Wikio - Consumer protection

Kasapa Telecom Takeover Blues (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:58:07 GMT

AN ACCRA Fast Track High Court (FTC) determining the ownership status of "Kasapa Telecom" between the Ghanaian corporate entity, Kludjeson International Limited (KIL) and its overseas business counterparts, Hutchison Telecommunications Limited and Certwell Limited, has opened the floodgate for evidence to be adduced by the litigating parties.

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Dearth of Infrastructure Leads to Poor GSM Services - CPC (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:02:35 GMT

Assistant Director, Public Relations Officer, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mr. Olumuyiwa Biodun, said yesterday that the dearth of infrastructure had lead to poor GSM services.

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Commissioner Rosch on the (Smaller?) Role of Economists in Antitrust Litigation (TRUTH ON THE MARKET)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:07:46 GMT

From FTC Commissioner Rosch: Personally, I think simulation analyses and indeed any kind of economic analyses that require the use of mathematical formulae are of little persuasive value in the courtroom setting. When I see an economic formula my eyes start to glaze over, and if the formula uses Greek letters I tend to think “it’s [...]

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U.S. Clears BHP's Bid for Rival (Law Blog - WSJ.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:57:00 GMT

BHP's hostile bid for Rio Tinto moved a small step closer to getting regulatory approval, after the U.S. Justice Department and FTC closed their review under federal antitrust law without moving to a second phase.

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FTC Will Study Experiences of Identity Theft Victims (beSpacific)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:58:41 GMT

: "The Federal Trade Commission plans to study the experiences of identity theft victims by conducting a survey of consumers who contacted the FTC after they were victimized. The proposed survey will examine the remedies available to victims under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 (FACT Act). Among other things, the FACT Act gave consumers the right to...

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AG hopeful promises consumer protection policies (kansascity.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:41:00 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY | Democratic Attorney General candidate Margaret Donnelly rolled out several policy proposals in a press conference here this morning.

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Acer fined by Taiwan trade comission (the INQUIRER)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:56:32 GMT

Sylvie Barak the Inquirer , Thursday 3 July 2008. 17:45:00 False advertising ACER HAS FOUND itself in trouble with Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) and will have to cough up $39,484 in fines for misleading advertising. According to Dodgy Times, the ads for Acer's Aspire notebooks led customers to believe that they all came with Dolby Digital technology, but actually, only those...

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Interactions between Competition and Consumer Policy (Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:04:55 GMT

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Mark Armstrong (University College London Department of Economics) has written on Interactions between Competition and Consumer Policy. ABSTRACT: This paper discusses complementarities and tensions between competition policies and consumer protection policies. The paper argues that...

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U.S. Strengthens Anti Spam Laws, July 3, 2008 (New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:36:15 GMT

Source: Lexology, July 3, 2008 . US strengthens anti 'spam' laws Addleshaw Goddard LLP "The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved 4 new rule provisions under The Can-Spam Act."

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Where's my money: Consumer protections needed for new ways to pay (Consumers Union - All Articles)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:06:03 GMT

BEFORE THE GRAND RETHINKING: FIVE THINGS TO DO TODAY WITH PAYMENTS LAW AND TEN PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE NEW PAYMENTS PRODUCTS AND NEW PAYMENTS LAWPublished in the Chicago-Kent Law Review Symposium: Rethinking Pay-ments Law, 83 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. No 2, 769 (2008).GAIL HILLEBRAND INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARYNot so long ago, consumers were asked if they would like to pay by “cash, check, or credit.”...

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FTC Won't Investigate Google's Search Ad Deal with Yahoo (ClickZ)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:43:15 GMT

With the Department of Justice officially inspecting the Google-Yahoo search ad deal to ensure it passes antitrust muster, the FTC is expected to stay away.

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FTC Recruiting Identity Theft Victims (AterSlash)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:01:53 GMT

Now I don’t know who I am, or why I have several fake ID’s in my posession. I don’t know why I am efficient in killing heavily trained soldiers with my bare hands.

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Onkyo TX-SR705 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver - $519 Shipped (Gadget Review)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:00:53 GMT

Amazon has the best price on the web for the Onkyo TX-SR705 7.1 Channel Home Theater Receiver in black. It’s $800 - $281 instant savings = $519 Shipped! Features: 100 Watts/Channel at 8 ohms (FTC) Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, Dolby Digital Plus, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS Neo:6, THX Select 2 and THX Surround [...]

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FTC Settles With BurnLounge Operator Over Pyramid Scheme (Digital Media Wire)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:58:27 GMT

Washington - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that one of the operators of BurnLounge, a digital music distribution service the agency had determined was actually a pyramid scheme, has settled charges and agreed to give up $20,000 in ill-gotten gains. read more

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re: Bureau of Competition (The LRC Blog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:12:16 GMT

When Jim Miller, a University of Virginia Ph.D. economist, was head of the FTC during the Reagan administration he tried to put the Bureau of Competition to good use by suing local governments for creating taxicab monopolies with licensing regulation....

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Oxymoron of the Day (The Club for Growth)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:41:09 GMT

The FTC has a "Bureau of Competition."

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"Bureau of Competition" (The LRC Blog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:51:09 GMT

Who knew that the FTC had a Bureau of Competition and that the Department of Commerce had an Office of Antiboycott Compliance! The Bureau of Competition "seeks out and challenges anticompetitive conduct in the marketplace, including monopolization and agreements between...

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11th Circuit - In A Case Of First Impression, Order Denying Motion To Dismiss Chapter 7 Case Not Final Appealable Order (Georgia Bankruptcy Blog)

sbriddle@mindspring.com (Scott Riddle) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:02:23 GMT

Barben v. Donovan (In re Donovan), No. 07-13915 (11th Cir. July 2, 2008). Donovan filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition on February 17, 2004, prior to the passage of the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act. ... Donovan became unable to make the payments under the plan as they came due. Accordingly, Donovan—apparently at the bankruptcy court’s suggestion—converted...

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Comcast Broadband Telephone (Cable TV Promotions)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT

Comcast Broadband Telephone Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy Workshop - remarks by . FTC Workshop on Broadband Connectivity Rev. 2/21/2007 could still be exploited by a refusal of Comcast to carry its search engine capabilities to its ?. . telephone duopoly will be joined by three or four wireless suppliers in the . Comcast's--subscribers unless it received some share of the rents. I confess...

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BurnLounge Promoter Can't Afford FTC Fine (Listening Post)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:02:48 GMT

The sordid saga of BurnLounge is one step closer to coming to a much-deserved end. The FTC's civil suit against the company's CEO Juan Alexander and three employees who helped promote the dodgy digital music store, which forced affiliates to...

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