TJX, an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions, has agreed to implement comprehensive information security programs to settle charges that it has failed to provide appropriate security for sensitive consumer information, the US Federal Trade Commission has said.

By Jon Swartz SAN FRANCISCO -- Google's $3.1 billion bid for Internet advertiser DoubleClick gained federal approval Thursday despite objections that it might pose a threat to competition and tread on consumer privacy. The Federal Trade Commission voted 4-1, ending its eight-month investigation.

By Chris O'Brien, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Dec. 18--A coalition opposing Google's $3.1 billion merger with DoubleClick renewed charges of conflicts and threatened possible legal action over a decision by a regulatory chairman not to recuse herself from reviewing the merger.

Google's plans to acquire internet advertising company DoubleClick is facing another roadblock as two online rights advocacy groups have filed a motion with the secretary of the Federal Trade Commission.

By Byron Acohido and Jon Swartz SEATTLE -- Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras says her agency has done a credible job regulating the Big Three credit bureaus.