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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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2008

September

Sep 28, 2008

• Banks love bail out, but not credit card bill

Sep 27, 2008

• Two families find a little change can save a lot

Sep 26, 2008

• SEC admits its lax oversight fueled collapse
• Economists question basis of bailout plan
• WaMu sold to Chase
• AT&T, Verizon to refrain from tracking users online
• Acoso de secuestradores ‘virtuales’
• No hay acuerdo sobre rescate financiero
• El mayor descalabro bancario en la historia

Sep 25, 2008

• The crisis and your pocketbook
• Knock $4,000 off your utility bill
• Bailout may delay funds for new product safety law
• Workers’ family health-care deductibles jump 29%
• Bailout needs a bridge to Main Street
• Congreso escéptico ante plan de rescate

Sep 24, 2008

• On the Internet, everybody knows your dog’s name
• The bailout runs into a populist backlash
• Congress approves mental health bill
• SEC chief urges oversight of credit-default swaps
• Affordable-housing goals scaled back
• Análisis sobre el plan de rescate
• FBI investiga empresas involucradas en crisis financiera

Sep 23, 2008

• Aetna to let outside doctors decide
• Registry for wrecks back on track
• Housing eating up too much income
• Fed chief urges rapid bailout
• Bailout’s tricky balancing act
• The Crisis and your pocketbook
• Llegan a un acuerdo de plan de rescate financiero
• Los latinos pagan más interés

Sep 22, 2008

• Main Street resentment brewing over bailout
• Can we dodge a recession?
• Stopping a run on money market funds
• Aprende a invertir en la bolsa
• Seguros de salud privados
• ¡Necesito un préstamo!
• Urgente paquete de rescate

Sep 21, 2008

• Cell phone mystery finally solved
• For banks, bailout. For consumers, credit advice
• Fat yields on Certificates of Deposit
• Couch on order, company bankrupt: Now what?

Sep 20, 2008

• Wall St. credit turmoil felt on Main St.
• Well-heeled find surprisingly good fit at Goodwill
• FTC settlement shines light on bad practices

Sep 19, 2008

• Student cashes in savings after private loan falls through
• FDA may widen menu of ‘super foods’
• Treasury to guarantee money market funds
• Airlines could suffer with fewer fliers

Sep 18, 2008

• Central banks move to restore confidence
• Era of easy credit comes to abrupt end

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