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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2006

November

Nov 26, 2006

• Cellphone crib sheet
• Spending more than we make

Nov 25, 2006

• Low down on low-doc mortgages
• Healthcare looms as key issue for state employers

Nov 24, 2006

• Fees drop for 529 college savings plans

Nov 22, 2006

• Toys test: Best educational toys
• Toymakers’ marketing tricks

Nov 21, 2006

• The secret auto safety files
• Young and in debt

Nov 20, 2006

• How to shop smart for the holidays
• Check-clearing policies create overdrafts
• Holidays bring out online scammers

Nov 18, 2006

• ‘RESPA police’ help with builder disputes

Nov 17, 2006

• Consumer Reports offers debit card tips

Nov 16, 2006

• Tips for pulling cash from your home
• Help your car survive the hols
• 20 web sites to help you find bargains
• Working families get stiffed at check cashers
• ‘Hospital-based’ clinics can charge more
• IRS to simplify 1040 by 2009

Nov 15, 2006

• Phishing targets seniors
• Credit cards target small businesses

Nov 14, 2006

• Web shopping tops for electronics
• Home sellers offer ‘buy-down’ savings
• Red meat may raise breast cancer risk

Nov 12, 2006

• Freezing your credit file
• Truth about job-hunting myths
• Tracking your moves on the Web
• Predatory lenders prey on Habitat homeowners

Nov 11, 2006

• Giving credit where credit’s due

Nov 09, 2006

• BofA merger causes credit card glitches?

Nov 08, 2006

• Spam, viruses threaten cell phone security
• Banks use ID theft test questions

Nov 07, 2006

• Home-office deduction rules challenging
• Homeowners hesitate over equity loans
• Smart year end tax moves
• Checking account study finds fees rise again

Nov 06, 2006

• Consider toy safety when gift-giving
• Good support hard to find
• Capital One’s Credit Trap
• Many kids injured in school bus crashes
• A growing trend: small, local and organic

Nov 05, 2006

• Put this on layaway, please…

Nov 04, 2006

• Appraising online appraisal site Zillow

Nov 03, 2006

• AccountNow targets ‘unbanked’
• Wealthy shop till they drop

Nov 02, 2006

• Privacy rankings, scored by country
• FTC asked to probe online ad profiling

Nov 01, 2006

• California court: Credit freezes unconstitutional
• Who will speak for customers?

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