FTCAdLaw: From Vermont to California and Oregon to Florida, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has wasted no time enforcing its beefed up Business Opportunity (“Biz-Opâ€) Rule. Last month, it filed its first six cases across the country (three are the author’s) to enforce the rule, which took effect last March. Some of the companies had […]
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Mary Meeker has published her annual Internet Trends slideshow. Lots of good insights and ideas in this year’s presentation below. 2012 KPCB Internet Trends Year-End Update from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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The Moxie Awards are given out by the Electronic Retailing Association honoring the “best” infomercials of the year. The blog, Ridiculous Infomercial Review, has up a review of this year’s Moxie Awards. You can watch the entire thing below. All of the nominees are below. The bolded ones are the winners in their category. Marketer
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On this day in 2008, Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Who is Bernie Madoff, and how did he pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history? These questions have fascinated people ever since the news broke about the respected New York financier who swindled his
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