[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19615]
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[Federal Register: August 11, 1994]
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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Dkt. C-3510]
Wyatt Marketing Corporation, Inc.; Prohibited Trade Practices,
and Affirmative Corrective Actions
AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission.
ACTION: Consent order.
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SUMMARY: In settlement of alleged violations of federal law prohibiting
unfair acts and practices and unfair methods of competition, this
consent order prohibits, among other things, a California-based company
from distributing an infomercial, from making false claims regarding a
book on the availability of government grants and loans, and from
making or selling any commercial that misrepresents it as an
independent program, rather than a paid advertisement. The respondent
is required to have a disclosure statement for any commercial 15
minutes or longer, and to have substantiation for future claims
regarding the availability of grants, loans or other benefits from any
source, the terms or conditions of getting government loans or grants,
and methods for starting or operating a business.
DATES: Complaint and Order issued July 27, 1994.\1\
\1\Copies of the Complaint, the Decision and Order, and
Commissioner Starek's statement are available from the Commission's
Public Reference Branch, H-130, 6th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20580.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Bloom, FTC/New York Regional Office, 150 William St., 13th
Floor, New York, N.Y. 10038. (212) 264-1207.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, May 18, 1994, there was
published in the Federal Register, 59 FR 25904, a proposed consent
agreement with analysis In the Matter of Wyatt Marketing Corporation,
Inc., et al., for the purpose of soliciting public comment. Interested
parties were given sixty (60) days in which to submit comments,
suggestions or objections regarding the proposed form of the order.
No comments having been received, the Commission has ordered the
issuance of the complaint in the form contemplated by the agreement,
made its jurisdictional findings and entered an order to cease and
desist, as set forth in the proposed consent agreement, in disposition
of this proceeding.
(Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U.S.C. 46. Interprets or applies sec. 5,
38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15 U.S.C. 45)
Benjamin I. Berman,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-19615 Filed 8-10-94; 8:45 am]
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