Tag: Federal Trade Commission
A time of upheaval and recovery
HEALTH CARE
The health care system in Rhode Island, transformed by expanded health care insurance access, is preparing for further change as 2021 draws to...
How confident are you that the latest proposed merger between Lifespan...
Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System earlier this year signed an agreement to merge into an integrated academic health system with Brown...
Employees’ Retirement System of R.I. suing Facebook over Cambridge Analytica scandal
PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer Seth Magaziner announced Friday that the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit in Delaware against...
Lifespan, CNE move toward merger, leaving many to wonder about side...
For decades, Rhode Island’s two largest hospital systems have been rivals, each enduring similar financial pressures on their own in a small but competitive...
Ponte Investments refutes charge it misrepresented role as lender
WEST WARWICK – Ponte Investments LLC is refuting Federal Trade Commission charges filed Friday against the company that it falsely claimed to be a...
West Warwick company charged with falsely claiming to be an SBA...
WEST WARWICK – The Federal Trade Commission has filed a complaint against Ponte Investments LLC, alleging that the company has falsely claimed to be...
FTC returns $480K in refunds to Rhode Islanders in 2019
PROVIDENCE – The Federal Trade Commission returned $480,015 in refund checks to Rhode Island consumers in 2019, the commission said Thursday.
The FTC said that...
Equifax agrees to pay $700M to settle U.S. breach probe
WASHINGTON – Equifax Inc. agreed to pay up to $700 million to resolve U.S. federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that compromised...
Five Questions With: David N. Cicilline
A need for more accountability and government regulation in the tech space is an area in which Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I., has taken...
FTC: No challenge for Partners, CNE merger
NEW YORK —The Federal Trade Commission is not opposing the merger of Partners HealthCare of Massachusetts and Care New England, the commission confirmed today.
Betsy...