The Federal Trade Commission today announced a settlement with a California company that manufactures and markets "California Tan Heliotherapy" tanning products. According to the FTC, California...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it will continue to challenge the proposed merger of the Butterworth and Blodgett hospitals in Grand Rapids, Michigan by appealing a federal district...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. The FTC staff contact is Dan Ducore, 202-326-2526. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application...

Advertising claims for PhaseOut, a device marketed as helping smokers to stop smoking and making cigarettes less harmful are unsubstantiated, the FTC said today. The two companies that promoted this...

The Federal Trade Commission today charged that Automatic Data Processing, Inc.'s 1995 acquisition of AutoInfo, Inc. assets created a monopoly that has raised prices and reduced the quality of service...

I am pleased that you could be with us today to announce a joint federal/state law enforcement initiative targeting get-rich-quick business opportunity schemes. We are also joined this morning by Mark...

In a massive crackdown that is the broadest federal-state coordinated effort of its type, the Federal Trade Commission and enforcement officials from 25 states today announced that they have taken...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following...

Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The FTC is seeking public comments on the application for 30 days...

InVisions, Inc., and company president Stephen C. Fox, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company was selling nothing but toupees when...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced settlements with three California companies charged with making unsupported claims about weight loss and health benefits for chromium picolinate, one of...

One of the largest marketers of margarines and spreads in the United States has signed an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges over a national advertising campaign for Promise...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following actions. Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period, the Commission has taken actions regarding...

A credit card can be a great financial tool, and at the same time a big responsibility. It can be more convenient to use and carry than cash, but, if not used carefully, can cause you to owe more than...

The Federal Trade Commission has determined to shorten the public comment period on an application from Koninklijke Ahold NV, of The Netherlands, and Ahold USA, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, to...

In the first case to be brought against a nontraditional funeral provider -- a company that sells some combination of funeral goods (typically caskets and burial vaults) and funeral services directly...

Commission action regarding applications for approval: Following a public comment period for each, the Commission has ruled on applications for approval of transactions from the following entities...

American Readers Service, Inc., one of the defendants named as part of "Project Jackpot" -- a nationwide crackdown by federal and state regulators on phony prize promotions and recovery room fraud --...

Sage Seminars, Inc., a franchisor of opportunities to produce "Dreamwalk" motivational seminars, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it overstated the earnings of potential...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the following action. Applications for approval of transactions: The FTC has received an application for approval for a transaction from the following. The...