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6 de Jun de 2007
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Commission Receives Petition to Reopen and Modify Decision and Order in Matter of Duke Energy Corp., Spectra Energy Corp., and DCP Midstream, LLC; FTC Approves Federal Register Notice on Routine Uses of Agency Records Systems
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Petition to reopen and modify Commission order: The Commission has received a petition to reopen and modify an FTC order concerning Duke Energy Corporation, Spectra Energy Corp., and DCP Midstream...
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FTC Seeks to Block Whole Foods Markets Acquisition of Wild Oats Markets
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The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.’s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the...
4 de Jun de 2007
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FTC Challenges Rite Aid's Proposed $3.5 Billion Acquisition of Brooks and Eckerd Pharmacies from Canadas Jean Coutu Group, Inc.
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Protecting competition and consumers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced it is challenging Rite Aid Corporation’s proposed $3.5 billion acquisition of the Brooks and Eckerd pharmacies from...
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Scammer Says Goodbye to False Claims about Greeting Card Business Opportunity
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A businessman has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that he sold his greeting card display rack business opportunities by misrepresenting the potential earnings that consumers could make. The...
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Rite Aid Corporation and The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 4, 2007
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Agreement Containing Consent Orders
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Decision and Order
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Order To Maintain Assets
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Complaint
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1 de Jun de 2007
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Children's Exposure to Television Advertising in 1977 and 2004: Information for the Obesity Debate: A Bureau of Economics Staff Report
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This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the amount and type of television advertising seen by children in 2004 and compares these results to similar studies conducted for the Federal Trade...
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Pricing Behavior of Multi-Product Retailers
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While retail sales are an important economic phenomenon, previous research has not explored how the multiproduct nature of consumers’ purchasing decisions affects the pricing dynamics of multiproduct...
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Pricing Behavior of Multi-Product Retailers
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Improving Consumer Mortgage Disclosures: An Empirical Assessment of Current and Prototype Disclosure Forms: A Bureau of Economics Staff Report
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This study presents the results of 36 in-depth interviews with recent mortgage customers, and quantitative consumer testing with over 800 mortgage customers, that examined how consumers search for...
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Executive Summary of the Report
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Text of the Report
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Sample Prototype Disclosure Form
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Sample Current Disclosure Forms
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Graduate as a Well-Educated Consumer, Too
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It is graduation time, with schools celebrating their students accomplishments and their readiness to move on to the next challenge. The Federal Trade Commission offers its own commencement advice for...
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Children Not Seeing More Food Ads on Television
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Today’s children see more promotional ads for other programming, but fewer paid ads and fewer minutes of advertising on television, according to a report released today by the staff of the Federal...
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