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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

November

Nov 06, 2006

• Headlines | Capital One’s Credit Trap
• Headlines | Many kids injured in school bus crashes
• Headlines | A growing trend: small, local and organic

Nov 05, 2006

• Headlines | Put this on layaway, please…

Nov 04, 2006

• Headlines | Appraising online appraisal site Zillow

Nov 03, 2006

• Headlines | AccountNow targets ‘unbanked’
• Headlines | Wealthy shop till they drop

Nov 02, 2006

• Headlines | Privacy rankings, scored by country
• Headlines | FTC asked to probe online ad profiling

Nov 01, 2006

• Headlines | California court: Credit freezes unconstitutional
• Headlines | Who will speak for customers?
• Headlines | Group asks FTC to probe Web ads
• Headlines | GAO urges closer oversight of private tax collectors

October

Oct 31, 2006

• Headlines | Safety first when buying a car
• Headlines | Zillow appraisal site accused of discrimination
• Headlines | Savings loses to debt, living expenses
• Headlines | Credit card gobbledygook masks sleazy practices

Oct 30, 2006

• Headlines | Should credit affect insurance?

Oct 29, 2006

• Headlines | Tax breaks to note now
• Headlines | In uniform or not, beware costly payday loans

Oct 28, 2006

• Headlines | Home real estate tax deductions eyed

Oct 27, 2006

• Headlines | Firefox/Google anti-fraud effort a privacy threat?

Oct 26, 2006

• Headlines | California moves to fire HMO regulator
• Headlines | Entrepreneurs share their secrets
• Headlines | IRS help can be hard to get

Oct 25, 2006

• Headlines | Private student loans pose greater risk
• Headlines | Low fat foods may promote weight gain
• Headlines | Asking why health care racial disparities exist

Oct 24, 2006

• Headlines | Fees a big chunk of rental car cost
• Headlines | Low pay, high rent, wit’s end
• Headlines | Hackers hit large securities trader accounts
• Headlines | People still buying non-traditional mortgages
• Headlines | Soldiers in debt considered security risks

Oct 23, 2006

• Headlines | Mistakes that made flipping flop
• Headlines | Translation service crosses language barrier
• Headlines | Privacy pitfalls of no-swipe credit cards
• Headlines | Consumers lose in electric deregulation

Oct 22, 2006

• Headlines | Arbitration: Is justice served?
• Headlines | Shop around before you get sick

Oct 20, 2006

• Headlines | VISA publishes interchange merchant fees
• Headlines | Feds keep losing your data

Oct 19, 2006

• Headlines | Two held for stealing homes in ‘squatter scam’
• Headlines | More Californians risk foreclosure on homes
• Headlines | IRS cracks down on church politicking
• Headlines | Blue Cross settlement ‘window dressing’
• Headlines | Immigrants sending $45 billion home

Oct 18, 2006

• Headlines | No brakes on credit card fees
• Headlines | Initiatives to help people stay healthy
• Headlines | Social Security payments to rise 3.3% in ‘07
• Headlines | Customer call centers use ‘emotion detection’

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