Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 11/29/2012 4:04:27 PM The Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC), a project of sustainability nonprofit GreenBlue, is pleased to announce additional participants in the soft ...
Tags: SPC, How2Recycle on-package, How2Recycle Label, recycling labeling system
Specialty glass maker Corning Inc (GLW.N) has won U.S. approval to buy a division of Becton Dickinson & Co (BDX.N) that makes specialized labware, but must help Sigma-Aldrich Co (SIAL.O) enter that market, the Federal Trade Commission said ...
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Intervening in a patent dispute between Apple and Motorola Mobility,the U.S.Federal Trade Commission has opposed bans on the sale of products that include standardized,patented technology when the patent holder has previously committed to ...
Tags: patent dispute, Motorola, U.S.Federal Trade Commission, Apple
Google could still face a multi-billion euro fine as European competition authorities debate if the company has gone far enough to ease concerns about abuse of its dominant market position. Microsoft and smaller rivals in the ...
Tags: EC, delay Google, resolve EU antitrust, market position
An online advertising firm accused of spying on the browser histories of consumers has reached a settlement with the U.S.Federal Trade Commission barring it from further browser history sniffing,the agency announced. Epic Marketplace ...
Tags: FTC, bars advertising firm, browser histories, Epic Marketplace, Web users
US-based global specialty pharmaceutical company, Watson Pharmaceuticals has received European Commission's (EC) approval for its pending acquisition of the privately held Actavis Group. Watson president and CEO Paul Bisaro said,"Approval ...
Tags: Watson Pharmaceuticals, generic pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical products
Watson Pharmaceuticals has received the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approval for its acquisition of the Actavis group of companies. The approval is the result of Watson's agreement to a proposed consent order to divest certain ...
IDG News Service-The chief European and U.S.antitrust regulators will meet Monday in Brussels,and the investigations both are conducting into Google's market domination is likely to be high on the agenda. Jon Leibowitz,chairman of the ...
Tags: Google, Investigations, EU, US
The All American Clothing Company is thrilled to announce the release of its new men's dark classic jean. This new item features a gusset, traceability technology, and is USA Made. The gusset feature is a diamond shaped piece of denim sewn ...
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Two internet privacy groups have responded to Facebook's published intentions to share its data with recently-acquired Instagram,as well as eliminate a user voting system and loosen restrictions on who can email users with unsolicited ...
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The first meeting of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Commission (FTC) took place in Washington on Monday, November 19. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Miriam Sapiro hosted the meeting, and Colombia's Vice Minister of Trade Gabriel ...
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IDG News Service-A U.S.judge has indicated she will accept the terms of a settlement deal between Google and the U.S.Federal Trade Commission,in which Google will pay a$22.5 million fine for circumventing privacy protections in Apple's ...
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IDG News Service-A San Francisco court will hear arguments next month against a proposed US$22.5 million privacy settlement between Google and the U.S.Federal Trade Commission,over Google's use of cookies to track the Web movements of users ...
Tags: Google, U.S.Federal Trade Commission, cookies, Apple
Deanya Kueckelhan,regional director of the Federal Trade Commission's(FTC)Southwest Region,provided an overview of the FTC's role in helping marketers avoid making unfair or deceptive environmental claims during the American Architectural ...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should "tread carefully" before bringing an antitrust complaint against Google, a veteran U.S. lawmaker said as news reports suggested the agency is ready to move forward. Representative Jared Polis, a ...
Tags: Google, FTC, advertising services, search engines, Antitrust Probe