federal trade commission

Agencies like the Federal Trade Commission have been trying to crack down on online product reviews that do not disclose the connection between a merchant and the person doling out the praise.

The Federal Trade Commission said the sportswear maker agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations of unfounded claims about the health benefits of two lines of shoes.

The Federal Trade Commission has started a formal investigation into Google's business, raising concerns among investors about a lengthy, distracting probe and potential legal action.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today that it has approved Microsoft's $8.5 billion cash takeover of voice and video-over-IP provider Skype.

Microsoft officially announced its intent to acquire Skype back on May 10 and, since then, users have been taking to Twitter to blame Microsoft for Skype's intermittent service.

The criticism, at least in that sense, has been a bit preemptive. At least, it seems, until today.

The Federal Trade Commission’s plan seeks to restrict the marketing of products like sugary cereals and fast-food meals to help stem childhood obesity.

A man who ran a defunct get-rich scheme agreed to settle a court order by paying the Federal Trade Commission $900,000 and surrendering the proceeds from the sale of his house and most of his personal property.

Intel Corp., the worlds largest chipmaker, won clearance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to acquire McAfee Inc., bringing the company a step closer to expanding into the security-software market.

The Federal Trade Commission said that despite collecting millions in fees, American Tax Relief rarely, if ever, delivered on its promises.

A marketing company in America has been rapped by the Federal Trade Commission for publishing reviews of its clients' games on iTunes.

The organisation, Reverb Marketing, has issued a statement suggesting it regarded the matter as trivial and didn't want to spend ages fighting this sort of lawsuit.

We haven't put a link to its website in this instance because it was down as this blog was being written; that could of course be coincidence.

The Federal Trade Commission and Intel said that they had settled charges of anticompetitive behavior in the market for computer chips.