Commission Actions

"The College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act of 1999 provides some useful tools to help combat scholarship fraud," said Federal Trade Commissioner Sheila F. Anthony in delivering FTC testimony today...

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Crammers Settle FTC Charges (October 1999)

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6 de Oct de 1999

Defendants who crammed charges onto consumers phone bills for services they did not order or authorize have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their practices violated federal laws...

Federal Register Notice

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension - Fuel Rating Rule; Fur Product Labeling Act; Wool Products Labeling Act; Textile Fiber Products Identification Act; The Care Labeling Rule; and Fair Packaging and Labeling Act

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6 de Oct de 1999

Federal Register Notice

Requests for Views on Draft Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitiors

Date

6 de Oct de 1999

Federal Register Notice

Castrol North America, Inc.; Analysis to Aid Public Comment

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6 de Oct de 1999

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Hold Billing Services, Ltd.; Avery Communications, Inc.; Veterans of America Association, Ltd.; et al. (timeline item) - October 6, 1999

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6 de Oct de 1999

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction and Consumer Redress As To Defendants Hold Billing Services, Ltd., HBS, Inc., Avery Communications, Inc., and Thomas M. Lyons. (49.57 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction As To Defendants Veterans of America Association, Ltd. and Keith C. Calil. (35.36 KB)

Stipulated Final Judgment and Order for Permanent Injunction As To Defendant Milford H. Balaban. (36.84 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Anthony, In Which Chairman Pitofsky and Commissioner Thompson Join. (5 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Swindle, Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part (7.73 KB)

5 de Oct de 1999

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Announced Action(s) for October 5, 1999

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5 de Oct de 1999

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Release of New Consumer and Business Education Alert: To alert small business owners to two Y2K scams - phony billing for Y2K...

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"Catch the Bandit in Your Mailbox"

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5 de Oct de 1999

Pledging a continuing law enforcement effort against mail fraud that costs both consumers and businesses millions of dollars a year, the Federal Trade Commission and its partners, the U.S. Postal...

4 de Oct de 1999

Public Statement

Global Mergers: Trade Issues and Alliances in the New Millenium

Date

4 de Oct de 1999

I. Statistics: How Trade and Mergers are Changing the Face of the Economy A. Growth in Exports, Imports and FDI In the US, exports have effectively doubled and imports climbed by more than half in the...

1 de Oct de 1999

Report

The Effect of Asymmetric Entry Costs on Bertrand Competition

Date

1 de Oct de 1999

By permitting firms to have different entry costs, I generalize two previously studied models of two-stage entry and pricing amongst Bertrand competitors. I find that the existing results depend...

The Effect of Asymmetric Entry Costs on Bertrand Competition (330.49 KB)

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"Catch the Bandit in the Mailbox"

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1 de Oct de 1999

The Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference to announce new initiatives -- including a new "Internet Public Service Announcement Banner Project" -- to help state and federal officials "...

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FTC and DOJ Propose Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations among Competitors

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1 de Oct de 1999

The Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, has drafted "Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors." The agencies today...

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Tractor Trailer Training School Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Misrepresenting Job Success Rates of Graduates

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1 de Oct de 1999

A New England-based vocational school offering courses in truck driving has agreed to disclose its job placement and licensing-test pass rates to prospective students as part of a settlement of...

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