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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

August

Aug 03, 2006

• Headlines | Guard against ID theft
• Headlines | Cybercrooks find new ways to invade all PCs
• Headlines | Students warned about networking sites
• Headlines | Sales tax holiday for back to school shoppers

Aug 02, 2006

• Headlines | California sues payday loan business
• Headlines | New way to password your credit cards
• Headlines | AOL users get free email

Aug 01, 2006

• Headlines | American Express revamps rewards program
• Headlines | Best credit cards for college kids
• Headlines | California urged to cap military payday loans
• Headlines | Cingular adds surcharge for older handsets

July

Jul 31, 2006

• Headlines | House overwhelmingly passes FHA reform legislation
• Headlines | ‘Spoofing’ fools caller ID systems
• Headlines | Banks offer customers credit card perks
• Headlines | No limit credit cards may hurt credit score

Jul 30, 2006

• Headlines | Auto accident claims plummet, insurers profit
• Headlines | Minimum wage fight heads to the Senate
• Headlines | People confused and angry with Medicare drug plan

Jul 28, 2006

• Headlines | Plan before locking in CD investment
• Headlines | Make funeral plans, spare survivors stress

Jul 27, 2006

• Headlines | Not all bank accounts are FDIC insured
• Headlines | House turns deaf ear on patient privacy
• Headlines | U.S. seeks employers’ aid on immigration
• Headlines | Medical tourism takes off
• Headlines | Data may be exposed at IRS

Jul 26, 2006

• Headlines | Conquer the currency conversion conundrum
• Headlines | $336 million settlement in credit card currency conversion case
• Headlines | Custom credit cards distract from rates/terms
• Headlines | Should kids be left fortunes?
• Headlines | Income tax cuts must be offset elsewhere

Jul 25, 2006

• Headlines | Vishing: A new twist in identity theft
• Headlines | Hillary Clinton eyes middle class and working poor

Jul 24, 2006

• Headlines | Five scams consumers need to know about
• Headlines | Consumer Reports starts shopping magazine
• Headlines | A sneakier kind of spam

Jul 22, 2006

• Headlines | Naïve consumers pay all the fees

Jul 21, 2006

• Headlines | California insurers sue over driving record plan
• Headlines | FDA scientists blast drug agency’s priorities
• Headlines | NIH: Drug errors claim lives, waste resources

Jul 20, 2006

• Headlines | California targets title insurance premiums
• Headlines | Bush talks no more of poverty
• Headlines | Prudent student credit card choices

Jul 19, 2006

• Headlines | Don’t be fooled by bogus lottery scams
• Headlines | Your card, your kids’ credit histories?

Jul 18, 2006

• Headlines | Preventing kids’ backover deaths
• Headlines | SEC eyes elderly free lunch scams
• Headlines | The most recalled cars of 2006

Jul 17, 2006

• Headlines | Phishers find easy pickings on social sites
• Headlines | Minimum wage push pays off?
• Headlines | Bush administration plans medicare changes

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