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• Receiving Property Buying Suggestions From Uncle Sam

  
  IENACE — Authority: 141
  As those in the throws of choosing to acquire or sell a piece of property can tell you, the whole procedure can seem daunting. Many who seek the services of a professional real estate broker spend lots of sleepless nights struggling to discern who is taking advantage of them the most — the broker or the lender. The ...
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• Anti-Statism in America

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 755
  Anyone who has followed closely the debate over national health insurance has probably noticed some peculiar inconsistencies in Americans’ attitudes toward the legislation. A Pew Poll released on October 8 found “steady support” for specific elements of the health care plan, including the public alternative to ...
  16 hours ago

• FTC Site Compliance Scams: Don’t Lose Your Internet Business

  
  Internet Law and Business Blog — Authority: 455
  Yes, many Internet marketers should be scared about the way they do business now because the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has new guidelines going into effect on December 1st concerning endorsements and testimonials. There are even some online marketers going into retirement or moving their businesses offshore ...
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• Liable for Bloggers’ Claims

  
  The NMS Blog — Authority: 145
  The Federal Trade Commission on Monday published the final version of its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. These new rules govern how companies can use consumer, expert and organizational endorsements to make claims about products.There are many important updates, which become ...
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• 85% of Debt Settlement Companies May Be Closing Soon and Taking Your Money With Them

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 142
  There is no doubt that the workshops and hearings by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are going to result in changes that will significantly impact the debt settlement industry. The FTC has been carefully looking into the industry and is disgusted with the actions of many companies. These would be the companies ...
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• Law to stop identity theft postponed

  
  Jan Norman on Small Business — Authority: 425
  Will the Federal Trade Commission EVER enforce the 2003 federal law requiring 11 million businesses to combat identity theft? The agency has pushed back the enforcement deadline a fourth time for what is popularly called the Red Flag rule. The new deadline is June 1, 2010. Every business is impacted if it allows ...
  2 days ago

• Comcast, GE near agreement valuing NBC Universal at $30 billion

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 792
  Filed under: Company News , Media , General Electric , Comcast Comcast ( CMCSA ), the nations largest cable company, and GE ( GE ), the giant industrial conglomerate, are nearing agreement on a deal that would value NBC Universal, the huge entertainment company, at around $30 billion, sources familiar with the ...
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• Bloggers: Are You Now Legally Vulnerable?

  
  Media Relations — Authority: 91
  If you blog, the government has now recognized the power of blogging by issuing an 80+ page document  you need to be aware of.  On December 1, in American Fork, Utah, there will be a free seminar for local bloggers (seating limited to 25). Why attend? Newly released Federal Trade Commission guidelines may: 1) ...
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• Amazon Makes It Easy For Affiliates To Tweet Offers… and Break The Law?

  
  Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News — Authority: 479
  Last week Amazon introduced a ‘no brainer’ initiative for affiliates in the Amazon Associates program – a one-click way to send a promotional offer on Twitter.As explained in the... (Click on the title for the full story...)
  3 days ago

• Will All Affiliates Be Affected by New FTC’s Rules?

  
  Affiliate Marketing Blog — Authority: 425
  An excellent question was posed by Eric Alexander earlier this morning: Does it [the passing of the new Federal Trade Commissions disclosure rules for "endorsements and testimonials" ] only affect product or service endorsements or even all affiliate links, banners, etc that a website may publish? I’ve ...
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• When It Rains, It Pours!

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 573
  It’s more than a slogan for a salt company. It’s an old saw that means when bad things happen, they tend to come in droves. That could be the forecast for Intel, as we have news that the Federal Trade Commission might jump on the dogpile that is forming on Intel. The suit expected to come is said to parallel the ...
  5 days ago

• New FTC Rules for affiliate marketers apply Dec1 2009

  
  Stompernet SEO Course — Authority: 163
  Important News for online affiliate marketers about FTC - Federal Trade Commission Rules apply on Dec 1 2009, attend this online free webinar by New York Times best selling Author Joel Comm to help you understand the new FTC rules
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• Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online

  
  Moomette's Magnificents — Authority: 127
  Kids and Family I’d like to let you know about a new resource available at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC is introducing Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online . This booklet is chock-full of practical tips to help parents help their kids navigate the online world – whether ...
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• Weeze(r) Is Back!

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 633
  Los Angeles-based rock band Weezer has a new album out, which the Federal Trade Commission requires us to inform you that we will be receiving a free copy of in the mail.  Perhaps even from Rivers Cuomo himself.  Or maybe Elisa Cuthbert. Because that’s just how we roll. Anyway the album, entitled Raditude , ...
  6 days ago

• Advice for Advertisers with Affiliates on Twitter

  
  Affiliate Marketing Blog — Authority: 425
  On October 27, 2009 LinkShare launched a Twitter tool for affiliates to use. Almost simultaneously with the LinkShare’s announcement, Amazitter (an iPhone app for tweeting Amazon affiliate links) came out. The wave continued, and yesterday Amazon has changed its policy from no affiliate links on Twitter to ...
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• Better Business Bureau takes issue with Comcasts fiber network claim

  
  Telecom Industry News — Authority: 143
  The ongoing war over whether cable or the telco broadband networks are better has been a phenomenon raging between the two industries for over a decade. As Verizon has expanded its Fiber to the Premises-based FiOS Internet and TV service, Comcast has continually struck back saying it too has a nationwide fiber ...
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• Free Credit Report Isn’t

  
  The Consumer Warning Network — Authority: 118
  THIS ONE’S FREE By: Larry Wiezycki FreeCreditReport.com is a $700 million a year business.  It has nine million subscribers who visit the website looking for their government-mandated free credit report after seeing their catchy TV ad. The ads warn that you must “Know your Score” or fall prey to identity ...
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• FTC’s Video Response to Questions on Endorsement Guides

  
  Affiliate Marketing Blog — Authority: 425
  I have just found out that the Federal Trade Commission has published video responses to the following 6 questions: What’s new about the Endorsement Guides? Why did the FTC update the Endorsement Guides? What do the Endorsement Guides mean for bloggers? How do bloggers follow the Endorsement Guides? Is the ...
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• Red Flags Rule Delayed

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 152
  The Federal Trade Commission announced a delay in the enforcement of the Red Flags Rule . The rule had been set to go live on Nov. 1. But the FTC statement indicated that enforcement of the rule will now occur in June 2010.
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• A Free Credit Score Followed by a Monthly Bill

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  The government is trying to counter what it says are ads that trick consumers into paying for credit monitoring services.
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