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This week brought a bit of good news for some troubled homeowners in the form of two separate settlement activities. The FTC has begun mailing refund checks to 450,000 Countrywide customers, and Wells Fargo reached an $85 million settlement with the Fed that will provide relief to up to 10,000 customers.

It's a good day to be a drugmaker after two pro-business Supreme Court rulings favored the industry. And it's an even better day for those who are counting on the EU bailing out Greece. But the folks at Google may want to search for "defense lawyers" -- they may be seeing subpoenas shortly.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said today it's cracking down on 10 operations that allegedly used fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The agency wants to shut down the sites posing as legitimate news sites and have titles like "News 6 News Alerts" and often feature...

Scams targeting cash-strapped and unemployed Americans are on the rise, and the con artists are getting even more creative. Here's how to avoid becoming a victim.

The Federal Trade Commission today ratcheted up its continuing crusade against con artists who take advantage of struggling consumers with bogus work-at-home opportunities by announcing a major crackdown against nearly 100 of these scams. "Operation Empty Promises," a multi-agency law enforcement...

Before paying hard-earned cash for platinum jewelry this holiday season, look for the stamp to make sure you're getting what you pay for, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission says. The FTC announced changes to its jewelry guides to make sure jewelers don't pass off platinum-alloy jewelry -- pieces...

Microsoft (MSFT) is adding extra privacy controls to Internet Explorer to limit the amount of information that users disclose while surfing the Web. The new Microsoft feature will allow users to create a list of sites that they want to block from tracking them, The Associated Press said. The...

To settle a lawsuit alleging it used "bait and switch" tactics to sell used cars, a New Jersey dealership will refund consumers and pay the state up to a total of $144,000, according to the attorney general's office. Global Auto Inc, which also did business as Auto Collection Group, admitted no...

Just when it seemed as if infomercial king Kevin Trudeau was dealt a final knockout blow in his never-ending bout with the Federal Trade Commission, the Teflon pitchman is at it again – and he's as cocky as ever. Who was that guy talking smack about the FTC at 5 a.m. the other night?...

Last week, a Minnesota-based debt collection firm with a long history of shady practices and consumer complaints was slapped with a whopping $1.75 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission. It was the second-highest fine ever issued in a civil trial against a debt collection company. Among the...