Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Tag: Federal Trade Commission

FTC challenges Kroger-Albertsons merger in fight for consumers and workers

The merger would combine two of the largest grocery chains in the country, raising concerns about the potential for a monopoly, especially in small and rural communities.

FTC challenges Big Pharma over unfair patents as Sanders applauds regulatory...

The Federal Trade Commission intensifies its fight against pharmaceutical patent abuses, aiming to slash drug prices and increase access to generic medications.

FTC announces update of COPPA Rule

The proposed revisions are said to provide greater protections for children's personal information online to ensure parents are still in control of their children's data.

Federal Trade Commission sues Amazon over Prime subscriptions

The FTC said that for years Amazon "complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership."

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Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.

Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Del Monte Bankruptcy to destroy 420,000 Peach Trees in California

A steady decline in demand for canned products as consumers shift toward fresh produce and several other factors led to this collapse.