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Achoo: Homeland Security Officials Take On the Flu
By Mark Hosenball and Patrice Wingert
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Baby Einstein is Dead! Long Live Baby Einstein!
There was a lot of hoopla about Baby Einstein over the weekend. To understand it, you need a brief backstory – and then some deeper backstory, too. A month and a half ago, Disney announced in a press release that it was going to begin issuing refunds for its Baby Einstein videos: buyers of the
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Too Dangerous for College
By Christopher Flavelle On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that beer maker Anheuser-Busch has scaled back a promotion called “Fan Cans” in which the company targeted college students by painting cans of Bud Light in school colors. Anheuser-Busch got a push from the Federal Trade Commission,
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07/15/2009Tech and BusinessTrusted Mom or Sellout?
…Her policy is to be very transparent about the process to her readers. That works out nicely, since the Federal Trade Commission recently announced it is considering new guidelines so that bloggers will have to disclose in their post when …
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07/12/2009BlogsAnalyst: Cyber Attack Not the Handiwork of Kim Jong Il
sites, like White House's and Pentagon's, were able to deter the attacks, while other sites like the US Federal Trade Commission 's experienced periodic black outs for days. But in all actuality, could the rogue military-state really
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06/18/2009Daniel LyonsHurry Up and Type
…to this story," says Patrick Moorhead, a marketing vice president at AMD. "Either the industry regulates itself, or the FTC steps in and regulates us, or we get hit with a class-action lawsuit. I suggest the industry go with the first option …
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05/23/2009Daniel LyonsThey Might Be a Little Evil
…possible antitrust issues in a deal Google has reached with authors to sell millions of books online. The Federal Trade Commission is investigating issues connected to the fact that Google and Apple share two board members, one of whom …
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08/09/2008Tech and BusinessNow This Is Umbrella Insurance
…window. Still, he says, WeatherBill does reduce the nerve-racking variability of his business. Due to Federal Trade Commission regulations, WeatherBill offers contracts only to businesses, not individuals. But that doesn't stop …
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