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		<title><![CDATA[NCRC Files FTC Complaint Against Zillow.com; Consumer Protection & Fair Housing Violations Alleged]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTC steps up consumer privacy action.(Federal Trade Commission's consumer protection actions)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb267/is_200509/ai_n18882712]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While the Federal Trade Commission's FTC highest  consumer-protection priority is still deceptive and fraudulent  advertising and marketing practices, its recent settlement with  BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. indicates just how serious the agency is  about  While the Federal Trade Commission's FTC highest  consumer-protection priority is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SMARTguard Reveals Blockster, A Response to Illegal P2P Downloads; SMARTguard to Present at FTC Event on P2P and Consumer Protection]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore. -- SMARTguard SoftwareTM, a provider of tools for helping parents address the problems of illegal, inappropriate and excessive computer use, today announced Blockster, a software program that exclusively monitors free peer-to-peer (P2P) program use to restrict illegal downloads of copyrighted materials, such as movies and music, and prevents...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ABA announces consumer protection fellowships]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a pilot project established by the American Bar Association section of Antitrust Law, in cooperation with the National Association of Attorneys General, eight law students will be named as fellows for the summer of 2005 and will serve in the consumer protection departments of the offices of selected state...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beales resigns from FTC consumer protection post.(Field Reports)(J. Howard Beales III resigns from Federal Trade Commission)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb267/is_200409/ai_n13131683]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- In mid-July, the Federal Trade Commission FTC  announced that J. Howard Beales III, director of the Bureau of Consumer  Protection, would be leaving his position at the Bureau to return to  academic life as associate professor of strateg  WASHINGTON -- In mid-July, the Federal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beales resigns from FTC Consumer Protection post.(Federal Trade Commission )(J. Howard Beales III)(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb267/is_200408/ai_n5568970]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission FTC announced that J.  Howard Beales III, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, will  be leaving his position at the Bureau to return to academic life as  associate professor of ...    WASHINGTON -- The Federal Trade Commission...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citigroup pays $215m to settle loan charges.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citigroup Thursday agreed to pay $215m ([euro]218m) to settle  charges of engaging in deceptive and abusive lending from the US Federal  Trade Commission FTC.The deal struck between the two sides is the  largest consumer protection settlement in the F  Citigroup Thursday agreed to pay $215m ([euro]218m)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTC Director of Consumer Protection To Keynote San Francisco Conference on Privacy Thursday]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTC Director of Consumer Protection Howard Beales to Keynote San Francisco Conference on Controversial California Privacy Law]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTC Director of Consumer Protection Howard Beales to Speak on Controversial Privacy Law at Sacramento Symposium]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200201/ai_n21800488]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AICPA Briefs FTC On Efforts to Provide Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, DC--BUSINESS WIRE--June 9, 1999--]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 1999 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dot Com Disclosures]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FTC has enforced and will continue enforcing its consumer protection laws online to ensure that products and services are described truthfully in online ads and that consumers get what they pay for. These activities benefit consumers as well as sellers, who expect and deserve a fair marketplace. Many of...]]></description>
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