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FTC Settlements Ban Chicago-area Phantom Debt Collector from the Debt Collection Business and from Selling Debt Portfolios
- Written by ANC
- Category: National News
Chicago, Illinois - The operators of a Chicago-area fake debt collection scheme have been banned from the debt collection business and from selling debt portfolios under settlements with the Federal Trade Commission and the Illinois Attorney General. The settlements also require them to surrender assets totaling at least $9 million, which will be returned to consumers.
USS Monterey Provides Assistance to Vessel
- Written by Christian Kurowski
- Category: Latest News
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) provided assistance to a commercial vessel in distress off the coast of Florida yesterday.
Senate HELP Committee’s Bipartisan Health Care Bill Positive First Step Toward Stabilization, Say Patient, Provider, and Consumer Groups
- Written by American Heart Association
- Category: Health America
Washington, DC - A non-partisan group of 29 patient, provider and consumer groups praised the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee for crafting bipartisan legislation that will help stabilize the individual insurance markets:
USS Constitution Gets Underway and Celebrates 220 Years
- Written by Specialist 3rd Class Casey Scoular
- Category: News
Charlestown, Massachusetts - USS Constitution and her crew headed underway from the ship's berth in Charlestown, yesterday, in commemoration of the ship's launching 220 years ago and the U.S. Navy's 242nd birthday.
FTC Earns Prestigious International Award for AshleyMadison.com Data Breach Investigation
- Written by ANC
- Category: National News
Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission, along with privacy law enforcement agencies in Australia and Canada, has received a global data protection award for its cross-border investigation of the massive AshleyMadison.com data breach in July 2015, which affected consumers in nearly 50 countries.
Retired Houston corporate CEO, current Dallas hospital system CEO to lead American Heart Association as top volunteers in 2017-18
- Written by Carrie Thacker
- Category: Health America
Dallas, Texas - The American Heart Association, the world's leading voluntary organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, has elected its national volunteer officers for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which begins July 1.
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