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, than month to allow for easier browsing.
- Kaiser has aches, pains going digital
- Mortgage crisis? Act now to avoid foreclosure
- A safer house with natural cleaners?
- Credit freeze better than monitoring
- B of A banks on illegal immigrants
- Shoddy work dark side of housing boom
- Flying with Fido
- Cellphones as pocket-size banks
- E-mail scam targets BBB name
- Teens and cellphone stalking
- Online banks offer 5%-plus interest
- Financial firms lure tax refunds
- Online bank accounts aren’t for all
- 529 plans a top savings option
- Downshifting, not retiring
- Taking the bait on a phishing scam
- The incredible shrinking downpayment
- Is ID theft really declining?
- Online house hunting transforms market
- Slow start for health coalition
- PIRG report exposes unfair textbook pricing
- Secretive hedge funds profit at expense of market?
- Call to let your phone loose
- Predatory mortgages labeled ‘crisis’
- Five tax audit red flags
- Putting a freeze on ID theft
- Airline trends: Flying late, arriving light
- FTC: ID theft still top complaint
- Senators hear subprime mortgage abuses
- The 10 consumer commandments
- Maryland credit freeze bill faces opposition
- ID thieves play the numbers
- Bush Pell Grant plan would reduce lender subsidies
- Mortgage fine print deceives couple
- Traps when routing refund to IRA
- RALs drain off millions in taxpayer refunds
- Appraisers under pressure to inflate values
- ABCs of getting a car loan
- More states let consumers freeze credit
- Privacy issues on agenda for Congress
- More Americans protecting IDs
- GAO: food safety system needs revamp
- U.S. workplace not family-friendly
- Earned income tax credit gets push
- Avoid telephone tax refund mistakes
- Prepaid debit cards encourage kids to spend
- Cell phone insurance class action
- Purchase protection pitch has familiar tone
- FDA widens safety review of new drugs
- Wallet watch: Congress eyes revenue raisers
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