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June 7, 2007
June 6, 2007
FTC Charges Company With Financing Fraudulent Telecom Services Scheme
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In the wake of the NorVergence Inc. telecommunications fraud case won by the Federal Trade Commission in 2005, the agency has charged a company with violating federal law by helping to finance the...
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Realcomp II Ltd., In the Matter of (timeline item) - June 6, 2007
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Order on Complaint Counsel's Motions in Limine
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June 5, 2007
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...
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...
June 4, 2007
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...
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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June 1, 2007
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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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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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