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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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2006

December

Dec 18, 2006

• Headlines | Nothing new—and that’s the point
• Headlines | 30 years of obsessive consumerism

Dec 16, 2006

• Headlines | Credit report fees on the rise

Dec 15, 2006

• Headlines | Credit card fees surprise consumers
• Headlines | Homebuyers beware of supersized commissions
• Headlines | Census portrait of the American people
• Headlines | Beware Canadian lotto scam
• Headlines | Wireless banking and anti-hacking safeguards

Dec 14, 2006

• Headlines | Umbrella policy a holiday party essential
• Headlines | High-cost mortgage foreclosures increase

Dec 13, 2006

• Headlines | Affordable housing: Low-wage workers ignored
• Headlines | U.S. health system unprepared, report says

Dec 12, 2006

• Headlines | Private mortgage insurance (PMI) tax deduction
• Headlines | Nasty stomach bug not just on cruise ships
• Headlines | Bill passed to ban ‘pretexting’
• Headlines | Limits on lead in children’s jewelry
• Headlines | Unmasking word-of-mouth marketing

Dec 11, 2006

• Headlines | Florida homeowners fight soaring insurance rates
• Headlines | A loan that’ll get ugly fast
• Headlines | Deadly side effects of online pharmacies

Dec 10, 2006

• Headlines | Bogus internet offers called huge problem
• Headlines | Overstating U.S. housing decline
• Headlines | Los Angeles seniors get help with houses

Dec 09, 2006

• Headlines | Locked into a builders contract

Dec 08, 2006

• Headlines | Falling mortgage rates = big savings

Dec 07, 2006

• Headlines | Women more likely to get subprime mortgages
• Headlines | Growing peril on path from field to plate
• Headlines | Prepaid phone prices may go up
• Headlines | Financial health? Do the math

Dec 06, 2006

• Headlines | Mortgage refinancing applications jump
• Headlines | Banks’ e-pay not so free-pay
• Headlines | Subprime mortgage loans: Boom to bane
• Headlines | $44,000 for health insurance?
• Headlines | Shoppers: Watch out for crooks!

Dec 05, 2006

• Headlines | Health savings account answers
• Headlines | Preparation key to safety on winter road trips
• Headlines | IRS: No refund loan offers with Free File
• Headlines | National fight for paid sick days
• Headlines | Best cell phones for kids

Dec 04, 2006

• Headlines | Alternative credit scoring gains support

Dec 03, 2006

• Headlines | Learn from these financial mistakes
• Headlines | Health hazards: Computer records get spilled

Dec 02, 2006

• Headlines | Coastal insurance crisis hits dream homes
• Headlines | The housing median is the message
• Headlines | $9 fee just for paying credit card bill online

Dec 01, 2006

• Headlines | Your cell phone as a wallet
• Headlines | Senator Levin pledges to fight credit card companies
• Headlines | More controls urged on payday lenders
• Headlines | Court nullifies Maryland county anti-predatory loan law
• Headlines | Banks urged to offer alternatives to payday loans

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