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Scam program launched :Attorney general's office starts Indiana Consumer Alert.
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
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Scam program launched Attorney general's office starts Indiana Consumer Alert. When Aaron Archias clicked on an online advertisement listed on the Netscape.aol.com home page in July, it seemed like a simple act that would help him save some money. He...
Tags: attorney general, Indiana Consumer Alert, Aaron Archias, consumers alert, consumers protection, indiana consumers, South Bend, Text messaging, Federal Trade Commission, Business Finance, Consumer protection, Internet fraud
Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored journalism conference. Rupert Murdoch, News...
Tags: Rupert Murdoch, News Corp., Huffington Calls Murdoch, News Corporation, Federal Trade Commission, publishers limit, free articles, The Google, Microsoft, search engines, San Francisco, Entertainment Culture, Business Finance, The Wall Street Journal, Technology Internet, Journalism, World Wide Web, Google, Printing, Advertising, Newspaper, Arianna Huffington, Internet search engines, Lachlan Murdoch, Politics, Google News, News websites, Human Interest, Online newspaper, The Huffington Post, Future of newspapers
What to do when a debt collector calls
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Collection companies are governed by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a federal law. Enforcement is overseen by the Federal Trade Commission and state authorities, usually the office of the state attorney general. The federal law prohibits collectors...
Tags: debts collector, Federal Trade Commission, federal law, credit reporting, consumers advocate, collection companies, Ira Rheingold, theirs credit, San Jose, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Collection agency, Credit, Credit history, Debt, ACA International, Fair debt collection, Consumer protection
BlueHippo files for bankruptcy
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility BlueHippo Funding, the Woodlawn electronic sales company recently accused of violating its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, has filed for bankruptcy court protection...The company said it believes the bank's actions were unlawful and left...
Tags: BlueHippo Funding, Washington, Business Finance, Federal Trade Commission, Corporate crime, Meatpacking, Bankruptcy, Dietary supplements, Consumer protection, Hormel
Lawsuit Destroys Airborne
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had filed a $30 million class-action lawsuit against Airborne products earlier this year. If you had seen any of the Airborne commercials, the product claimed to prevent a person from catching the cold or the flu...
Tags: ftc, federal trade commission, airborne, immune system, lawsuit, cold, flu, Washington, Influenza, Common cold, Flu season, Health fraud, Airborne warfare, health
CSL's day in US court comes closer
Zurich :: Switzerland | 8 days ago
Credibility A US judge's decision to release the unexpurgated version of the argument America's Federal Trade Commission used earlier this year to derail CSL's $3.1 billion takeover of a rival US blood plasma product supplier, Talecris, improves the odds of CSL getting...
Tags: CSL, FTC, Baxter International, plasma production, Talecris, profits margins, Switzerland, Zurich, Consumer protection, Corporate crime, Federal Trade Commission, Blood plasma, Business Finance, Hematology, New World Development, Blood products, Health Medical Pharma
SBA's Harrington: Improving the agency's ability to help small businesses
Washington :: DC :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility From the Partnership for Public Service Monday, November 23, 2009; 4:46 AM When President Obama assumed office in January, the Small Business Administration (SBA) faced some substantial economic challenges. The agency's budget and staff had been cut...
Tags: حد تشخيص, در حد, يون نقره, به روش, مقدار يون, small businesses, Washington, Business Finance, Small business, Business models, Small Business Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer protection, Telemarketing, Direct marketing, Marketing
CSL's 'fear' pushed takeover
Melbourne :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility A US judge has released uncensored court documents relating to CSL's failed $US3.1 billion ($A3.4 billion) takeover bid for Talecris Biotherapeutics, revealing CSL was ''truly scared'' Talecris would raise blood plasma production and slash industry profitability.
Tags: CSL, Talecris Biotherapeutics, FTC, Australia, Melbourne, New World Mobility, Federal Trade Commission, Canada Steamship Lines Inc., Business Finance, New World Development, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Pre-Paid Legal Services says FTC may sue
Ada :: OK :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., a network of independent law firms, said Thursday that the Federal Trade Commission may sue the company over allegedly misleading representations made by its identity theft prevention program. The news sent the stock plummeting...
Tags: Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc., FTC, Ada, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Identity theft, Business Finance, Consumer protection, Corporate crime, Federal Trade Commission, Law Crime, Credit history, Multi-level marketing, Credit
DAWN ANFUSO: How to tell a legitimate work-at-home opportunity from a scam
Torrance :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Recently, I provided tips for working at home and had a flood of letters asking me about "legitimate" work-at-home jobs. When I write about working from home, I usually have in mind someone who either has a telecommute situation, is a freelancer or independent...
Tags: businesses opportunity, potential purchaser, earnings claims, opportunity promoter, Torrance, Promoter, Federal Trade Commission, Business Finance, Marketing, Contract law, Franchising
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