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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. The FTC is an independent agency of the U.S. government and its main mission is to eliminate and prevent anti-competitive business practices. This topic tracks the latest news on the FTC, including its latest regulations.

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Hertz offers $2.2bn for Dollar Thriftymore

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Hertz Renews Pursuit Of Dollar Thriftymore

entirely hypothetical. In order to move the deal forward, Hertz said it is already in discussions with the Federal...

Hertz Gets Back Into the Driver's Seatmore

past seven months. However, Hertz stated on its conference call that it is already in discussions with the Federal...

Hertz Bids Again for Dollar Thriftymore

Dollar Thrifty's outlook continues to improve and Avis "appears to be bogged down" in discussions with the...

Scam Watch: Beware of marketing for stock in Japan-rebuilding companie...more

theft ��� Consumers should take several steps to protect their laptops from theft while traveling, according to the...

Hertz Boosts Buyout Offer for Dollar Thriftymore

and CEO Mark Frissora said in a statement Monday that Avis has been in lengthy talks with the Federal Trade Commission...

Hertz Makes New Bid for Dollar Thrifty to Thwart Avismore

New Jersey-based Avis and Dollar Thrifty, which has its headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have been seeking U.S.

TIMELINE-Bidding war for Dollar Thriftymore

approval for its potential buy of Dollar Thrifty. [ID:nSGE64D0LQ] June 15 - Avis says the U.S. Federal Trade Commission...

Internet data collection: The privacy linemore

users' permission before collecting sensitive personal information; and a proposal by Rep. Jackie Speier...

Rebuilding Japan, Xbox 360, laptop theft: Your weekly ScamWatchmore

theft ��� Consumers should take several steps to protect their laptops from theft while traveling, according to the...

Texas' Personal Data Spill Just Got Texas-Sizedmore

information. In support of her claim that class members have sustained actual pecuniary damages, the plaintiff cites...

Personal Data: Safer in America or in Europe?more

California at Berkeley presented a different picture. The combination of aggressive privacy and data security...

Drugs in Racing: D??j?? Vu All Over Againmore

this week by the horse-loving New Mexico senator Tom Udall and a group of Kentucky congressmen authorizing the Federal...

Federal Lawmakers Join the Wave of Do-Not-Track Legislationmore

from tracing their Internet activities. The "Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011" would work off of...

Media Decoder: 'Do Not Track' Privacy Bill Appears In Congressmore

mechanism that would allow users to opt-out of having their information collected online. The bill would allow the...

Consumer Confidential: BofA's new overdrafts; online agents fined; Q-R...more

-- Did you buy a bracelet called the Q-Ray? If so, you may be due some cash. The Federal Trade Commission is mailing...

Sen. Rockefeller: Get Ready For a Real Do-Not-Track Bill for Online Ad...more

that will require companies to give consumers the opportunity to opt-out of online tracking, and will give the Federal...

Mintz Levin Attorney Christi Braun to Speak at Federal Trade Commissio...more

and Popeo, P.C.'s Antitrust and Federal Regulation Practice, will participate in a panel discussion at the Federal...

Pharmacy Tie-Up Without Benefitsmore

Caremark never made much sense. Combining the drugstore chain and pharmacy benefit manager resulted in lost contracts...

Foes Revise Plan to Curb New Agencymore

for the establishment of a five-member commission. A board structure would be similar to the Federal Reserve, the...

Home Tech: Tools for the Wired Gardenermore

almost nothing. (I could hear a soft hum.) Ultrasonic pest repellers have long been controversial. In 2001, the Federal...

UPDATE 1-Grifols profit falls on Talecris costsmore

sector trend," Grifols said. On Monday, Grifols and Talecris announced a consent agreement with the U.S.

Regulators crawl over US oil trademore

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Consumer Watchdog Asks FTC To Probe Google's Deceptive Trade Practices...more

used deceptive and unfair trade practices in marketing its "cloud computing" services to government entities...

Self-Regulatory Group Refers Club Penguin Planet to FTCmore

self-proclaimed No. 1 fan site for the popular Disney kids' web site Club Penguin, was referred to the Federal Trade...

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