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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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2007

March

Mar 02, 2007

• Headlines | FCC requires Internet phone access by rural carriers

Mar 01, 2007

• Headlines | Bank overseers poised to issue subprime mortgage guidance
• Headlines | Coaxing more bars out of your cellphone
• Headlines | New options, risks for elder home care
• Headlines | Avoid dirty dozen tax scams

February

Feb 28, 2007

• Headlines | Survey finds few saving for emergencies
• Headlines | Profiling program raises red flags
• Headlines | Freddie Mac to toughen mortgage standards

Feb 27, 2007

• Headlines | Considering trip insurance benefits

Feb 26, 2007

• Headlines | Ooops: Many forget phone tax refund
• Headlines | Subprime mortgages pose market risk

Feb 25, 2007

• Headlines | Payday loans: Costly cash

Feb 24, 2007

• Headlines | Legislation seeks to curb no-SSN mortgages

Feb 23, 2007

• Headlines | B of A defends policy to issue credit cards without SSN
• Headlines | Health care costs to keep rising
• Headlines | USDA steps up meat/poultry inspections

Feb 22, 2007

• Headlines | ‘Bill of rights’ for fliers questioned
• Headlines | Tax questions, untangled
• Headlines | Payday loan group tries to fend off restrictions

Feb 21, 2007

• Headlines | Payday lenders strike defensive pose
• Headlines | Payday loan industry group adopts voluntary consumer protections
• Headlines | How to avoid spam avalanche

Feb 20, 2007

• Headlines | Airline, legislators pen passenger bill of rights
• Headlines | Spotlight on air travelers’ rights
• Headlines | Retail consumer satisfaction hits high
• Headlines | CPSC vacancy stalls product safety mission

Feb 19, 2007

• Headlines | Doctors protest being told what labs to use
• Headlines | Call for public access to congressional reports
• Headlines | Congress eyes regulation after jet delays

Feb 18, 2007

• Headlines | Clever figures can mislead
• Headlines | Insurers shrink from coasts
• Headlines | Joint vacation home ownership can be tricky
• Headlines | Debtors search for discipline via blogs

Feb 17, 2007

• Headlines | Subprime market’s sinking fortunes

Feb 16, 2007

• Headlines | Bumped passengers taking off
• Headlines | New policy on Allstate California homeowner coverage
• Headlines | Chris Dodd: The banker’s candidate

Feb 15, 2007

• Headlines | Kaiser has aches, pains going digital
• Headlines | Mortgage crisis? Act now to avoid foreclosure
• Headlines | A safer house with natural cleaners?
• Headlines | Credit freeze better than monitoring

Feb 14, 2007

• Headlines | B of A banks on illegal immigrants
• Headlines | Shoddy work dark side of housing boom
• Headlines | Flying with Fido
• Headlines | Cellphones as pocket-size banks
• Headlines | E-mail scam targets BBB name

Feb 13, 2007

• Headlines | Teens and cellphone stalking
• Headlines | Online banks offer 5%-plus interest
• Headlines | Financial firms lure tax refunds

Feb 12, 2007

• Headlines | Online bank accounts aren’t for all

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