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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 13, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Truth in advertising, offline or online

Oct 10, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Have banks no shame?

September

Sep 14, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Reforming the financial system

August

Aug 30, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Majority rule on health reform

Aug 27, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Small credit lines shouldn’t hurt scores

Aug 26, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Healthcare: Pay for it now, or pay more later

Aug 24, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | About your 401(k)

Aug 23, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The uninsured

Aug 20, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The debit card trap

Aug 02, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Curbing runaway health inflation

July

Jul 31, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Negotiating with creditors may have drawbacks

Jul 29, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The price of high tech is sometimes privacy

Jul 24, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Minnesota A.G. wins one for consumers

Jul 20, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Lost in the cloud
• Opinions & Editorials | Sharks circle in Congress

Jul 15, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Organ donors risk denial of health insurance

Jul 14, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | (Bank) chutzpah on steroids

Jul 13, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Borrowers bled dry

Jul 08, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Credit card firms try end run around new federal rules

Jul 01, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Cardholders see payment hike as a raw deal

June

Jun 29, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Insurance company schemes

Jun 24, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Last-resort health coverage barely covers

Jun 22, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Health care showdown

Jun 19, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | An easy way to shred that paper weight

Jun 10, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Cellphone customer put through the wringer

Jun 03, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | As GM co-owners, should we buy GM cars?

May

May 15, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | GPS and privacy rights

May 07, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | How we tested the big banks

May 06, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | CPSC needs more muscle

May 04, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | As foreclosures surge ...

May 01, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Broadband caps can cost you

April

Apr 28, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Do you know where your data is?

Apr 26, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Our lending law is worth saving

Apr 24, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | How healthy are your finances?

Apr 15, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Cable firm’s plan to Net extra cash

Apr 13, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | 391 percent payday loan

Apr 06, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The credit card trap

Apr 03, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Breaking the cable company’s bundles

Apr 01, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Motorists are pulling for Big 3, but will they be willing to buy?

March

Mar 27, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Putting an end to “washed” and “cloned” cars

Mar 26, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Online advertisers should tread carefully

Mar 19, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | It’s the regulations, not the regulator

Mar 13, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The economic blame game

Mar 12, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Investors profiting from - and fixing - mortgages

Mar 11, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | The broadband gap: Why is theirs cheaper?

Mar 05, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Laid-off workers get health care help

Mar 04, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | It’s time to hold credit card issuers to account

Mar 03, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Lawmakers: translate rhetoric into real reform

February

Feb 25, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | Like having Medicare? Then taxes must rise

Feb 19, 2009

• Opinions & Editorials | We own the banks—shouldn’t we run them?

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