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.
- Consumer Action presented awards at their 40th Anniversary (Chinese)
- Obama’s efforts to aid homeowners
- Halloween savings
- Hybrid incentives shrink
- BofA loses rank as nation’s biggest bank
- 7 toys you gotta have
- Health-care coverage still eludes some part-time workers
- FDA inspectors not keeping pace with food imports
- Five things appliance stores don’t want you to know
- Condo nation: Why so few Americans are buying homes
- Not Feeling Rested? Don’t Blame the Mattress
- Real estate agents learning fine art of ‘cash for keys’
- Finding info on bank fees may take digging
- Wal-Mart cuts some health care benefits
- Consumers to switch banks over debit fees
- 10 million could pay more Social Security tax
- Law aims to give more accurate tally of college costs
- Citigroup to pay to investors in negligence suit
- Plan would refinance some underwater mortgages
- ‘Smishing’ scammers may hit cellphones
- Student loan debt hits record levels
- Consumer product safety database faces legal challenge
- Watch out for social media scams
- Attorneys general push for Cordray to lead consumer agency
- Bill aims to restore consumers’ right to sue
- Some things to consider before switching your bank
- Postal union hires big guns to save service
- FCC holds off on ‘bill shock’ rule as industry plans to send consumers alerts
- Banks start to make more loans
- Electronic Privacy Act turns 25; no reason to celebrate
- U.S. wireless initiative stalls new billing rules
- Fliers still get tangled in web of airline fees when searching sites
- How to minimize estate taxes, even if you’re not rich
- Online banking keeps customers on hook for fees
- Myths, misperceptions about credit scores rampant
- ‘Say what?’: Four top money mistakes couples make
- Inappropriate content making its way to mobile apps
- Wireless carriers to alert consumers before exceeding monthly limits
- Raw oysters still a health threat, GAO report finds
- How to file for financial aid if your parents are gay
- Best jobs for working parents
- Eating disorders a new front in insurance fight
- Next layer of air security: Chat-downs on top of pat-downs?
- Sharp rise in foreclosures as banks move in
- iPhone 4S plans: Which is cheapest?
- Electronic eyeglasses: Touch changes prescription
- Apple’s iMessage texting takes aim at wireless carriers
- Banks turn to demolition of foreclosed properties
- Supreme Court considers whether ‘right to sue’ means only right to arbitration
- Fed oversight of nonbank financial companies is weighed
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