Holiday Shopping Tips
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Retailers say scanner technology has several advantages: speeding checkout time, lowering labor costs, and improving sales and inventory records. They also say that scanning results in fewer pricing...
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November 20, 1996
November 19, 1996
FTC Settlement Stresses Health Risks of Tanning
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with a California company that manufactures and markets "California Tan Heliotherapy" tanning products. According to the FTC, California...
November 18, 1996
FTC To Appeal District Court Decision in Butterworth/Blodgett Hospital Merger Case
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will continue to challenge the proposed merger of the Butterworth and Blodgett hospitals in Grand Rapids, Michigan by appealing a federal district...
Federal Register Notice
Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period Under the Premerger Notification Rules
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Butterworth Health Corporation and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center. In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 18, 1996
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Butterworth Health Corporation and Blodgett Memorial Medical Center (timeline item) - November 18, 1996
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November 15, 1996
Announced Actions for November 15, 1996
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for approval of transactions : The FTC has received an application...
Federal Register Notice
Conopco, Inc.; Van Den Bergh Foods Company; Analysis to Aid Public Comment
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Federal Register Notice
Universal Merchants, Inc.; Steven Oscherowitz; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
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Federal Register Notice
Nutrition 21; Selene Systems, Inc.; Herbert H. Boynton; Analysis To Aid Public Comment
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Opinion 96-4
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Apparent applicability of the Franchise Rule to a joint venture and license agreement. Discusses the ineffectiveness of transfers to affiliated companies of ownership of the mark and of franchisee...
Opinion 96-5
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Inapplicability of the Franchise Rule retroactively where the parties anticipated at the time of the purchase that the Rule would not apply because the only required payments were deferred until at...
November 14, 1996
Claims that Cigarette Device Makes Smoking Safer and Quitting Easier are Unsubstantiated, FTC Says
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Advertising claims for PhaseOut, a device marketed as helping smokers to stop smoking and making cigarettes less harmful are unsubstantiated, the FTC said today. The two companies that promoted this...
FTC Challenges ADP/Autoinfo Merger:
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The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets created a monopoly that has raised prices and reduced the quality of service...
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Automatic Data Processing, Inc., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Phaseout of America Inc. and Products & Patents, Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - November 14, 1996
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Consent Agreement Package
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November 13, 1996
Opening Statement Operation Missed Fortune (Jodie Bernstein)
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I am pleased that you could be with us today to announce a joint federal/state law enforcement initiative targeting get-rich-quick business opportunity schemes. We are also joined this morning by Mark...
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