The business of bizopps http://business.ftc.gov/blog/2011/11/business-bizopps By Lesley Fair November 22, 2011 – 11:25am Do you or your clients sell business opportunities covered by the FTC’s Business Opportunity Rule? No? Not so fast. Under the revised Rule announced today by the FTC, a broader variety of bizopps — including work-at-home opportunities — will be covered when…
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Penguin abandons best customers: Libraries prevented from buying new e-books
Penguin abandons best customers: Libraries prevented from buying new e-books Penguin Group’s decision announced yesterday to deny libraries the ability to buy new releases in the e-book format — is an insult to libraries when we have been publishers’ most valuable customer for years. The simple fact is that libraries create readers. Readers who borrow…
From the Bureau of Consumer Protection: Name Game?
Name Game? http://business.ftc.gov/blog/2011/11/name-game * By Lesley Fair * November 17, 2011 – 7:47am “Shirley, Shirley, Bo Birley, Banana Fana Fo Firley.” When Shirley Ellis sang the song back in the 60s, it was called “The Name Game.” But when people buy products containing fur, the name is no game. The FTC’s Fur Rules require manufacturers…
From the Bureau of Consumer protection, Business Center & FTC: COPPA: All skidding aside
COPPA: All skidding aside * By Lesley Fair * November 9, 2011 – 10:49pm It billed itself as “Facebook and Myspace for kids,” but according to a settlement with the FTC, the Skid-e-Kids website failed to meet critical compliance obligations under COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. As a result, the FTC says the…
Announcing 2 NEW Advisory Board of Advisers to Our “T.E.A.M.”
Xzun Bellefant, CEO of Man Power Mentoring, Inc. Joins Our “T.E.A.M.” of Advisers! Equally Important, we have added Tre’, aka Thomas Stewart, aka “ICE TREA” to our Youth “T.E.A.M.” of Advisers. http://manpowermentoring.org/ WE have honorably, and humbly asked, and he has accepted, for XZUN BELLEFANT, the CEO of Man Power Mentoring, Inc. to become Our…
Vice President Joe Biden: THE WHITE HOUSE; Military Families are the targets of Predatory Lenders
November 3, 2011 Email Testimony of Hollister K. Petraeus before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Written Testimony of Hollister K. Petraeus Assistant Director, Office of Servicemember Affairs Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Washington, D.C. November 3, 2011 Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member…
DR. JOHN TELFORD: Presents; A Life on the RUN – Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice
DR. JOHN TELFORD: Presents; A Life on the RUN – Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice http://lifeontherunbook.com/ Home About A Life on the Run About John Telford Excerpt Press Room Contact Blog In this spellbinding memoir, activist educator and former All-American sprinter John Telford recounts his battles against bigots, his sometimes scandalous love affairs, and his…
Facing Debt Collection? You Have Rights.
http://www.ncpw.gov/blog/credit-and-debt/facing-debt-collection-you-have-rights?lang=en Facing Debt Collection? You Have Rights. October 28th, 2011 by Lisa If you’ve ever had problems paying your bills, you may have had heard from a debt collector. You aren’t alone. Unemployment or unexpected illness can make it tough to make timely payments on credit cards, mortgage, auto and other loans, and this creates…
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Strike a pose? * By Lesley Fair * October 26, 2011 – 2:53pm Usually it’s the process server who uses a disguise — pretending to be a delivery man or repair person to catch someone off guard. But in a case filed against Rincon Debt Management and a related group of California-based outfits, the FTC…