Staff Advisory to BJC Health System
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Staff of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition has advised counsel for BJC Health System ("BJCHS") that the Non-Profit Institutions Act ("NPIA") protects the proposed purchase of...
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Announced Actions for November 8, 1999
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions: Hearings/Testimony Before Congress: FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky will deliver Commission testimony on Telecommunications Mergers...
Remarks
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We are pleased to jointly sponsor today's workshop with the Commerce Department. Secretary Daley continues to be a leader advocating the United States' interests in electronic commerce around the...
FTC Clears Proposed Merger of Dominion Resources and Consolidated Natural Gas
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow Dominion Resources, Inc. to acquire Consolidated Natural Gas Company (CNG), provided that Dominion divest CNG's...
Online Profiling; FTC & Commerce Department to Hold Workshop
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Online Profiling;FTC & Commerce Department to Hold Workshop Federal Trade Commission Chairman Robert Pitofsky and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley will open a public workshop on Monday, November 8...
Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (Spam) Could Chill Consumer Confidence in Online Commerce: FTC
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The Federal Trade Commission today said that the proliferation of deceptive unsolicited commercial e-mail - "spam" - is a threat to consumer confidence in online commerce. In testimony before the...
FTC and FCC Join Forces to Address Truth-In-Advertising of Long Distance Services
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WHAT : For consumers to make informed choices on their telecommunications needs, clear and accurate information is required. The FCC and FTC are joining forces for the first time to highlight the...
Announced Actions for October 29, 1999
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Advocacy/comments filed by FTC staff: The staff of the Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection has provided comments to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) regarding...
United States and Brazil Sign Bilateral Antitrust Agreement
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice announced today that representatives of the United States and Brazil have signed a bilateral antitrust cooperation agreement. Brazil becomes...
Small Business Owners Who Got "Crammed" to Get Refunds
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One hundred twenty four thousand consumers - most of them small business owners - who may have had unauthorized charges "crammed" onto their telephone bills for Internet services they never ordered or...
FTC Targets "Web Site Cramming"
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Consumer complaints about "cramming" - unauthorized charges on telephone bills - are rising dramatically according to Federal Trade Commission testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Small...
FTC Clears Merger of El Paso Energy and Sonat
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow the $6 billion merger of El Paso Energy Corporation and Sonat Inc., while ensuring that competition is...
Announced Actions for October 22, 1999
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Petition to reopen and modify and order: The Commission has received a petition from the following entity to reopen and modify an existing order: Compaq Computer Corporation, in the matter of Digital...
FTC Accepts Proposed Agreement Settling Charges that VNU's Acquisition of Nielsen Violates Antitrust Laws
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The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement settling charges that VNU N.V.'s acquisition of Nielsen Media Research, Inc. would violate antitrust laws. The agency alleged...
Credit Identity Defendants Settle FTC Charges
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Sixteen defendants targeted in a law enforcement crackdown on illegal credit repair services have agreed to settle federal charges that the "file segregation" advice and products violated federal law...
FTC Ends Erickson's Supporting Role
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The Erickson Agency, Inc. and its owner, Patricia Erickson, have settled Federal Trade Commission charges over Erickson's role in Model 1, Inc. and Creative Talent Management, Inc.'s deceptive scheme...
New Rule Will Protect Privacy of Children Online
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The Federal Trade Commission today issued the final rule to implement the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). The main goal of the COPPA and the rule is to protect the privacy of...
FTC Official Testifies before House Committee on Slotting Allowances
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An official with the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition today testified before a House Committee about competition issues in agriculture and food marketing. Willard K. Tom, the Deputy...
Attorneys General, FTC Chairman, and YWCA of the U.S.A. Launch Initiatives to "Tune Out the Violence"
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WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 19, 1999 -- "Tune Out the Violence," a nationwide effort to reduce the impact of media violence on young people, was launched today in a first-ever partnershi[ between the...
FTC Files Suit Against Bogus Medical Billing Opportunity
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A federal district court has issued a Temporary Restraining Order with Asset Freeze against an Orange County, California company that purportedly sold work-at-home medical billing opportunities. Data...
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