The Republican takeover of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission could clear the way for PepsiCo Inc. to complete its $13.6 billion acquisition of Quaker Oats Co. despite concerns about the deal among staff lawyers at the agency. The imminent departure of the FTC's Democrat-appointed chairman, Robert Pitofsky, will strip the...
Once upon a time, there was a small government agency known as the Federal Communications Commission that behaved, well, like a government agency. Regulators of the airwaves since the explosion of radio and television in the '30s and '40s, the FCC d Once upon a...
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 7, 1996--Eastman Kodak Company confirmed that it filed a complaint with the Japan Fair Trade Commission JFTC -- the agency responsible for enforcing Japan's Antimonopoly Law -- formally requesting the agency to take enforcement action against certain anticompetitive practices in the Japanese photographic film and paper market.
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission told Congress that the agency was weighing changes to reporting requirements for companies. Key requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, born of corporate scandals, are getting critical scrutiny The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission told...
The Federal Trade Commission will not sue the movie, music and videogame industries on the grounds that they have used false or deceptive practices to market violence to children, the agency said last Tuesday. "[T]he Commission believes that t The Federal Trade Commission will...
According to MFTZ Monitor, Greece has proposed to the European Commission to place an European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA in Piraeus, Greece's largest port. The European Commission intends to set up EMSA to monitor the ... According to MFTZ Monitor, Greece has proposed to the European...
The Federal Trade Commission recently went after the National Title Agency, Inc., a provider of real estate services in 44 states, and the company's president and owner because the company did not provide adequate storage and disposal procedures fo The Federal Trade Commission recently...
A deadlocked U.S. Federal Trade Commission allowed PepsiCo Inc. to proceed with its $13.9 billion bid to buy Quaker Oats Co. despite concerns among agency staff the deal would leave the company in a position to dominate the market for sports drinks. FTC commissioners split 2-2 over the question of...
As the Federal Trade Commission FTC continues to review the comments the agency sought this year on a national Do Not Call list, the Federal Communications Commission FCC released a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the Telephone Consumer P As the Federal Trade Commission FTC continues...
WASHINGTON -- A Federal Communications Commission official said last week that the agency is hoping to adopt new cable-ownership rules -- a process being closely monitored by AT&T Corp. -- at its Sept. 15 meeting. Agency officials had pla ...
Viacom's $36 billion purchase of CBS, approved last week by the Federal Communications Commission, could rev up the already hyperspeed pace of recent ad agency media-buying consolidations. But the question is whether the megamergers give agency or me Viacom's $36 billion purchase of CBS, approved last...
The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission is seeking ways to better integrate its planning mission with other state agencies. The commission -- NIPC -- faces criticism from ``smart growth'' activists who say the state-funded agency is shirking The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission is seeking...
Perhaps the single most important government agency for the business world is the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its five-member commission makes decisions that affect every public company in the land as well as many privately held ones. The commission has been split 3-2 among Republicans and Democrats,...
RATE COMMISSION REDUCES POSTAGE HIKE - On May 11, the Postal Rate Commission PRC, the independent government agency that has deliberated over the U.S. Postal Service's July 1997 proposal for rate increases, determined that most of the USPS-proposed RATE COMMISSION REDUCES POSTAGE HIKE - On May...
TOKYO -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced that standard travel agency commissions will be eliminated for tickets sold on or after October 1, 2008 in Japan.
The European Commission EC wants to create an agency to monitor and control fishing fleet operations as part of the mechanism for the Common Fisheries Policy CFP adopted last winter to curb fishing and fishing fleets. The European Commission EC wants to create an...
The time has come to eliminate most motor carrier regulation, says the Interstate Commerce Commission. But most rail regulation should stay in place, the agency says. This introspection into its own functions comes as a result of a mandate in ...
Dec. 12--The matriarch of a Sheridan, Ind., company that reached a record settlement with the Federal Trade Commission this summer concluded her own agreement with the agency Wednesday. Dec. 12--The matriarch of a Sheridan, Ind., company that reached a record settlement...
Byline: Doug Halonen About 7% of investment advisers should be able to count on examinations from the Securities and Exchange Commission next year, if the watchdog agency is able to maintain its current pace. According to the SEC's official repo Byline:...
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