• FTC Judge Upholds Charges Against Toys "R" Us

• FTC Reaches Settlement With Weight Watchers Over Weight Loss Claims

• David A. Balto Appointed Assistant Deputy Director of Policy and Evaluation of FTC's Competition Bureau

• FTC Wins Permanent Injunction Against "$cholar$cam" Defendants

September 29, 1997

• Privacy, Accuracy and Fairness of Sensitive Personal Information Enhanced for Consumers Under Amended Credit Reporting Statute

September 26, 1997

• FYI: Announced Action(s) for September 26,1997

• FTC Ends Administrative Challenge To Hospital Merger In Grand Rapids, Michigan

September 24, 1997

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Federal, State, Local Law Enforcers, 1,500 Private Sector Volunteers Unveil "Project Mailbox"

• MEDIA ADVISORY: Privacy of Sensitive Financial Information Enhanced for Consumers under Amended Credit Reporting Statute; Accuracy of Information Will Improve

September 23, 1997

• FTC Chairman Discusses Merger Wave and Merger Enforcement at the FTC; Focus is Staples and Boeing - Revised

• Canadian Telemarketer Offering Credit Caed "Protection" Services Deceived Consumers, FTC Says

• Florida-Based Medical Equipment Business Franchisors Settle FTC Charges

• FYI: Announced Action(s) for September 23, 1997

September 22, 1997

• Mediq Informs FTC that It Will Abandon Merger with UHS in Face of Challenge

• Substantial Profits for Tobacco Companies Could Result from Tobacco Settlement, Says FTC Staff

• Opening Statement of FTC Chairman Robert Pitofsky At a Press Conference to Announce a Report Titled "Competition and the Financial Impact of the Proposed Tobacco Industry Settlement"

September 19,1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for September 19, 1997

September 18, 1997

• Wait, Watch Closely and See Is Right Stance For Government On Privacy Issues For Electronic Payment Systems, Says FTC Official

• Two Individual Defendants In FTC Crackdown On Deceptive "Badge-Related" Fundraising Agree To Settle Charges

• Defendants In FCC License Investment Scheme Settle FTC Charges; More Than $1.6 Million Obtained For Consumer Restitution

September 17, 1997

• FTC Finalizes Exxon Settlement

September 12, 1997

• FTC Acts to Keep Supermarket Prices Competitive in Areas of Mississippi and Florida.

• FTC Annonuces Second Round of Hearings and Opportunity for comments on Joint Venture Project

• FYI: Announced Actions for September 12, 1997

September 11, 1997

• Operation "Yankee Trader" Targets Bogus Vending Machine Business Opportunities

September 9, 1997

• FTC Proposes New Method for Testing Amounts of Tar, Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide in Cigarettes

• New Jersey Invention Promotion Firm Subject To Preliminary Order Obtained by FTC Following Fraud Charges

• FYI: Announced Actions for September 9, 1997

September 8, 1997

• FTC Chairman Pitofsky Appoints Debra A. Valentine as General Counsel; Valentine Becomes First Woman Named to Post

September 5, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for September 5, 1997

September 4, 1997

• Defendant in FTC Case Charging Franchisors of Cordless Pay Telephone Systems with Deceiving Investors Agrees To Settle

September 3, 1997

• Condom Manufacturer Settles Charges; FTC Alleges Ramses Ad Claims Were Deceptive

• Magazine Marketers Settle FTC Charges; Ordered To Pay $88,000 for Federal Law Violations

September 2, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for September 2, 1997

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