The Federal Trade Commission's annual report to Congress on cigarette sales and advertising for 1998 shows that cigarette sales fell from 1997 to 1998, but advertising and promotional expenditures...

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a two day public workshop on June 29 and 30, 2000, to examine issues of competition policy that arise in connection with business-to-business ("B2B") electronic...

Staff of the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois inspected 14 used car dealers near the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Waukegan, North Chicago and Park City last Wednesday to...

The seven largest U.S. cigar companies have agreed to include warnings about significant adverse health risks of cigar use in their advertising and packaging in a settlement announced today by Federal...

Steven Mishkin and Harris Cohen, two of the five individual defendants named in the Federal Trade Commission's 1998 lawsuit against Telecard Dispensing Corporation of Hollywood, Florida, have agreed...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action: Publication of Federal Register notice: The Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice describing the...

What: Press conference to announce important agreements on the subject of new health warnings for consumers. Who: Robert Pitofsky Chairman Federal Trade Commission David Satcher Asst. Secretary for...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced it will ask a federal district court to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent Swedish Match AB's proposed $165 million acquisition of brands and other...

Three federal district court judges in Los Angeles this week ordered a temporary halt to the allegedly deceptive sales practices of three California-based companies that sell informational guides on...

Pitofsky issued the following statement today on Capitol Hill: "The high price differential between reformulated and non-reformulated gasoline in the Midwest region has raised significant questions...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the launch of a new section on its Web site that is devoted to providing appliance energy information for consumers, appliance manufacturers and dealers...

Highlighting the agency's continuing efforts to protect consumers from unscrupulous telemarketers pitching phony credit card "protection" offers, the Federal Trade Commission today announced that it...

In another aggressive sweep targeting corporations and individuals that promise loans and credit cards for an advance fee, but never deliver them, the Federal Trade Commission, state Attorneys General...

The Federal Trade Commission today accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer) to consummate its $90 billion merger with Warner-Lambert Company (Warner), while ensuring...

Due to an unexpectedly large showing of public interest in its workshop: "Competition Policy in the World of B2B Electronic Marketplaces," the Federal Trade Commission announced today that the...

Application for modification of Commission order: The FTC has received a petition from the following requesting that the Commission modify a previously issued order: Alliant Techsystems Inc. On March...

In prepared remarks delivered today before the American Antitrust Institute Conference: An Agenda for Antitrust in the 21st Century at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Federal Trade...

Two used mattress retailers, Mega Furniture, Inc. and Nueva Furniture, Inc., both based in Brooklyn, New York, have agreed to enter into court settlements with the Federal Trade Commission as a part...

Riley Manufactured Homes, Inc., an Urbana, Illinois-based seller of prefabricated housing, and company president, Dennis Ohnstad, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they...

Consent agreements given final approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has made final consent agreements with the following: Day Trading International; CompuTrade LLC, et al.; and...