FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $9 Million to Consumers Who Bought Pure Health or Genesis Today Green Coffee Weight-Loss Supplements
FTC Sending Refund Checks Totaling More Than $9 Million to Consumers Who Bought Pure Health or Genesis Today Green Coffee Weight-Loss Supplements
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing 191,748...
With temperatures expected to soar into the 90s for the next several days throughout the Midwest, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, is reminding employers to protect workers that may be exposed to extreme heat while working outdoors or in hot indoor environments.
Each year, thousands of workers suffer the...
The Federal Trade Commission charged a nationally advertised gold and silver marketing operation with bilking millions from consumers. Defendants allegedly failed to deliver orders as promised. The FTC seeks to recover money from the defendants to return to their customers, many of whom allegedly lost thousands of dollars to...
New MacArthur Competition to Award $100 Million to Help Solve a Critical Problem of Our Time
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A new competition launched today will award a $100 million grant to a single proposal designed to help solve a critical problem affecting people, places, or the planet. The Foundation’s competition, called 100&Change, is open to organizations working in any field of endeavor anywhere. Applicants must identify both the...
Looking for a loan? For consumer of marketplace lending is changing the face of credit. Mark your calendar for June 9, 2016, when the FTC kicks off its FinTech series with a half-day forum to consider the consumer protection implications of marketplace lending.
Marketplace lending is a fast-growing sector offering...
Washington, D.C. – Congressional Ukraine Caucus co-chairs Sander Levin (D-MI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), and Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and caucus members Ryan Costello (R-PA), Rosa DeLauro(D-CT), Robert Dold (R-IL), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), Nita Lowey (D-NY) Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Dave Reichert (R- WA), and Adam...
Imposters posing as IRS agents are trying to trick college students into paying a “federal student tax” – a tax that doesn’t even exist.
Students from many colleges are telling the FTC that the calls go something like this: the so-called IRS agent tells you that you owe a “federal...
With graduation ceremonies commencing and employers planning to hire 11 percent more college grads in 2016 than in 2015, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016’s Best & Worst Cities to Start a Career.
To help newly grads launch their careers in the right place, WalletHub’s analysts...
Anna Jarvis organized the first Mother’s Day observances in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration became popular around the country, Jarvis became the driving force behind Mother’s Day and asked members of Congress to set aside a day to honor mothers. She succeeded...
Rep. Lipinski Leads Fight Against a Change to China’s Economic Status That Would Lead to Devastating American Job Losses
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Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is leading a bipartisan group of more than 50 members of Congress in urging the Obama Administration to stop China from being granted market economy status (MES), which would be a disaster for American workers. When China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001,...