Press Releases

Filing of staff comments with the New Mexico Public Regulations Commission regarding its Code of Conduct for public utilities and their affiliates: The staff of FTC's Bureau of Economics filed...

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the proposed settlement of antitrust charges that the merger of Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc S.A. would violate federal law. Under a proposed merger...

Publication of Federal Register notice regarding the Draft Competitor Collaboration Guidelines: The FTC shortly will publish a public notice in the Federal Register regarding the Draft Antitrust...

National Financial Systems, Inc. (NFS), based in Westbury, New York, has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve allegations that it...

Six Philadelphia automobile dealerships and their individual owners have signed agreements with the Federal Trade Commission to end alleged practices of omitting or burying in fine print key cost...

For the second time this year, the Federal Trade Commission has charged an Internet marketer with falsely representing that his HIV tests accurately detected HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. At the...

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has accepted a proposed settlement of charges that Exxon Corporation's acquisition of Mobil Corporation would violate federal antitrust laws. The...

The FTC has joined with seven other federal agencies in filing comments with the Federal Reserve Board regarding the Board's continuing review of Regulation B, which carries out provisions of the...

This holiday season, no matter what you're in the market for -- the latest high-tech gadget, a rare antique or even the tree you'll put it under -- you're likely to find it online. But virtual...

The Federal Trade Commission has accepted a proposed consent agreement that would allow Reckitt & Colman plc to acquire all of the voting securities of Benckiser N.V. from NRV Vermogenswerwaltung GmbH...

QVC, Inc. and the Quigley Corporation have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the companies made unsubstantiated claims that Cold-Eezer or Cold-Eeze brand zinc lozenges can prevent...

The Federal Trade Commission has developed two guides that will help Internet-based businesses comply with federal laws and better serve their customers in the coming holiday season. The Mail or...

The Federal Trade Commission is inviting consumers and other interested parties to participate in a public forum on January 11, 2000, to review the "do-not-call" provision of the FTC's Telemarketing...

A California mining company and its president have settled Federal Trade Commission claims that they allegedly defrauded customers using an Internet investment pitch that played on fears of a...

Consumers were warned today by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that unapproved Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test kits can give inaccurate test results. The...

Thomas B. Leary has been sworn in today as a Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission and has assumed the responsibilities of the office. The FTC enforces federal laws and rules prohibiting unfair...

Publication of Federal Register Notice: As part of its study of the marketing practices of the entertainment industry, the Federal Trade Commission is publishing its second Federal Register notice...

The Federal Trade Commission today settled charges against MET-Rx USA, Inc. and AST Nutritional Concepts involving unsupported safety claims made in the marketing of purported body-building...

The Federal Trade Commission's public workshop conference to discuss areas of significant controversy or divergent opinions raised in the written comments received in response to the recently...

The following is a list of the general topic areas that staff wishes to explore in its information requests to various members of the motion picture, music recording, and video, personal computer, and...