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FTC: Kids target of $1.6 billion in food ads

AP — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:27:04 +0000

The nation’s largest food and beverage companies spent about $1.6 billion in 2006 marketing their products _ especially carbonated drinks _ to children, according to a Federal Trade Commission report obtained by the Associated...

FTC considers backing off nicotine guidance

AP — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:18:37 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission may rescind its guidance on tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes that are based on a test started more than 40 years ago.The FTC says if the guidance is withdrawn, advertisers should no longer use terms suggesting...

EA triumphs over FTC in take-two bid

Taylor Flatt — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:10:56 +0000

The long, dirty road with EA and T2, is coming to a close. EA has satisfied the Federal Trade Commission’s second round of information requests regarding its bid for Take-Two. Although this is a bad sign for Take-Two, this doesn’t...

FTC opens formal probe of Intel chip business

AP — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:29:44 +0000

Escalating the world’s largest computer chip maker’s legal woes, the Federal Trade Commission has opened a formal probe into Intel Corp.’s sales tactics, a victory for its much smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.Intel...

FTC opens formal probe of Intel

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:11:15 +0000

Intel, AMD hit with subpoena in FTC probe

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:08:11 +0000

Intel Corp. and its much smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. have been subpoenaed by the Federal Trade Commission about possible anticompetitive behavior in the microprocessor market, the companies said Friday.The move by the FTC to escalate...

Intel gets FTC subpoena on processor competition

AP — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:27:18 +0000

Intel says it has received a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission concerning its practices in the microprocessor market.The No. 1 processor maker has been cooperating with the FTC since 2006 on an informal inquiry into competition in...

FTC settles with investigators in HP spy scheme

AP — Wed, 28 May 2008 21:33:11 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday it agreed to $600,000 in settlements and judgments against several private investigators involved in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying case.The FTC last year filed a complaint against those...

FTC begins rule on oil manipulation

AP — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:29:22 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it hoped to complete rules by the end of the year on how it plans to enforce a new law against price manipulation and deception in the oil-trading markets.The FTC announced that has taken the first step,...

Court overturns government's ruling against Rambus

AP — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:38:22 +0000

An appeals court on Tuesday overruled a decision by the Federal Trade Commission that Rambus Inc. violated antitrust law, sending the computer-chip designer’s shares up almost 4 percent.The FTC ruled in 2006 that Rambus illegally obtained a...