1.0 link 93513 <![CDATA[How Things Work: FTC Chair to Join Procter & Gamble]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman/how-things-work-ftc-chair_b_93513.html The chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Deborah Platt Majoras, is leaving her job. She's going to become vice president and general counsel for Procter & Gamble (P&G).

Should it raise eyebrows for the head of the leading U.S. consumer protection agency to leave and take a job with the largest consumer products company?

Not in Washington, D.C.

Asked about the propriety of the move, FTC spokesperson Nancy Judy explains that Majoras will need to abide by a year-long "cooling off" period....

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