Word: ftc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deals go through, Coke and Pepsi will account for 80% of the market. Both companies voiced little reaction to the FTC move. Said a Coke spokesman: "We believe our acquisition is in the best interests of the industry...
While actual cram courses are indeed ineffectual at best, there is irrefutable evidence that the Kaplan program is much more than an "expensive confidence booster." No less an authority than the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a 1979 study on standardized-test prep courses, wrote, "though it cannot be concluded that coaching [in general] will work for everyone, the results of the study do show that coaching can be effective for those who do not score well on standardized tests." Much more significantly, they added, "coaching at School A [Kaplan] can be effective for all students, not just...
...Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1980 considered filing suit for false advertising against Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center, Inc., Kaplan claimed a test score increase of 50 points for those students who took advantage of their coaching...
...technique," countered the other. The latest salvos in the presidential campaign? No, just samples of the recent invective between James Miller, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and the man he replaced, Commissioner Michael Pertschuk. A staunch consumer advocate whose seven-year term at the FTC expired last week, Pertschuk left office fightin', feudin' and fumin'. He accused Miller, a Reagan appointee, of deliberately sidetracking the FTC's mission to protect consumers against unfair and deceptive business practices. "While they have fiddled," complained Pertschuk in a 240-page critique of the Reagan FTC that he submitted...
...current spending spree. In July the Federal Trade Commission blocked the Swiss firm's $515 million takeover of CooperVision, a California contact-lens company. Reason: Nestlé already sells certain types of eye-care supplies through a Fort Worth subsidiary, Alcon Laboratories. There has been speculation that the FTC might oppose the creation of a food combine the size of Nestlé and Carnation. Experts close to the deal, however, expect little difficulty because the companies do not have significant competing products. Nestlé sells no milk in the U.S., and Carnation sells no coffee...