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Pre-Paid Legal Services says FTC may sue
Ada :: OK :: USA | 1 day ago
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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 | 2 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
Obama picks Brill, Ramirez as FTC commissioners
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility President Barack Obama has chosen Julie Brill, North Carolina's top consumer watchdog, and attorney Edith Ramirez to fill two vacant spots on the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said on Monday. "These individuals bring a depth of experience...
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, North Carolina, consumer protection, Los Angeles, Politics, Cooper, Raleigh North Carolina, Law Crime, Business Finance, United States antitrust law, Corporate crime
Love of contests brings loads of junk mail
San José :: Costa Rica | 5 days ago
Credibility Each day a call would come, telling the Midlothian woman a few million more was just waiting out there for her to claim. Claiming the prize was so simple. Mike Bennett says he is concerned with the amount of calls from fraudulent contest organizations...
Tags: Marie Bennett, Mike Bennett, Bennetts, junk mail, Mitch Katz, Costa Rica, San José, Federal Trade Commission, National Do Not Call Registry, Sweepstakes, Telemarketing, Marketing, Federal Communications Commission
Consumer alert
Oak Lawn :: IL :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Some readers had wondered what was up with Baja Sol Fresh Mex Grill, which opened earlier this year in Oak Lawn, at 5273 W...It looked like it might be closed, and callers were greeted by a recorded message letting them know that employees were busy helping...
Tags: Chris Lower, FTC, BlueHippo, Oak Lawn, BlueHippo Funding, Franchising, Consumer protection, Corporate crime, Federal Trade Commission
FTC seeks contempt order against BlueHippo
Baltimore :: OH :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility BlueHippo Funding, the Woodlawn electronics sales company that has been the subject of thousands of consumer complaints and the target of regulators in multiple states, is again in trouble. The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday asked a court to find...
Tags: BlueHippo, FTC, Marylanders, Baltimore, BlueHippo Funding, Federal Trade Commission, Movieland, Business Finance
Canadian crooks defrauded millions: U.S. trade commission
Ottawa :: IL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The second-largest money-transferring company in the United States was ordered to pay $18 million to victims who were allegedly "scammed by crooks working out of Canada," U.S. authorities said Tuesday. But the Federal Trade Commission says the actual...
Tags: MoneyGram International Inc., United States, Canada, Federal Trade Commission, U.S
Mandatory fine print: Bloggers, celebrities, and online distributors MUST disclose material connections come December
While the current global recession continues to catalyze drastic changes in the media landscape, ample space opens up for questionable marketing methods. Indeed, recent government moves concerned with regulating endorsements on the...
Tags: recession, media, marketing, government, endorsements, internet, Web, social media, blogger, blogs, Twitter, celebrities, Prada, Kim Kardashyan, Federal Trade Commission, NARC, online testimonials, advertising, free products, material connection, controversy, weight loss, supplements
IAB Takes On FTC Over Silly Blogger Disclosure Rules
Madrid :: Spain | about 1 month ago
Credibility As more and more people are recognizing this -- and interviews with the FTC folks in charge of this suggest they either haven't put very much thought into this issue or they don't quite know how the world works outside of their government cocoon -- the...
Tags: Federal Trade Commission, IAB, blogger rules, FTC
Drugmaker Pfizer closes $68B acquisition of Wyeth
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility N.J. — Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth have tied the knot in the drug industry's most expensive marriage this year. Nine months after Pfizer announced an agreement to buy Wyeth for $68 billion, the deal closed Thursday, a day after the companies got final approval...
Tags: Pfizer-Wyeth, Pfizer Inc., FTC Clears Pfizer, Pfizer Inc., Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Federal Trade Commission, Canada, U.S
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