ConsumerAffairs3d
Who, us? Kroger CEO says it’s not gouging anyone
In the antitrust case brought by the Federal Trade Commission and nine state attorneys ... as overall food inflation totaled 20.6% during the pandemic. "The biggest grocers have experienced ...
Social media platforms engaged in ‘vast surveillance’ and failed to protect young people, FTC finds
The Federal Trade Commission released a report Thursday slamming social media platforms including Facebook's parent company, ...
FTC report assails social networks’ privacy, safety practices
The Federal Trade Commission said social media and streaming companies including YouTube, Amazon and Facebook fail to ...
Civil Eats3d
Can Lawmakers Really Tackle High Food Prices?
Some pandemic-era habits ... This proposal and others would require an empowered FTC, one willing to use existing antitrust law and any new legislation to target large corporate entities. During the ...
The Hill5d
Girls’ brains aged at an ‘accelerated’ rate during the pandemic, study finds
(NEXSTAR) – A new study comparing the brains of children before and after COVID-19 found that adolescent girls’ brains had aged faster than expected during the social isolation and lockdowns ...
Daily Mail3d
Police chief responsible for Covid lockdown enforcement during the pandemic is appointed head of new Border Security Command to crack down on people smuggling gangs
The police chief who was responsible for enforcing Covid lockdown laws during the pandemic has been appointed the head of the new Border Security Command. Martin Hewitt, the former chairman of ...
Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid
The site where it plans to spend most of the money for a crime victims center remains an empty plot of dirt. And just ...
The Columbian4d
Local governments must use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid by end of year
Some said they didn’t think they needed to detail how the money was used because they categorized it as a replacement for local revenues lost during the pandemic ... hold our head high and ...
The Washington Post6d
Clock is ticking for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic aid
Some said they didn’t think they needed to detail how the money was used because they categorized it as a replacement for local revenues lost during the pandemic ... hold our head high and ...
NBC Connecticut4d
Local leaders look at what can be done to lower food costs
They live paycheck to paycheck, and they can't afford food, they can't afford health care, they can't afford the essentials, and the Federal Trade Commission ... went up during the pandemic ...