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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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2007

January

Jan 31, 2007

• Headlines | Purchase protection pitch has familiar tone
• Headlines | FDA widens safety review of new drugs
• Headlines | Wallet watch: Congress eyes revenue raisers
• Headlines | Sony settles CD anti-piracy damage claims
• Headlines | Consumers warned of loan scams

Jan 30, 2007

• Headlines | House bill would block Wal-Mart bank
• Headlines | Frequent flier miles expire faster
• Headlines | IRS offers split refund deposits

Jan 29, 2007

• Headlines | Learning health plan rules the hard way
• Headlines | Some brokerage 1099 forms will be late

Jan 27, 2007

• Headlines | Stricter standards for mortgage lenders and brokers?
• Headlines | Borrowers meet people with money to lend on Prosper.com
• Headlines | Why pay credit card annual fee?

Jan 26, 2007

• Headlines | Even small credit card error can cost big bucks
• Headlines | Critics seek clampdown on credit firms
• Headlines | Leafy greens growers set food safety standards

Jan 25, 2007

• Headlines | Debit card overdraft fees soar

Jan 24, 2007

• Headlines | Hassle of getting a mail-in rebate
• Headlines | Bush health plan tied to taxes
• Headlines | State Farm settles Mississippi Katrina surge claims

Jan 23, 2007

• Headlines | Making sense of the car seat controversy
• Headlines | $60 refund for discontinued phone tax
• Headlines | Retirees up against debt
• Headlines | Don’t get too clever juggling 0% credit cards
• Headlines | MySpace sues ‘Spam King’

Jan 22, 2007

• Headlines | Thieves go online, victims follow
• Headlines | Subprime credit card is ‘wealth destroyer’
• Headlines | Spending your Flexible Spending Account
• Headlines | Holiday debt hangover hits

Jan 21, 2007

• Headlines | Buying pet insurance can save on vet bills
• Headlines | Credit card use faster, easier

Jan 20, 2007

• Headlines | Dispute over automated valuation appraisals

Jan 19, 2007

• Headlines | Is your realtor on your side?
• Headlines | Water bottlers tap into all sorts of sources
• Headlines | Banks seek edge with free ID theft protection
• Headlines | Flaws in child seat study

Jan 18, 2007

• Headlines | Fewer ads for free filers
• Headlines | Online banks launch checking accounts

Jan 17, 2007

• Headlines | Insurers don’t always tell you of bad credit
• Headlines | Charge health-care expenses leads to debt trouble
• Headlines | Refund anticipation loans declined in 2005
• Headlines | A new consensus on universal health care

Jan 16, 2007

• Headlines | Census: 51% of women live without a spouse
• Headlines | Dealing with insurers in storm aftermath
• Headlines | Expired tax breaks are back

Jan 15, 2007

• Headlines | Carriers delay cutting landline cords?
• Headlines | $20 ‘naked’ DSL from AT&T
• Headlines | States snip gift card strings

Jan 14, 2007

• Headlines | Bust signs bill to protect phone records

Jan 13, 2007

• Headlines | Title insurance costs questioned

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