September 28, 2001

• For Your Information: September 28, 2001
  Announced Actions for September 28, 2001
  Application for approval in America Online/Time Warner, Inc. (AOLTW); approval of a Federal Register notice regarding the Amendment of Part 6 of the FTC’ s Rules of Practice.; approval of proposed divestiture in Hoechst AG, Rhone-Poulenc S.A. (renamed Aventis S.A.)

September 27, 2001

• For Your Information: September 27, 2001
  FTC Staff Comments on FDA’s Plans to Collect Information on Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising


• Media Advisory: September 27, 2001
  Cyberscam Targeted by FTC
  Thousands of Consumers May Have Fallen Victim to Scheme
  
• For Release: September 26, 2001
  Web Crammers Settle FTC Charges
  Settlement Will Require Confirmation that Consumers Seek Membership at Adult Sites

September 24, 2001

• For Your Information: September 24, 2001
  U.S., E.U. Meet to Discuss Continuing Antitrust Cooperation
  The most senior antitrust officials of the United States (Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Charles James) and the European Union (Commissioner Mario Monti) met in Washington D.C. on September 24 for a day-long working session on a wide agenda of topical policy issues.

• For Release: September 24, 2001
  Workshop Planned to Discuss Strategies for Providing Effective Financial Privacy Notices
  Public Workshop Co-sponsored by Eight Federal Agencies

September 21, 2001

• For Your Information: September 21, 2001
  Announced Action for September 21, 2001
  Approval of consent agreement in Warner Communications, Inc. (The Three Tenors)

September 20, 2001

• For Release: September 20, 2001
  Canadian Telemarketers Agree to Settle Charges That They Operated a Bogus Lottery-Bond Scheme Targeting U.S. Citizens
  B.B.M. Investments, Inc., (B.B.M.) of Vancouver, British Columbia, and its owner, Timothy Ryan Atkinson, will be permanently banned from marketing foreign lottery-related goods or services in settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that they targeted U.S. citizens in a fraudulent lottery-bond scheme.

September 18, 2001

• For Release: September 17, 2001
  FTC Closes Phillips-Tosco Investigation
  Action Allows $7 Billion Merger to Proceed as Proposed

• For Your Information: September 18, 2001
  Announced Actions for September 18, 2001
  Approval of sale of assets in Albertson's/American Stores; final approval of consent agreement in Natural Organics, Inc., et al.

September 13, 2001

• For Your Information: September 13, 2001
  Consumer Awareness at Gasoline Pumps Urged
  Since Tuesday's tragic events, the Federal Trade Commission has received numerous complaints of dramatic gasoline price increases in several states.

September 10, 2001

• For Release: September 10, 2001
  FTC'S Beales Testifies on Campaign to Combat Health Fraud and the Elderly
  Health fraud poses a direct and immediate threat of both economic and physical injury to persons already suffering from serious conditions and diseases, with the elderly being particularly vulnerable

September 7, 2001

• For Release: September 7, 2001
  FTC Consent Agreement Allows the Merger of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc., Preserves Market Competition
  Order Would Require Texaco to Exit Existing Equilon and Motiva Joint Ventures

• For Release: September 7, 2001
  FTC Settlement Preserves Competition in Global Markets for Rock Processing Equipment
  The Federal Trade Commission has negotiated a settlement to resolve antitrust concerns stemming from Metso Oyj's (Metso) proposal to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding voting securities and convertible debentures of Svedala Industri AB (Svedala) for approximately $1.6 billion.

September 6, 2001

• For Release: September 6, 2001
  Christine Wilson Named Executive Assistant to FTC Chairman
  Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris has announced the appointment of Christine C. Wilson as his Executive Assistant. Wilson will oversee a range of antitrust and consumer protection matters on behalf of the Chairman.

September 5, 2001

• For Release: September 5, 2001
  Travel Consumers to Receive Refunds as Part of FTC Settlement with Epic Resorts
  The Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement today ordering refunds to many consumers who bought travel packages from Epic Resorts, LLC, and its wholly owned subsidiary Epic Travel, LLC.