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Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.

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2013

May

May 20, 2013

• Headlines | Behind the mortgage settlements from the housing crisis
• Headlines | Yahoo buys Tumblr to court younger crowd
• Headlines | Beat-up cellphones are point of pride for some young people

May 19, 2013

• Headlines | Don’t let your frequent-flyer miles depart without you
• Headlines | Take a cab without carrying cash
• Headlines | Healthy savings, no debt but worried about retirement

May 18, 2013

• Headlines | Privacy watchdog EPIC files complaint against Snapchat with FTC
• Headlines | Health care in retirement probably costs more than you think
• Headlines | Standing out from the crowd
• Opinions & Editorials | Is Yelp bad for small business?

May 17, 2013

• Headlines | Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what’s the difference?
• Headlines | Google Glass privacy issues raised by congressional caucus
• Headlines | Refinery woes cause nationwide gas price spike

May 16, 2013

• Headlines | Credit score confusion
• Headlines | Wells Fargo ordered to pay $203M in overdraft case
• Headlines | 3 skills to teach your teen about money
• Headlines | Preteens’ use of Instagram creates privacy issue

May 15, 2013

• Headlines | Surprise! Prepaid debit cards actually a good deal for consumers
• Headlines | Bank of America cuts 2 million customers loose
• Headlines | Airlines bag $3.5 billion in luggage fees
• Headlines | Retirement savers lose $117,000 to unexpected events

May 14, 2013

• Headlines | Who will pay more under Obamacare? Young men
• Headlines | Credit card limits and saving while you’re young
• Headlines | Credit-rating agencies poised to avoid overhaul

May 13, 2013

• Opinions & Editorials | Student debt and the crushing of the American dream
• Headlines | Health insurance tax ‘scares the daylights’ out of small-business
• Headlines | Requiring employers to provide retirement income estimates
• Headlines | Mid-size airports suffer biggest cuts in airline service

May 12, 2013

• Headlines | The long shadow of bad credit in a job search
• Headlines | Dangers found in lack of safety oversight for Medicare drug benefit
• Headlines | The war for mobile messaging is on

May 11, 2013

• Headlines | Patient is out of network, out of luck
• Headlines | Privacy breach on bloomberg’s data terminals
• Headlines | Why aren’t Americans moving anymore?

May 10, 2013

• Headlines | Is $1,721.75 the bill you’d expect for treating a cut?
• Headlines | California sues JPMorgan Chase over credit card cases
• Headlines | Hackers stole $45 million in ATM card breach

May 09, 2013

• Opinions & Editorials | Banks still behaving badly
• Headlines | New rule for stay-at-home partners to qualify for credit cards
• Headlines | Student debt delays spending, saving and marriage
• Headlines | Outsmarting smartphone thieves
• Headlines | Borrowers shorted on mortgage relief checks

May 08, 2013

• Headlines | Many early tax filers still waiting for refunds
• Headlines | Should you consider disability insurance?
• Headlines | One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000
• Spanish Headlines | Los avisos móviles ahora pueden seguirlo a casa

May 07, 2013

• Headlines | Peeling back the online sales tax layers
• Headlines | Many opt for high-deductible health plans despite risks
• Headlines | Michelle’s Mailbag: a chat on retirement
• Headlines | N.Y. to sue banks in mortgage settlement case

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