Brew Coffee Company Sells Coffee and Related Beverages

question 56

Multiple Choice

Brew Coffee Company sells coffee and related beverages. The company's ad contends that ambitious businesspersons "Drink Us & Rise Up in the World!' " The Federal Trade Commission would consider this ad to be

• A) false and misleading.
• B) impermissibly vague and general.
• C) a deceptive half-truth.
• D) a fair ad using puffery.

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