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.
- FBI violated domestic surveillance rules
- Bush stance on investor lawsuits criticized
- Home ownership isn’t paradise for everyone
- FBI cracks down on ‘bot herder’ scammers
- Warning of fake toothpaste, maybe toxic
- Debt collectors slammed by consumer lawsuits
- Passport waiver confusion grounds travelers
- Subprime loan repayment penalties debated
- ‘Yelpers’ review local businesses
- Health savings plans start to falter
- Top tips for using frequent flier miles
- Credit card companies under attack
- Data theft leads to money-laundering scam
- Watchdog group slams Google on privacy
- New tests to fool automated spammers
- Customer confusion can lead to big profits
- Bank fees growing more numerous and expensive
- Return of the full real estate commission
- Let voters reform health care
- Fed criticized for allowing credit card ‘deceptive practices.’
- Online checking: pros and cons
- Rewards cards can have problems
- Credit freezes prevent fraud but take time to thaw
- Credit cards can catch you unaware
- What businesses don’t have to tell you
- Skype says ‘locked’ phones unfair
- Medical coverage: little better than none?
- Don’t let foreign exchange rates spoil your trip
- New-account fraud difficult to detect
- Insurer tattles on kids who speed
- Credit card ‘piggybacking’ roils credit industry
- Writing isn’t card issuers’ strong suit
- Beware these credit card traps
- As the kids go buy
- Option ARM rife with pitfalls for borrowers
- Climbing out from under college debt
- Reprisals on property appraisals
- College loans: Financial aid group agrees to reform
- Bad times for credit card owners
- When Relying on online brokers, beware ‘move it or lose it’ scams
- Hopkins aid officer was paid more by lenders than disclosed
- Get compensated for airline wrongs
- How insurance scores affect premiums
- Consolidating your student loans
- No reform on private student loans
- Don’t let movers take you for a ride
- Credit cards: A highly charged relationship
- Can FHA bill save the day?
- Credit cards: As rough as ever
- Credit cards still charging high fees
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