Commission Actions

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Everyone spends money, but not everyone knows how to get the most for what they spend. Nationwide, children spend billions of dollars for millions of products -- toys, video games...

L'Air Liquide Societe S.A. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside a 1987 consent order that requires it to obtain FTC approval before acquiring stock or assets of any U.S...

The Vons Companies, Inc. has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and set aside two consent orders that require it to obtain FTC approval before acquiring supermarkets in certain...

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments from the public on a supplemental application it has received from Thrifty PayLess, Inc. (formerly TCH Corporation) and Green Equity Investors, L.P...

As part of a nationwide, multi-agency telemarketing sweep called "Senior Sentinel," the Federal Trade Commission has brought charges in federal district courts against five telemarketers who preyed on...

The Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a consent agreement with Hoechst AG, settling charges that its $7.1 billion merger with Marion Merrell Dow, Inc. (MMD), which created the world...

Devro International PLC, based in Scotland, has agreed to divest the assets it uses to produce collagen sausage casings for sale in the United States, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that...

Adobe Systems Incorporated has petitioned the Federal Trade Commission to reopen and modify an October 1994 consent order to end the company's obligation to obtain FTC approval before acquiring an...

Red Apple Companies, Inc., John A. Catsimatidis and two other firms have applied for Federal Trade Commission approval to divest the Sloan's supermarket at 530-534 Amsterdam Avenue in New York City to...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a public workshop on December 7 and 8 to discuss "green" advertising and labeling, and how well its guides on environmental claims have been working...

A Federal district court has frozen the assets of two companies and three principal officers and a salesman following Federal Trade Commission charges stemming from their roles in an allegedly...

The Federal Trade Commission has granted in part the Nov. 20, 1995 petition of American Stores Company by ending the company's obligation to obtain FTC approval before making certain retail grocery...