Federal Trade Commission
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) The US government agency established in 1915 by the Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) to promote free and fair competition in interstate commerce and to prevent unfair methods of competition. Its wide brief covers takeovers, mergers, cartels, price fixing, and fraudulent advertising.
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"Red Flags" reminders.(EYE ON THE HILL)(National Association of Credit Management reminding creditors about Federal Trade Commissions rules on credit)
Magazine article from: Business Credit; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) "Red Flags" Rules, on which NACM has worked diligently to inform trade creditors of their responsibilities...assessments. For more information about what trade creditors need to do to comply with...
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. SERVICES TRADE, 2010 ANNUAL REPORT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...access to the Commission should contact...investigation, the Commission publishes two...one on services trade (Recent Trends...version of the Commission's Recent Trends...S. Services Trade is now available...published in the Federal Register on September...published in the ...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE REGARDING ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT: IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMY, ON ANDEAN DRUG CROP ERADICATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...International Trade Commission, Washington...206 of the Andean Trade Preference Act...requires that the Commission submit biennial...published in the Federal Register of March...International Trade Commission Building, 500...
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AFS Trade Commission says Section 332 next step to combat offshore competition. (Metalcasting Associations).
Magazine article from: Modern Casting; 12/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...30 meeting, the AFS Trade Commission approved the recommendation...future trade action at the federal level by the industry...industry to allow the federal government body to provide...to the industry at the federal government level. In...
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U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE IN MATTER OF CERTAIN SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2008
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/7/2009; 700+ words
; ...be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket...BACKGROUND: The Commission has prepared and...reports on U.S. trade shifts in selected...Beginning in 2004, the Commission converted the report...published in the Federal Register of September...published in the Federal Register of ...
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Second meeting of the Canada-U.S. Trade Commission. (transcript)
PR Newswire; 12/19/1989; 700+ words
; ...countries. The commission recommended...6 billion of trade between Canada...organizations, the commission has recommended...published in the Federal Register to...barriers to trade in fishery products, thie commission has created...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF U.S.-ISRAEL AGRICULTURAL TRADE CONDUCTED IN FREE TRADE ENVIRONMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...S. International Trade Commission issued the following...S. International Trade Commission (ITC or...nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, will provide...States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS AFFECTING MEDICAL DEVICES, EQUIPMENT TRADE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...International Trade Commission issued the following...International Trade Commission (ITC...nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, to examine...request of the U.S. Trade Representative...reports convey the Commission's objective findings...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION LAUNCHES FIRST OF THREE INVESTIGATIONS ON U.S. TRADE WITH CHINA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/2/2006; 700+ words
; ...S. International Trade Commission issued the following...S. International Trade Commission (ITC or...nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, will produce...States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW...
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ISSUES NOTICE REGARDING CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES, COMPONENTS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 1/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...2004, the Commission determined not...Circuit (the "Federal Circuit...2006, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the Commission's final determination...International Trade Commission...consistent with the Federal Circuit's...
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Federal Trade Commission
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) emerged from Progressive Era reformers' search for better means to manage large-scale industrial capitalism and to combat monopoly. By 1912 reformers agreed...
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Federal Trade Commission Act (1914)
Book article from: Major Acts of Congress
Federal Trade Commission Act (1914) Herbert Hovenkamp The Federal Trade Commission Act...government agency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a five-member...FOR THE FTC AND OTHER COMMISSIONS Many political groups...
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Small Business
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) The Federal Trade Commission...practices. Since 1914 both the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act have...agencies Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act of 1975 —...
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Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Business and Finance, 2nd ed.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT OF 1914 The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 prohibits unfair methods, acts...of competition in interstate commerce. It also created the Federal Trade Commission, a bipartisan commission of five presidential...
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Federal Maritime Commission
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION The Federal Maritime Commission...S. international trade is open to all nations...in domestic offshore trades. It has the authority...site. further readings Federal Maritime Commission...
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