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01/04/2012
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises consumers who want to lose weight to beware of exaggerated claims for weight-loss plans or products.
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11/21/2011
Holiday shopping doesn’t have to destroy your nerves or your budget if you research the items you want to buy and set limits on what you will spend, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises.
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02/25/2011
Brides who spend months and thousands of dollars planning for a perfect wedding can avoid disappointment by reading contracts carefully and checking vendors out with the BBB.
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01/31/2011
Looking for love online or through a traditional dating service may seem like an easy way to spice up your social life, but consumers tell the Better Business Bureau (BBB) that some services have left them frustrated and disappointed.
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01/05/2011
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns consumers to be skeptical of advertisements promising quick and easy ways to lose weight without cutting back on calories or increasing physical activity.
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01/03/2011
Being vigilant against fraud is not only important for a company’s bottom line, it also strengthens customer trust in the business. The Better Business Bureau highlights seven common scams that prey on small companies.
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12/27/2010
As the American economy climbs out of recession, the BBB reminds consumers that scammers still want to knock people back into their own personal recessions by stealing their money or their identities.
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12/03/2010
Holidays can be hectic, and scammers are counting on harried consumers letting down their guard, whether shopping online, juggling packages at the mall or simply reading their e-mail.
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10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prepared this booklet to help you comply with a new FTC rule that requires labeling on alternative fueled vehicles. The Labeling Requirements for Alternative Fuels and Alternative Fueled Vehicles Rule was issued in keeping with a directive in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The Rule requires you to provide information to potential purchasers of alternative fueled vehicles to help them compare vehicles.
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10/01/2007
Computer sellers - online and brick-and-mortar - inundate consumers with advertisements for "free" or low-cost computers. The offers usually involve rebates of several hundred dollars off the computer's purchase price - if the consumer commits to a long-term contract for Internet service. Some of the offers may be good deals for consumers, but they are likely to involve complicated transactions.
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10/01/2007
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Care Labeling Rule requires manufacturers and importers to attach care instructions to garments. Updates to the Rule became effective on September 1, 2000. The Rule's section requiring a "reasonable basis" for care instructions has been changed to clarify what is required, and the definitions of "hot," "warm," and "cold" water have been changed to harmonize with the definitions used by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC).
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10/01/2007
Introduction What are the Requirements Who Must Comply What Products are Covered How to Comply Requirements for All Cartons of Covered Lamp Products Shipped Within or Imported into the U.S. Requirements for Promotional Materials Displayed or Distributed at the Point of Sale Requirements for Catalogs Testing and Sampling Requirements Record Keeping Requirements Submission of Test Data Records Supplying Specimens for Testing By a Laboratory Designated by the FTC Questions and Answers Introduction
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10/01/2007
This manual was prepared to help you, the advertiser, comply with requirements in federal law for advertising consumer credit and consumer leases. These requirements apply whenever you use specific terms in an advertisement promoting consumer credit or consumer leases. Although this manual is illustrated with newspaper advertisements, the law applies to all kinds of media advertisements for consumer credit and consumer leases.
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10/01/2007
The Partnership for Healthy Weight Management
The Partnership: A coalition composed of representatives from science, academia, the health care professions, government, commercial enterprises, and organizations promoting the public interest.
Mission: To promote sound guidance to the general public on strategies for achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
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10/01/2007
Protecting the privacy of consumer information held by "financial institutions" is at the heart of the financial privacy provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act of 1999. The GLB Act requires companies to give consumers privacy notices that explain the institutions' information-sharing practices. In turn, consumers have the right to limit some - but not all - sharing of their information.
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