Example sentences for: ftc
How can you use “ftc” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
1. "The same day that the merger between Exxon and Mobil, the largest industrial merger in history , was approved by the Federal Trade Commission, the FTC moved to block the merger between BP Amoco and Arco . Apparently, that deal will result in higher gas prices in California and the West, while the Exxon-Mobil deal will merely result in the creation of the third-largest company in the world."
(For all the comparisons to the Microsoft case, none of the papers explain why the one company is being pursued by the FTC and the other by the DOJ.)
But the FTC takes a different view.
Other panelists included scripters of major screen mayhem: Steven De Souza ( Die Hard ); Callie Khouri ( Thelma and Louise ); Miguel Tejada-Flores ( Fright Night Part II ); William Mastrosimone ( Extremities ); Sy Gomberg ( When Willie Comes Marching Home ); moderator Dan Petrie Jr. ( Beverly Hills Cop ); and producer Sean Daniel ( The Mummy ). The audience was packed with worried industry insiders still reeling from President Clinton's just-announced call for a Justice Department/FTC investigation to determine if Hollywood markets violent product to children.
Both the Wall Street Journal and WP report that the FTC has opened up an investigation of alcohol advertising and has reached a settlement with Beck's beer and Kahlua that forced ads off television.