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July 28, 1999

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FTC's Annual Report to Congress on Cigarette Sales and Advertising for 1997

Date

July 28, 1999

The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1997 shows a $552 million increase in advertising and promotional spending from 1996. According to the...

Press Release

GPS Systems Could Lead Consumers Astray

Date

July 28, 1999

Recreational boaters and pilots, hikers, campers, hunters and fishermen may get bitten by the Y2K bug long before January 1, 2000. That's because Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers used by...

Press Release

Announced Action(s) for July 28, 1999

Date

July 28, 1999

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received applications for approval of transactions from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the applications for 30 days, until...

Press Release

FTC Vows to Protect Consumer Gains During Electricity Deregulation

Date

July 28, 1999

Saying that the Federal Trade Commission "stands ready to meet its enforcement responsibilities to protect the consumer gains" likely to result from the introduction of market forces into the U.S...

July 27, 1999

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Self Regulation and Privacy Online

Date

July 27, 1999

Robert Pitofsky, Former Chairman

By all members of the Commission

Testimony (39.11 KB)

Public Statement

Testimony

Date

July 27, 1999

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee on Communications, I am delighted to be here this morning, and I appreciate your holding this hearing today to address a topic of extreme importance to the...

Federal Register Notice

Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule - 16 CFR Part 312

Date

July 27, 1999

July 26, 1999

Public Statement

Cyberspace and the FTC: Some Current Matters of Interest

Date

July 26, 1999

I. The Internet Economy Last month, the University of Texas, backed by Cisco Systems, introduced a study of the current status of electronic commerce -- one of the very first attempts to measure the...

Press Release

Fleet Finance and Home Equity U.S.A. Agree to Pay $1.3 Million Settling Charges of Deceptive Disclosures and Truth in Lending Violations in Fleet Finance Loans;

Date

July 26, 1999

Atlanta, Georgia-based Fleet Finance, Inc. ("Fleet Finance") and its successor companies, Home Equity U.S.A. (incorporated in Rhode Island and Delaware), have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission...

Press Release

Home Equity Lenders Settle Charges that they Engaged in Abusive Lending Practices;

Date

July 26, 1999

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a press conference on Thursday, July 29, 1999 at 11 a.m. to announce "Operation Home Inequity," a law enforcement and consumer education campaign to combat...

Case Timeline Item

Fleet Finance, Inc.; Home Equity U.S.A., Inc. (Rhode Island); and Home Equity U.S.A., Inc. (Delaware) (timeline item) - July 26, 1999

Date

July 26, 1999

Agreement Containing Consent Order, Including Appendices A-E (44.18 KB)

Complaint (11.28 KB)

Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (19.51 KB)

July 23, 1999

Press Release

FTC Competition Director Baer To Leave Post this Fall

Date

July 23, 1999

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today announced the resignation of William J. Baer, Director of the FTC ' s Competition Bureau. Baer, who will leave the agency in the early fall, is...

July 22, 1999

Press Release

Announced Actions for July 22, 1999

Date

July 22, 1999

Federal Register Notice: Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Utilized in Home Entertainment Products On Monday, July 19, 1999, the Commission published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Federal...

July 21, 1999

Report

1999 Report on Cigar Sales, Advertising and Promotion

Date

July 21, 1999

Text of the Report (1.12 MB)

Testimony

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission On Financial Privacy

Date

July 21, 1999

Robert Pitofsky, Former Chairman

Testimony (109.91 KB)

Press Release

Cigars Should Have Health Warnings; FTC Says

Date

July 21, 1999

Congress should enact legislation mandating health warnings on cigar labeling and advertising and prohibiting cigars ads on television and radio, a Federal Trade Commission report released today...

Press Release

FTC Chairman Testifies before House Subcommittee on the Privacy Provision of H.R.10

Date

July 21, 1999

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky today presented Commission testimony to a House Subcommittee on H.R. 10, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and financial privacy. Pitofsky said the...

Press Release

FTC Halts Internet "Cramming"

Date

July 21, 1999

A scam that targets small businesses, religious organizations, charities, and foundations across the United States by "cramming" charges onto their telephone bills for services that were supposed to...

Case Timeline Item

Webvalley, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - July 21, 1999

Date

July 21, 1999

Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze, Order Appointing a Temporary Receiver, and other Equitable Relief (56.18 KB)

Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs Motion For an Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order And Other Equitable Relief (96.53 KB)

Case Timeline Item

Dura Lube Corporation, American Direct Marketing, Inc., et al., In the Matter of (timeline item) - July 21, 1999

Date

July 21, 1999

Order Granting Extionsion Of Time (84.54 KB)

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