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2012

February

Feb 13, 2012

• Headlines | Consumers seek ‘do-not-text’ registry protections
• Headlines | Path addresses privacy controversy, but social apps remain a risk to users
• Headlines | Spammers play off Romney, Gingrich

Feb 12, 2012

• Headlines | Preventing identity theft without paying monthly fees
• Headlines | Thinking of sending your favorite someone a Valentine’s Day bouquet?
• Headlines | Talk with your spouse now about retirement plans
• Headlines | What’s the Deal? This week’s best travel bargains around the globe.

Feb 11, 2012

• Headlines | Consumer credit jumps by $19.3 billion in December
• Headlines | Valentine’s Day shoppers spending more this year
• Headlines | Health reform hinges on hiring 30,000 primary care doctors by 2015
• Headlines | Car dealers wince at a site to end sales haggling

Feb 10, 2012

• Headlines | First-time unemployment claims sink to early-recession levels
• Headlines | Airlines secretly cash in on unused tickets
• Headlines | Should Bumbo baby seat be recalled again?
• Headlines | Mortgage plan gives billions to homeowners, but with exceptions

Feb 09, 2012

• Headlines | Which credit card rewards does the IRS care about?
• Headlines | Privacy group wants FTC to punish Google
• Headlines | States negotiate $26 billion deal for homeowners

Feb 08, 2012

• Chinese Headlines | 2012 Lunar New Year Greetings from Consumer Action (Chinese)
• Headlines | That’ll be $2,000 extra for your aisle seat, Mr. Nader
• Headlines | Government assistance expands
• Headlines | Touch-screens create online shopping experiences at stores

Feb 07, 2012

• Headlines | How U. of Charleston cut tuition 22%
• Headlines | Get more from a second doctor’s opinion
• Headlines | 610,000 switched banks to protest debit card fees
• Headlines | For many, affordable healthcare hinges on Supreme Court
• Headlines | Foreclosure deal doesn’t go far enough

Feb 06, 2012

• Headlines | Deal is closer for a U.S. plan on mortgage relief
• Headlines | Bigger US role against companies’ cyberthreats?
• Headlines | Hospitals mine patient records in search of customers

Feb 04, 2012

• Headlines | A dream of homeownership, still beyond reach
• Headlines | Tips for putting a price on your work
• Headlines | Appliance fires: Is your home safe?

Feb 03, 2012

• Headlines | Small business strategies
• Headlines | Why are we only finding out about the VeriSign security breach now?
• Headlines | Google reveals Android malware ‘Bouncer,’ scans all apps

Feb 02, 2012

• Headlines | Options to Google’s search services, privacy policy
• Headlines | Sen. Feinstein backs health insurance rate controls
• Headlines | Honda loses small claims court suit to consumer
• Headlines | Obama announces home refinancing plan

Feb 01, 2012

• Headlines | Consumer agency chief’s appointment is invalid, GOP senators say
• Headlines | Personal data’s value? Facebook is set to find out
• Headlines | America is becoming a nation of renters
• Headlines | IRS tax fraud crackdown targets identity thieves

January

Jan 31, 2012

• Headlines | Claiming an adult child on your taxes
• Headlines | F.T.C. fines debt collector $2.5 Million
• Headlines | IRS clarifies whether airline miles are taxable
• Headlines | Japanese auto parts makers admit to price-fixing scheme
• Headlines | N.C. bank commissioner to oversee foreclosure settlement

Jan 30, 2012

• Headlines | Freddie Mac bets against homeowners

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