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05/14/2012
May 20-26 is National Small Business Week and a time to celebrate the growing business demographic in our country. Entrepreneurs and small business owners are the backbone of the U.S. economy: 60 to 80 percent of the new jobs in the country are created by the approximately 27.2 million small businesses in the U.S. It is estimated that over half of Americans either own or work for a small business. In honor of National Small Business Week, Better Business Bureau is encouraging small business owners to take advantage of the many resources for small businesses from BBB and from the Federal Trade Commission.
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01/30/2012
Better Business Bureau warns consumers that scammers are making phony phone calls claiming to represent the National Do Not Call Registry. According to DoNotCall.gov, “The calls claim to provide an opportunity to sign up for the Registry. These calls are not coming from the Registry or the Federal Trade Commission, and you should not respond to these calls.
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08/13/2010
If we've learned anything from the economic meltdown of the last three years, it's that bad financial practices can sometimes produce big financial profits, at least for a while.
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07/28/2010
New Federal Trade Commission settlements banned eight marketers from selling mortgage modification or foreclosure relief services.
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06/17/2010
BBB serving Central, Coastal and Southwest Texas has issued an F rating to San Antonio-based Abili-Staff Ltd., due to a pending FTC government action against the company as well as unanswered consumer disputes received by BBB. Abili-Staff offers work-at-home opportunities to consumers nationwide through an online database consumers pay membership fees to access. Disputes received by BBB claim Abili-Staff did not deliver legitimate job opportunities and failed to process promised refunds. Click here to view Abili-Staff’s current BBB Reliability Report™.
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10/01/2007
The dietary supplement industry is a dynamic one. Scientific research on the associations between supplements and health is accumulating rapidly. The number of products — and the variety of uses for which they are promoted — have increased significantly in the last few years. The role of the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces laws outlawing "unfair or deceptive acts or practices," is to ensure that consumers get accurate information about dietary supplements so that they can make informed decisions about these products.
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08/01/1987
If your company offers consumer credit, you probably communicate with your customers using many different standardized forms and notices. These may range from short notices to complicated contracts that explain the terms of your credit plan. This manual is intended to help you write consumer credit contracts and other forms in "Plain English" so that your customers can easily understand them.
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01/01/1983
In 1975, Congress enacted the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. One of the goals of the Act is to encourage businesspersons like you to write your warranties in "simple and readily understood" language. We, the Federal Trade Commission staff, receive many requests for guidance in achieving this goal. This manual is designed to give you achieving this goal. This manual is designed to help you achieve your goals by giving you practical suggestions to for writing a simple and easy-to-understand warranty.
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