Topic: U.S. Federal Trade Commission

FTC, HHS Office of Inspector General, and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Announce Workshop on Issues Related to Accountable Care Organizations

Healthcare Finance News - 4 hours ago
Case Study: Little Company of Mary Hospital Saves 39 Percent by Participating in Group Buys . On October 5, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission will...

Never pay in advance for a quick credit repair promise

Daily Herald, Chicago - 10 hours ago
Recession-hammered homeowners' credit scores are on the decline across the country, say scoring industry experts, and that makes more people ...

Privacy Legislation Leads Group s List of Bad Proposals

Tech Daily Dose - yesterday
Online privacy legislation pending before Congress tops an Internet industry group's list of legislative proposals that it says could hamper the...

Truth in ...

The Record, New Jersey - yesterday
Twitter, texting, Facebook and other new media have changed the methods of communications, but, thankfully, the concept of truth in advertising...

Consumers still getting bilked by acai berry scams

CBS 13 Eugene (KVAL) - yesterday
For years now the acai berry has been the superstar in the world of weight loss supplements. . . Of course, there is no proof the acai berry ...

Online Ads, Privacy Remain In FTC Crosshairs

Slashdot - yesterday
AC95 writes "The FTC wants to give users a browser-based tool for opting out of online behavioral tracking, a proposal that has privacy advocates...

Major crackdown to protect consumers from debt relief companies

Greenwich Post, Connecticut - yesterday
The federal government is poised to enact significant restrictions to protect consumers from some of the most reviled practices used by debt relief...

Federal Agency Sues LED Bulb Maker

New York Times - yesterday
Even as lighting companies report advances in LED technology, consumers are being warned that some LED lighting products do not live up to the...

Appeals Court Upholds Pay-To-Delay Deals, Again

Pharmalot - 2 days ago
In yet another blow to the US Federal Trade Commission, a federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its ruling last April that upheld the...

The birth of TBD?

BuzzMachine - 5 days ago
Jim Brady, daddy of metro/hyperlocal startup TBD.com, sent me pictures Tim Windsor sent him from our summit on new business models for news at CUNY...