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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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2010

March

Mar 07, 2010

• Headlines | The blog storm over recalls
• Headlines | Reform bill likely to lose key investor protection

Mar 06, 2010

• Headlines | Developers’ private transfer fees
• Headlines | Voting your shares may actually start to matter

Mar 05, 2010

• Headlines | Homeland Security seeks to thwart cyber-attacks
• Headlines | Lower energy bills
• Headlines | The high cost of quake insurance will rock your bank account
• Headlines | Smartphones have changed the way we travel

Mar 04, 2010

• Chinese Headlines | Renters beware of rent increase after signing the lease (Chinese)
• Headlines | Downgrade of financial protection agency threatens overhaul plan
• Headlines | How cybercriminals invade social networks
• Headlines | Overdraft fee limits won’t cripple banks
• Headlines | FreeCreditReport.com isn’t free
• Headlines | Cap on credit card penalty fees proposed

Mar 03, 2010

• Headlines | Lone holdout gives in, Senate OKs jobless benefits
• Headlines | A timeline for home buyers who want the tax credit
• Headlines | Toyota’s fix is a bust, owners claim
• Headlines | Energy savers may get rebates

Mar 02, 2010

• Headlines | Refinancing program extended for troubled homeowners
• Headlines | States may ban credit checks on job applicants
• Headlines | Postal Service to deliver bad news
• Headlines | Consumer protection may be headed for the Fed

Mar 01, 2010

• Opinions & Editorials | Financial reform endgame
• Headlines | Students pay to work at unpaid internships
• Headlines | Renewed effort in Senate to reach financial regulation
• Headlines | Payday lenders advance on unemployment checks
• Headlines | ‘Crammers’ ring up millions

February

Feb 28, 2010

• Headlines | Secret lives of America’s debtors
• Headlines | Consumer’s quest shines light on ID theft

Feb 26, 2010

• Headlines | FDIC to test mortgage reductions for underwater borrowers
• Headlines | ‘Up to’ claims for Internet connection speeds next to worthless
• Headlines | 5 new tax breaks you don’t want to miss
• Headlines | Traction for banking regulation

Feb 25, 2010

• Headlines | Mortgage servicers offer aid plan for jobless
• Headlines | Work-share program cuts hours vs. jobs
• Headlines | SEC passes rules to prevent stock meltdowns
• Headlines | U.S. may bend on consumer agency
• Opinions & Editorials | Loan-sharking Inc.

Feb 24, 2010

• Headlines | Don’t try to do this online
• Headlines | Anthem Blue Cross plans to go ahead with rate hikes in California
• Headlines | Clean, cheap power from fuel cells in a box?
• Headlines | At FDIC, bracing for a wave of failures

Feb 23, 2010

• Headlines | Making the most of new credit card protections
• Headlines | Congress says Toyota misled the public
• Headlines | Cash-for-clunkers rebates for new appliances
• Headlines | F.T.C. links data breach to file sharing
• Headlines | Obama offers new health-care reform proposal
• Spanish Headlines | En vigor ley contra abusos en tarjetas

Feb 22, 2010

• Headlines | Obama proposal targets insurance-rate increases
• Headlines | Wide variance in Energy Star products

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