February 28, 2013
As soon as word trickled out on Thursday that Edith Ramirez was President Obama’s pick to be the next chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, the one word that folks repeatedly used to describe her was “quiet.” Oh—and then they added, “analytical,” “cautious,” and “methodical.”
February 28, 2013
The Federal Trade Commission scored a big victory this month when the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in the agency’s favor in a case involving a hospital merger in rural Georgia, about 90 miles...
February 28, 2013
The FTC is proposing its first significant changes to used car disclosures since 1995, seeking a new version of the ubiquitous window sticker that balances consumer needs and cost effectiveness-...
February 28, 2013
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are urging the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to take action to force credit reporting agencies to...
February 28, 2013
The budgetary event known as the “sequester,” where the failure of the political parties to reach a compromise on government spending and taxation has resulted in $85 billion in automatic spending...
February 28, 2013
Many financial institutions were on the take, stealing money from U.S. taxpayers, according to an FTC:WATCH analysis of testimony in the month-long trial of three key municipal desk employees at...
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