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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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2010

March

Mar 18, 2010

• Headlines | Elizabeth Warren’s fight for financial reform
• Headlines | U.S. carmakers show gains in quality
• Headlines | More taxpayers become do-it-yourselfers
• Headlines | Uncle Sam wants you to weigh in on credit card reform
• Headlines | Airport body scanners may not have thwarted bombing

Mar 17, 2010

• Headlines | For finance overhaul, some want more studies
• Headlines | More homeowners are opting for ‘strategic defaults’
• Headlines | More employers use tech to track workers
• Headlines | How privacy vanishes online

Mar 16, 2010

• Headlines | About 1 in 4 in California lack health insurance
• Headlines | Don’t praise BofA for not mistreating customers
• Headlines | 2nd shot at financial reform still leaves loopholes
• Headlines | FCC plans to expand Internet access for all

Mar 15, 2010

• Headlines | Dems have more optimism on health care than votes
• Spanish Headlines | Plan de banda ancha EEUU se centra en velocidad, uso inalámbrico

Mar 14, 2010

• Headlines | Better safeguards for spices sought
• Headlines | The new poor: Lured into trade school and debt
• Headlines | Dodd to unveil comprensive financial reform bill

Mar 13, 2010

• Headlines | Tax issues on mortgage write-downs
• Headlines | Overdraft protection: Why bother?

Mar 12, 2010

• Headlines | Sending money electronically: Why it’s hard
• Headlines | What?! Another Time Warner Cable rate hike?
• Headlines | Instant ads set the pace on the web
• Headlines | New round of foreclosures threatens housing market

Mar 11, 2010

• Headlines | Insurers test health plans that stress patient choice
• Headlines | Compromise would shield payday lenders, pawnbrokers
• Headlines | Employers to shift more health-care costs

Mar 10, 2010

• Headlines | LifeLock settles amid allegations that it misled consumers
• Headlines | Consumer bill gives exemption on payday loans
• Headlines | Lower credit card debt traced mainly to charge-offs
• Headlines | Bank of America to end overdraft fees on debit purchases

Mar 09, 2010

• Headlines | Pennsylvania helps jobless homeowners
• Headlines | Runaway Prius hits 90 mph before stopping
• Headlines | Target puts coupons on customers’ cellphones
• Headlines | Toyota counters claim of electronic acceleration glitch
• Spanish Headlines | Una web falsa intenta estafar a las víctimas de Madoff

Mar 08, 2010

• Headlines | Payday lenders giving advances on unemployment checks
• Headlines | Working from home might be the new calling in sick
• Headlines | Program will pay homeowners to sell at a loss
• Headlines | How would health care overhaul help young people?
• Headlines | Prenuptial agreements: Unromantic, but important
• Headlines | More temp workers are becoming permanent

Mar 07, 2010

• Headlines | Fed proposes rule to limit credit card fees
• Headlines | Time to prepare your will
• Headlines | The blog storm over recalls
• Headlines | Reform bill likely to lose key investor protection

Mar 06, 2010

• Headlines | Developers’ private transfer fees
• Headlines | Voting your shares may actually start to matter

Mar 05, 2010

• Headlines | Homeland Security seeks to thwart cyber-attacks
• Headlines | Lower energy bills

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