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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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2009

October

Oct 15, 2009

• Headlines | Banks need customer ok to pay overdrafts
• Headlines | Perils of ignoring open enrollment
• Headlines | Hidden costs of Medicare Advantage

Oct 14, 2009

• Headlines | Turmoil in arbitration empire upends credit-card disputes
• Headlines | How about a bailout for student debtors?
• Headlines | Schwarzenegger vetoes update to California privacy law
• Headlines | Still on the job, but making only half as much
• Headlines | Bank of America to charge annual fees on some rewards credit cards

Oct 13, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Truth in advertising, offline or online
• Headlines | Tax evaders face choice: Pay or pray
• Headlines | Senate panel votes on health care reform
• Headlines | ‘Unbanked’ no longer ignored
• Headlines | Lobbying said to clip consumer protection bill
• Headlines | Hard times a gateway to new careers
• Headlines | Sidekick users see data vanish into a cloud

Oct 12, 2009

• Headlines | A scramble to modify loans
• Headlines | Industry says health bill would raise rates
• Headlines | Is Google Voice a phone service?
• Headlines | If a health bill passes, benefits not immediate

Oct 11, 2009

• Headlines | Fannie and Freddie sell foreclosed homes
• Headlines | Annual task of finding an insurance plan
• Headlines | When student loans hit collection agencies
• Spanish Headlines | Está bien que ahorre, el truco es hacerlo correctamente

Oct 10, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Have banks no shame?
• Headlines | A mortgage loan form to take seriously
• Headlines | Report criticizes mortgage program

Oct 09, 2009

• Headlines | Legislation targets those who bet on death
• Headlines | Legislators push to have credit card reforms effective sooner
• Headlines | Treasury hails milestone in home loan modifications
• Headlines | Health-care tug of war puts patients in the middle
• Headlines | Cyberthieves find workplace networks are easy pickings

Oct 08, 2009

• Headlines | Forecast sunny if you weather 401(k) storm
• Headlines | Consumers keep paying off credit cards

Oct 07, 2009

• Headlines | iPhone data roaming switch is problematic
• Headlines | Yikes! The $38 latte
• Headlines | Bank of America pledges halt on credit card rate hikes
• Headlines | More ads for basic brands as shoppers spend less
• Headlines | For gun-shy consumers, debit is replacing credit

Oct 06, 2009

• Headlines | Prepaid, but not prepared for debit fees
• Headlines | Lawyers scarce for poor facing foreclosure
• Headlines | FTC: Bloggers must cite ties to advertisers
• Headlines | Overdraft-fee revenue up

Oct 05, 2009

• Headlines | Reporting overlooked economic troubles of ordinary people
• Headlines | Online, your private life is searchable
• Headlines | Health care bills tackle gender gap in coverage
• Headlines | Heating aid could fall short of needs

Oct 04, 2009

• Headlines | Hard knocks in direct sales
• Headlines | ‘Minute clinics’ demand care
• Headlines | Prepaid college plans may fall short
• Headlines | Digital cable TV still stuck in the box

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