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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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2013

January

Jan 27, 2013

• Headlines | Do homework when picking tax preparer

Jan 26, 2013

• Headlines | Survey: College selection often relies on cost
• Headlines | Google Fiber provides faster Internet
• Headlines | Why rising house prices could be great for American consumers
• Headlines | Mortgage-modification still has a long way to go

Jan 25, 2013

• Headlines | Telecoms can’t say how ‘crammed’ charges were billed to phone
• Headlines | U.S. resisting Europe’s push for stronger digital privacy
• Headlines | Say goodbye to more bank branches

Jan 24, 2013

• Headlines | New credit card ‘checkout fees’
• Headlines | New look at eminent domain to seize troubled mortgages
• Headlines | Social Security checks get replaced
• Headlines | Big Data, cloud computing empower machines to do human work

Jan 23, 2013

• Headlines | Google still in a struggle with mobile
• Headlines | Southwest fliers can board early—for $40
• Headlines | 6 things you’ll pay less for in 2013

Jan 22, 2013

• Headlines | What your health care will really cost
• Headlines | What is the best 529 savings plan for you?
• Headlines | Should a co-signer settle with collection agency?

Jan 21, 2013

• Headlines | Domestic air fares rose 4% in 2012; carry-on bag fees next
• Headlines | Southwest Airlines settles lawsuit over drink coupons
• Headlines | Take steps now to reduce 2013 taxes
• Headlines | Impulse buys, straight to a screen
• Spanish Headlines | ¿Planea algún cambio importante en su vida?

Jan 20, 2013

• Headlines | Higher tax rates on top earners will pinch married couples faster than individuals
• Headlines | Should a co-signer settle with collection agency?

Jan 19, 2013

• Headlines | Seven great workout apps that help keep you fit
• Headlines | How businesses can use Facebook’s Graph Search
• Headlines | Can Oregon save American health care?

Jan 18, 2013

• Headlines | Tax refunds are ‘windfall’ for most American families
• Headlines | Over 50, and under no illusions
• Headlines | Celebrating a tool of death

Jan 17, 2013

• Headlines | What factors affect your credit score
• Headlines | Car loans are cheap, but shop around
• Headlines | New regulations shed light on looming health-care costs
• Headlines | Stricter rules for mortgage servicers

Jan 16, 2013

• Headlines | FTC’s proposed used-car rule a lemon, critics claim
• Headlines | Citizen United ruling opened door to $933 million in new election spending
• Headlines | Older Americans carry more credit card debt

Jan 15, 2013

• Opinions & Editorials | The foreclosure fiasco
• Headlines | California to give web courses a big trial
• Headlines | Hanging on: Life in the red
• Headlines | New SEC rules: Boon for start-ups or risk for investors?
• Headlines | Workers raiding 401K accounts undermines retirement security

Jan 14, 2013

• Headlines | How to keep up on product recalls
• Headlines | FCC promises more high-speed Wi-Fi soon
• Headlines | Coca-Cola ads will join obesity debate
• Headlines | Why 64.8 percent of Americans didn’t get a flu shot

Jan 13, 2013

• Headlines | Over 50, and under no illusions
• Headlines | To keep getting your benefits check, sign up for electronic delivery
• Headlines | Simple, solid strategies for investing money

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