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Fraud and scams cost consumers a record $10 billion in 2023, according to FTC
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoFraud added up to a more than $10 billion problem for consumers last year, according to the latest...
Tired of spam and robocalls? Here’s how you can block them, and even make money off them
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThere aren’t many things more annoying than a constant deluge of robocalls or spam sales calls to...
Amazon ‘Set Out to Destroy’ Zulily: FTC Lawsuit
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAmazon is not a consumer’s best friend, according to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 17 state attorney generals. The 172-page...
The FTC wants Meta to stop profiting off young users’ data
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wants to restrict Meta’s use of data collected from users under...
Who keeps calling me? Look up numbers flagged as potential robocalls or spam
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoYou pick up the phone and hear, “We've been trying to reach you concerning your vehicle's extended...
Horizon Tumbles — Taking Seagen, Prometheus With It — As FTC Blocks Amgen Takeover
Investor's Business Daily· 1 year agoThe Federal Trade Commission plans to block Amgen's takeover of Horizon Therapeutics, the agency...
The FTC orders HomeAdvisor to pay up to $7.2M for lying about lead quality and other matters
TechCrunch· 1 year agoThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered home services marketplace HomeAdvisor to pay up to...
FTC slaps $1.5M fine on GoodRx for sharing users' health data with Facebook and Google
TechCrunch· 1 year agoOnline pharmacy GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for years of sharing the...
HCA Healthcare (HCA) Scraps Utah Buyout Post FTC's Roadblock
Zacks via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoHCA Healthcare, Inc. HCA recently abandoned the proposed Utah hospitals’ acquisition plan, per the...
Ohio ranks 2nd in 'Do Not Call' complaints; here's how you can make a difference
Springfield News-Sun, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 17—Ohioans on the Do Not Call Registry are lodging fewer complaints about receiving unwanted sales calls, but the Buckeye State still ranks second in the nation for complaints per capita ...