Word: racketeering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fort Lauderdale the racket from a boom car is illegal if it can be heard beyond 50 ft. from the vehicle. In California a similar law went into effect Jan. 1. Car-stereo merchants seem to think customers will have just as much fun without pumping the volume to law-breaking -- not to mention earsplitting -- levels. Remarks Stephen Seidl of Fort Lauderdale's Speaker Warehouse: "We advise our clients not to abuse the power...
...groups complain that companies that do not want to join may be forced to if competitive products bear the seal. To cover costs, the A.H.A. charges participants hefty fees, ranging from $15,000 to $640,000 annually, depending on a product's market share. "It looks like an extortion racket," says Richard Sullivan of the Association of Food Industries. Consumer groups are concerned because the A.H.A. has not yet made public the amount of fat, cholesterol and salt it considers acceptable. "We don't know whether the standards are too lax," says nutritionist Bonnie Liebman of the Center for - Science...