Bayer Settles FTC Charges
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The Bayer Corporation will launch a $1 million consumer education campaign to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it made unsubstantiated claims in a series of aspirin ads, in violation of a...
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January 11, 2000
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Public Forum on the Telemarketing Sales Rule: "Do-Not-Call"
The public forum reviewed the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The "do-not-call" provision prohibits sellers or telemarketers from calling persons who have...
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El Paso Energy Corporation (timeline item) - January 11, 2000
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Decision & Order
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Bayer Corporation (timeline item) - January 11, 2000
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Complaint for Injunctive and Other Relief
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Consent Decree
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Statement of Commissioner Swindle
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January 10, 2000
FTC Agreements Protect Consumers from Misleading Coupon and Rebate Offers
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The Federal Trade Commission has obtained agreements with three companies addressing concerns that recent coupon and cash rebate offers were either false or misleading. Through the first proposed...
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Memtek Products, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 10, 2000
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Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc. (timeline item) - January 10, 2000
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UMAX Technologies, Inc. (timeline item) - January 10, 2000
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January 7, 2000
FTC "Do-Not-Call" Public Forum
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The Federal Trade Commission will host a public forum to review the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR). The "do-not-call" provision prohibits sellers or telemarketers...
Announced Actions for January 7, 2000
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Publication of Federal Register notice regarding regulatory reviews for calendar year 2000: The Commission has voted to publish a notice in the Federal Register listing its regulatory reviews...
FTC Staff Announces Results of Second "Surf" of Web-based Jewelry Advertisers and Sellers
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Federal Trade Commission staff today announced the results of their second "surf" of sites that advertise and sell jewelry on the World Wide Web. Although compliance with the FTC's Jewelry Guides...
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Shell Oil Company and Shell Chemical Company (timeline item) - January 7, 2000
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Dissenting Statement of Commissioner Swindle
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Conopco, Inc. (timeline item) - January 7, 2000
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January 6, 2000
Online Auction Site Settles FTC Privacy Charges
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Online auction house ReverseAuction.com, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated consumers' privacy by harvesting consumers' personal information from a competitor...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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ReverseAuction.com, Inc. (timeline item) - January 6, 2000
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Stipulated Consent Agreement and Final Order
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Statement of Commissioner Thompson
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January 1, 2000
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How Do Retailers Adjust Prices?: Evidence from Store-Level Data
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Recent theoretical work on retail pricing dynamics suggests that retailers frequently change prices of specific items, even when their costs are unchanged. We extend this theory to explain which...
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