Consumer Protection Information
CONSUMER PROTECTION FTC bureau protects competition (Pacific Daily News) In this week's edition of Consumer Protection, Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco discusses the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, which seeks to prevent anti-competitive mergers and anti-competitive business practices in the marketplace.
CVS Caremark Named Finalist in URAC Annual Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) CVS Caremark today announced that the company's Drug Therapy Management program was selected by URAC, a leading independent accrediting organization, as a finalist in its Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition.
Treasury Provides TARP Funds to Federal Reserve Consumer ABS Lending Facility (United States Department of the Treasury) The U.S. Treasury Department today announced it will allocate $20 billion to back a lending facility for the consumer asset backed securities market established by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Consumer Protection (Euronews) ?Must do better?, is the message to China from the European Commissioner for Consumer Protection, who says Chinese exports ? including toys ? do not always offer sufficient safeguards. So when will they be safe?
Consumer confidence rise in November (AP via Yahoo! News) Consumer confidence rose in November amid receding gas prices, but Americans' views on the economy remain the gloomiest in decades as they grapple with massive layoffs, slumping home prices and dwindling retirement funds.
Consumer protection division issues fraudulent advance fee loan scheme warning (Sun Advocate) The Utah Division of Consumer Protection frequently receives complaints from individuals residing at locations across the state who have lost money to scam artists promising guaranteed loans in exchange for an up-front ...
Feds hope to unfreeze SBA, consumer lending (BizJournals) The Federal Reserve Board announced plans Tuesday to create a $200 billion lending facility aimed at unfreezing secondary markets for Small Business Administration loans and consumer loans.
CONSUMER PROTECTION FTC halts sale of spyware (Pacific Daily News) In this week's edition of Consumer Protection, Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco discusses how the Federal Trade Commission was granted a temporary restraining order against a Florida-based company that marketed and sold spyware to clients who then secretly monitored unsuspecting consumers' computers.
Consumer confidence rises in Nov. (MSNBC) A private research group says consumer confidence rose in November, but Americans' views on the economy remain gloomiest in decades.
Consumer confidence rose this month, though views on ecomomy gloomiest in decades (New York Daily News) Consumer confidence rose in November amid receding gasoline prices, but Americans' views on the economy remain the gloomiest in decades as they grapple with massive layoffs, slumping home prices and dwindling retirement funds.
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