News Headlines

Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.

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2013

March

Mar 21, 2013

• Big banks engaging in payday lending

Mar 20, 2013

• Lawmakers target ‘unfair’ overdraft charges
• Where to find ‘free’ checking no strings attached
• JPMorgan Chase is reining in payday lenders
• Consumer bureau faces court challenge
• Cable companies push back on bundling
• Need your tax refund? Accessing early is costly

Mar 19, 2013

• Think you have three credit scores? You may have 50 or more
• Should you tell stores your ZIP code?
• Risks of transferring a car loan to a credit card
• Microsavings programs build wealth, pennies at a time

Mar 18, 2013

• Airline group seeks to modernize booking system
• With sequester in effect, recruiters notice varied impact on hiring strategies
• Couples in gay marriage case await a landmark ruling
• Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France

Mar 17, 2013

• Couple gets taxed for tapping IRA; how to pay?
• Is the seller to blame?
• Preparing for the price of Alzheimer’s disease

Mar 16, 2013

• Consumer prices jump 0.7% in February, biggest rise since 2009
• FCC cites robocallers for illegal campaign calls to cellphones
• F.D.A. raises heart alert on antibiotic in wide use
• What hospitals charge the uninsured
• Intervención de FBI a la red es inconstitucional según la Corte

Mar 15, 2013

• Web browsers consider limiting how much they track users
• Is this your password? Change it.
• Younger generations lag parents in wealth-building
• 5 ways to find free Wi-Fi wherever you go
• Obama pide desarrollar autos que no usen gasolina

Mar 14, 2013

• Hackers up the ante for small-business data security
• Poll: More working moms say full-time work ideal for them
• Honda recalls 250,000 cars for brake defect

Mar 13, 2013

• Genachowski: Time to update cable retrans rules?
• GOP senators question consumer bureau’s budget
• Better Business Bureau expels Los Angeles area chapter
• FTC: Ads on mobile, social media must show disclosures
• 25 percent of teens access Internet with smartphones
• Google to pay $7 million in privacy breach

Mar 12, 2013

• Why consumer agency must go, and why it should be saved
• Kaiser tops in customer satisfaction for health insurance
• 5 tax tips for future retirees
• How to complain

Mar 11, 2013

• Sandy-damaged homes hit market at bargain prices
• Click for career enhancement
• Economic inequality tied to gap in life expectancy

Mar 10, 2013

• To relocate or not? It’s more than math
• FTC charges 29 people with running text message scams
• 6 great new cars under $18,000
• Bank of America raises forecast for gain in home prices

Mar 09, 2013

• Whole Foods plans GMO disclosure labels by 2018
• Majority of mobile malware on Android phones

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