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Joint Declaration for the Export and Subsequent Use of Armed or Strike-Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 05 October 2016 05 October 2016
Washington, DC - An increasing number of States are acquiring and employing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to support a range of missions, including military missions that promote peace and security.
FTC Approves Final Order Preserving Competition in Market for Insulated-Gate Bipolar Transistors Used in Automotive Ignition Systems
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 05 October 2016 05 October 2016
Washington, DC - Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that ON Semiconductor Corporation’s $2.4 billion acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is likely anticompetitive.
Record $1.3 billion ruling against Scott Tucker and others behind AMG payday lending
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- Written by Lesley Fair - FTC Lesley Fair - FTC
- Published: 04 October 2016 04 October 2016
Washington, DC - The FTC’s lawsuit against AMG Services, Scott Tucker, and others challenged deceptive and unfair payday lending and debt collection practices that targeted cash-strapped consumers. The case has already resulted in an important ruling related to the scope of the FTC Act. But an order granting the FTC’s Motion for Summary Judgment includes a history-making provision: a $1.3 billion financial remedy - the largest ever in a litigated FTC case.
Marketers of Joint Pain Supplement Agree to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptive Advertising, Endorsements
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 05 October 2016 05 October 2016
Washington, DC - The sellers of Supple, a glucosamine and chondroitin liquid supplement, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they falsely advertised that their product provided complete relief from chronic and severe joint pain caused by arthritis and fibromyalgia and was scientifically proven to eliminate joint pain.
Assistant Secretary Nuland Travel to Brussels and Moscow
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- Written by State Department State Department
- Published: 04 October 2016 04 October 2016
Washington, DC - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland will join U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels, Belgium on October 4, where he will deliver a speech hosted by the German Marshall Fund on transatlantic relations.