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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 12, 2006

• Headlines | Tracking your moves on the Web
• Headlines | Predatory lenders prey on Habitat homeowners

Nov 11, 2006

• Headlines | Giving credit where credit’s due

Nov 09, 2006

• Headlines | BofA merger causes credit card glitches?

Nov 08, 2006

• Headlines | Spam, viruses threaten cell phone security
• Headlines | Banks use ID theft test questions

Nov 07, 2006

• Headlines | Home-office deduction rules challenging
• Headlines | Homeowners hesitate over equity loans
• Headlines | Smart year end tax moves
• Headlines | Checking account study finds fees rise again

Nov 06, 2006

• Headlines | Consider toy safety when gift-giving
• Headlines | Good support hard to find
• 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?

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