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January 31, 2001

Press Release

FTC Kicks off "Operation Detect Pretext"

Date

January 31, 2001

The staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Financial Practices announced today the beginning of "Operation Detect Pretext," an effort to protect consumers from firms that obtain their...

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Entergy Corporation and Entergy-Koch, LP (timeline item) - January 31, 2001

Date

January 31, 2001

Agreement Containing Consent Order (12.17 KB)

Decision and Order (49.34 KB)

Complaint (22.17 KB)

Analysis of the Complaint and Consent Order to Aid Public Comment (13.9 KB)

January 30, 2001

Public Statement

Sources of Information and Evidence in Merger Investigations: An FTC Economist's View

Date

January 30, 2001

Sources of Information and Evidence in Merger Investigations: An FTC Economist's View (128.82 KB)

Press Release

Phony Medical Billing Telemarketers Banned From Engaging in Medical Billing and Work At Home Business Opportunities

Date

January 30, 2001

Home Professions, Inc., Telesalescenter.Com., and their owner, Michael Petok, charged by the Federal Trade Commission as part of a nationwide crackdown on fraudulent business opportunities, have...

Press Release

Announced Actions for January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

The Commission has determined to close an investigation related to the following matter: SmithKline Beecham/Glaxo Wellcome. Upon acceptance for public comment of the consent agreement reached with the...

Press Release

FTC Finds Online Holiday Shopping Experience Improved For Consumers in 2000

Date

January 30, 2001

Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection, announced that from the FTC's perspective, the 2000 online holiday shopping season seems to have gone more...

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Event

Etail dEtails: Seminar on Internet Marketing

January 30, 2001 | 12:00AM

The FTC and the Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) presented a seminar for Internet retailers, marketers and suppliers on applying offline rules and regulations online. The seminar, led by FTC...

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Glaxo Wellcome plc, and SmithKline Beecham plc, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Decision and Order (110.79 KB)

Trust Agreement (22.69 KB)

Attachment 1 (Hoffmann-La Roche) (13.88 KB)

Attachment 2 (Novartis) (13.92 KB)

Attachment 3 (Abbott) (13.78 KB)

Order to Maintain Assets (13.37 KB)

Complaint (17.45 KB)

Closing Letter As to One Part of the Investigation (3.55 KB)

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Natural Organics, Inc., and Gerald A. Kessler, individually and as an officer of the corporation, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Order Denying Complaint Counsel's Motion for Partial Summary Decision (350.4 KB)

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Exxon Corporation and Mobil Corporation (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Decision and Order (127.7 KB)

Order to Hold Separate and Maintain Assets (53.37 KB)

Complaint (32.77 KB)

Statement of Chairman Pitofsky, Commissioner Anthony, and Commissioner Thompson (11.46 KB)

Statement of Commissioner Swindle (18.01 KB)

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Home Professions, Inc., et al. (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Stipulated Judgment And Order (797.64 KB)

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Computer Sciences Corporation, and Mynd Corporation (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Decision and Order (29.49 KB)

Order to Maintain Assets (27.16 KB)

Complaint (12.23 KB)

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Valspar Corporation, The, In the Matter of (timeline item) - January 30, 2001

Date

January 30, 2001

Decision and Order (29.85 KB)

Complaint (11.63 KB)

January 29, 2001

Public Statement

Washington State Senate: Identity Theft Statement

Date

January 29, 2001

Senator Prentice and members of the Committee, I am Charles Harwood, Director of the Northwest Region of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission").( 1) I appreciate the opportunity to...

Press Release

Consumer Fraud, Identity Theft Data Goes Public

Date

January 29, 2001

Starting today, consumers, reporters, students, researchers, law enforcers and others will be able to tap into a new website for a wealth of statistics about fraud, fraud on the Internet, and identity...

Press Release

FTC Clears Merger of El Paso Energy and Coastal Corp.

Date

January 29, 2001

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent order that would allow the $16 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation ("El Paso") and the Coastal Corporation ("Coastal"), while...

Press Release

Pyramid Promoters Settle FTC Charges

Date

January 29, 2001

Promoters of a pyramid scheme that disguised itself as a legitimate multi-level marketing business have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the scheme violated federal law. The...

Press Release

Telemarketer Offering Credit Cards That Never Arrived Agrees to Settle FTC Charges;

Date

January 29, 2001

Darryl Smith, the principal of American Consumer Membership Services, Inc. (ACMS), has agreed to a permanent ban from engaging in any telemarketing, or in the advertising, promotion, marketing, or...

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