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    Federal Trade Commission

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    Artemiy Andreev Ms.Brown February 15, 2016 The Federal Trade Commission Research The Federal trade commission or called the FTC was created in 1914. The Federal Trade Commission Act is the act that started this commission and its purpose was to prevent unfair methods of competition in commerce as a part of the battle to “bust the trusts.” They also did this act to enhance the informed consumer choice and public understanding of this competitive process; and another reason was to accomplish

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    Under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 139, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is required to issue airport operating certificates to airports that serve scheduled and unscheduled air carrier aircraft with more than 30 seats or serve scheduled air carrier operations in aircraft with more than 9 seats but less than 31 seats. To ensure that airports are meeting the requirements of 14 CFR Part 139, there are approximately 35 FAA Airport Certification Safety Inspectors that

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    most powerful monetary system, called the Federal Reserve (Investopedia). It involves one central agency and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks that are accountable for their designated areas in the United States (Investopedia). Its primary purpose was to establish a secure, malleable, and a solid financial system which was to prevent financial devastation during times of crisis (Investopedia). More specifically, prior to the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, the United States had bouts

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    four main goals of Progressivism: protecting social welfare, promoting moral improvement, fostering efficiency, and creating economic reform. President Woodrow Wilson, elected in 1912, made the most important change of the early 1900s; he passed the Federal Reserve Act. American citizens have been wary of a government-controlled banking system since the formation of the country. The people did not trust centralized government action, and they were largely agrarian people, knowing little about the banking

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    The anticipation of the Federal Communication Commissions 2014 meeting to review media ownership looms as 2013 approaches. With all the angst of a presidential election, the proverbial line in the sand has been drawn. On one side consumer groups vie for support to restrict ownership and on the opposing side are the media industries and its conglomerates opposing limitations and demanding deregulation. According to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the FCC is required to meet every 4 years to review

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    Have you ever wondered who helped keep our country safe? It is the Federal Bureau Investigation. Federal Bureau Investigation, is also known as the FBI. The FBI is an investigating team. The FBI has history, investigating, and has numerous facts. To begin, the FBI has rich history and background. The FBI was created by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte. It was created in the year of 1908. The FBI has been up and running for about 107 years. By 1907 the Department of Justice most frequently called

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    Federal Trade Commission

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    The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the U.S. government that was established in 1915 and charged with keeping American business competition free and fair. The FTC has no jurisdiction over banks and common carriers, which are under the supervision of other governmental agencies. It has five members, not more than three of whom may be members of the same political party, appointed by the President, with the consent of the Senate, for seven-year terms. The act was part of the program

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    offices in many cities. Nowadays, this is a well-known organization with a complex structure, the head of which is appointed by the US President. The present paper is devoted to the discussion of the FBI, its history and present day activity. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is a threat-focused organization, dealing with the problems of national security, managed by the U.S. Department of Justice. The FBI can be rightfully regarded a unique organization, as it has intelligence as well as law enforcement

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    Matt Fox Mr. Huggins U.S. History 21 November, 2014 The FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigations was initially a group of secret agents created in 1908 by Attorney General Charles Bonaparte. Bonaparte created the FBI under direction of 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt. For the first couple of years, the amount of federal crimes was very low. The Bureau spent most of their time investigating things such as national banking, bankruptcy, naturalization, antitrust, peonage, and land fraud. In June

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    The Federal Reserve System Why do a research paper on the Federal Reserve System? This is a question we went over in our heads while making a decision on the type of research paper to do, what we wanted to learn more about and why. Over the past few years we have realized the impact that the Federal Government has on our economy, yet we never knew enough about the subject to understand why. While taking this Economics course it has brought so many things to our attention, especially since we see

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