FTC readies antitrust inquiry against GoogleSAN JOSE, CALIF. --- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission reportedly is poised to launch a broad antitrust investigation of Google's search practices that could mark the start of a lengthy...

...complaining that Intel was penalizing PC makers in the U.S. and abroad for doing business with AMD. Although the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is also investigating, AMD seems to have found its most sympathetic ear in Europe. EU Competition Commissioner...

National Consumer Protection Week, March 6-12, is an annual effort led by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to educate the public on how to use money wisely. As a part of National Consumer Protection Week, the Better Business Bureau...

Being a smart consumer is getting easier thanks to the free flow of information on the Internet, where the number of consumer-friendly Web sites is increasing faster than you can say "caveat emptor." Whether you need legal insight into your consumer problem, want to know how to file a consumer complaint, want to find a low-interest credit card, learn how to be an environmentally conscious shopper, or track down a corporation's customer service department, you can probably find it online. Here are three helpful sites from the federal government:

...position of the new company emerging from nearly $15 billion Boeing-McDonnell merger. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission gave its blessing to the merger saying it would not "substantially lessen competition in any relevant market...

...general manager of AdMob's North America operations. If Google's proposed acquisition is approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Mr. Hamoui thinks he and AdMob's 150 employees will be in an even better position to turn mobile phones...

...for messages they did not intend to send More information is available through OnGuard Online.gov Source: U.S. Federal Trade Commission TODAY MOVIE TUESDAY: Lady and the Tramp, 10 a.m., Appleby Branch Library, 2260 Walton Way; for ages...

...the company using Web sites operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus (www.bbb.org) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov). Here are some other tips to protect yourself: 1. Be wary of a job that is "too easy...

...completing the $25.4 billion cash and stock acquisition, but he said it could not be finished until after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission makes a decision. "We're now focusing on obtaining the FTC clearance," Mr. Leebaw said. "We expect...

...making it the new owner of the Circle K chain. The purchase, announced after regulatory clearance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, makes Bartlesville, Okla.-based Phillips the country's second-largest refiner and fifth-largest...