Jon Leibowitz, the Chairman of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) met with Joaquin Almunia, the vice-president of the European Commission to discuss Google - the dominant company on today's Internet.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finds such agreements inherently anti-competitive, and has repeatedly, and so far unsuccessfully, filed court challenges to stop them.

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In June 2007 America's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) applied to the courts to stop the tie-up between Whole Foods and Wild Oats, two upmarket food retailers.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is now examining whether Apple's plan breaches anti-trust rules.

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At an industry privacy seminar earlier this month, Federal Trade Commission Consumer Privacy chief David Vladeck said the FTC has set up a full-scale forensic mobile lab dedicated to reviewing applications on iPads, iPhones, Androids, and other smartphones.

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