scientific Evidence in the Future

August 17, 2001

• For Your Information: August 17, 2001
  Announced Action(s) for August 17, 2001
  ppication for proposed divestiture in Hoechst AG, Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (renamed Aventis S.A.)

August 10, 2001

• For Your Information: August 10, 2001
  Announced Actions for August 10, 2001
  uthorization to file amended complaint regarding First Alliance Mortgage Companies and First Alliance Corporation.; Final approval in the following matter: Lafarge S.A./Blue Circle Industries PLC; Lafarge S.A., et al (Lafarge).

August 9, 2001

• For Release: August 9, 2001
  Bigsmart Pyramid Promoters Settle FTC Charges
  Two Promoters Barred for Life from Future Multi-Level Marketing Plans

August 8, 2001

• For Release: August 8, 2001
  FTC Settles Court Suit Filed Against Florida Firm for Alleged Vacation Travel Scam
  Company Contacted Consumers Through Unsolicited Faxes to their Workplace

August 7, 2001

• For 2:15 P.M. Release: August 31, 2001
  Expect Continuity in Antitrust Enforcement FTC's Muris Tells ABA
  Recently appointed Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris told a gathering of attorneys that they should expect continuity with the previous administration in antitrust enforcement at the FTC.

• For Release: August 7, 2001
  Court Holds Defendants Liable for Civil Contempt for Violating 1999 Court Order
  A U.S. District Judge has held Richard Murkey, his company Credit Restoration Corporation of America, Inc. (CRCA), and Keith Gill in civil contempt for violating the court's November 1999 final order in an FTC action

August 6, 2001

• For Release: August 6, 2001
  Telephone "Crammers" Settle FTC Charges
  Billing Aggregators Debited Phone Bills for Charges Consumers Didn't Authorize
   
• Media Advisory: August 6, 2001
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris will address the American Bar Association's 124th Annual Meeting in Chicago

August 3, 2001

• For Your Information: August 3, 2001
  Announced Actions for August 3, 2001
  Grant of prior approval in proposed divestiture in Lafarge S.A./Blue Circle Industries PLC; Lafarge S.A., et al.; release of Sunshine Act Report for 2000; final approval of consent agreements in Michael Forrest, d/b/a Jaguar Enterprises; ForMor International Group; Panda Herbal International, Inc; MaxCell BioScience, Inc.; and Aaron Company.

August 2, 2001

• For Release: August 2, 2001
  Company and Principal Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Job Opportunities With U.S. Postal Service
  Vocational Guides, Inc. (VGI) and its president, Timothy Scott Jackson, are permanently banned from promoting or selling employment services, and will pay approximately $191,600 in disgorgement and consumer redress

August 1, 2001

• For Release: August 1, 2001
  Federal Trade Commission Votes to Close Investigation of Proposed Merger of PepsiCo and Quaker Oats Co.
  The Federal Trade Commission today met in closed session to consider an enforcement action to authorize staff to seek a preliminary injunction against PepsiCo's proposed acquisition of the Quaker Oats Company.