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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2009

October

Oct 25, 2009

• Citibank shows why credit cardholders need protection
• Money talks to have before marriage
• Losing out after winning an online auction
• Scrutinizing 2010 insurance options

Oct 24, 2009

• Old credit disputes can scuttle loan
• Food industry halts ‘Smart Choices’ label

Oct 23, 2009

• House panel backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency
• Home buyer tax credit fraud called ‘disturbing’
• FCC to draft net neutrality rules, steps toward web regulation
• 5 evil things credit card companies can (still) do

Oct 22, 2009

• Going to college almost requires degree in thrift
• U.S. to cut pay for bailed-out bosses
• Telecom firms face net-neutrality defeat
• El zar de pagos de EE.UU. presenta las reglas de remuneración

Oct 21, 2009

• Health insurer tries to avoid owning up to error
• Is it time to dump your ARM?
• FDA to clarify standards for the front of food labels
• White House skeptical on renewing home buyers credit
• For car buyers, the brand romance is gone
• A la hora de invertir en acciones, el tiempo no es siempre el mejor aliado

Oct 20, 2009

• Group seeks answers for retirement ‘crisis’
• Bill to limit automatic overdrafts, fees
• Latest fee for paying off credit card
• Home buyers, small firms to get a boost
• Healthcare public option gains support

Oct 19, 2009

• Healthcare bills lack protections against denials
• Still hazy on cloud computers’ security
• Group it for online bargains
• Big financial firms lose clout on Capitol Hill
• Health sites harness power of social networks

Oct 18, 2009

• Roth IRAs open to wealthier Americans in 2010
• How healthcare reform affects consumers
• Dow 10,000: Proceed with caution
• Making sense of high-deductible health plans
• Obama threatens insurers’ anti-trust exemption

Oct 17, 2009

• Beware fast credit fixes

Oct 16, 2009

• Steal your own identity
• Holiday airfare is soaring daily
• Lawmakers back $250 Social Security checks
• Easy steps can cut winter heating bills
• La crisis revierte la democratización del crédito

Oct 15, 2009

• Foreclosures: ‘Worst three months of all time’
• Wal-Mart to offer prepaid cellphone service
• For social networks, it’s game on
• Banks need customer ok to pay overdrafts
• Perils of ignoring open enrollment
• Hidden costs of Medicare Advantage

Oct 14, 2009

• Turmoil in arbitration empire upends credit-card disputes
• How about a bailout for student debtors?
• Schwarzenegger vetoes update to California privacy law

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