• FYI: Announced Actions for December 31, 1997

December 24, 1997

• TRW Agrees To Divest BDM Assets To Settle FTC Charges

December 22, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for December 22, 1997

December 19, 1997

• FTC "Project $cholar$cam" Settlement Would Bar Florida Defendant from Telemarketing

• Shell Texaco to Divest Assests to Settle FTC Charges

December 18, 1997

• Mozelle W. Thompson Sworn in as Federal Trade Commissioner

• Orson Swindle Sworn in as Federal Trade Commissioner

December 17, 1997

• FTC Negotiates Settlement to Preserve Competition in Worldwide Market for Timeshare Exchange Services

• Honeywell, Inc. Settles FTC Charges it Made Unsubstantiated Efficacy and Allergy Relief Claims for Room Air Purifiers

• Information Industry Voluntarily Agrees To Stronger Protections for Consumers, FTC Says

December 16, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for December 16, 1997

December 15, 1997

• FYI: Registered Identification Numbers (RNs), issued by the Federal Trade Commission for use on labels on clothing and other textile or fur products, is now available on the Internet

• Dewar's Scotch, Bombay Gin and Bombay Sapphire Gin to Find New Corporate Homes Under FTC Agreement

• FTC Surfs Children's Web Sites to Review Privacy Practices

December 12, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for December 12, 1997

• Federal Trade Commission Settles "Project $cholar$cam" Case Against College Assistance Services, Inc.

December 11, 1997

• $300,000 Performace Bond Requirement Imposed Against Settling Defendant Named in "Project Field of Schemes" Sweep

• Family Operated Advance Loan Fee Business to Settle FTC Charges: Defendants to Pay $374,000

December 9, 1997

• FTC and Federal Reserve Board Announce Special Educational Initiative on New Car Leasing Rules

• FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Sixty-Seven Philadelphia Funeral Homes for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law

December 8, 1997

• Good News for Consumers from "consumer.gov"

December 5, 1997

• FYI: Announced Actions for December 5, 1997

December 4,1997

• Seller of "Training Programs" Designed to Help Consumers Start Home-Based travel Agencies Agrees to Settle FTC Charges,  FTC Alleged False Claims Regarding Earnings, Success Rates, Travel Benefits

December 1, 1997

• FTC To Retain "All or Virtually All" Standard for "Made in USA" Advertising and Labeling Claims

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