Trade Descriptions Act tightens Britain's selling rules
Britain enacted the Trade Descriptions Act to regulate advertising and sales claims. Local weights and measures inspectors test and prosecute deceptive ads for goods like bankrupt merchandise and salvaged carpets. Violations carry fines up to unlimited and possible jail, with broader fraud implications.
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London
Britain
Board of Trade
Switzerland Expands Arms Probe to Hispano-Suiza Suisse S A
Swiss authorities widen an illegal arms shipments probe to Hispano-Suiza Suisse S A of Geneva amid claims old ammunition sold to France reached Africa. Company officials deny involvement as two Oerlikon Buehrle executives are arrested and $2.3 million worth of rockets and ammunition are cited as shipped legally to Nigeria, South Africa and three Arab countries. Government halts all Swiss arms exports.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hispano-Suiza Suisse S.A
Geneva
France
Africa
Oerlikon Buehrle and Co
Zurich
Nigeria
South Africa
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