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

August

Aug 29, 2006

• Shoppers gather data for consumer price index

Aug 28, 2006

• Being executor is time-consuming—and perhaps risky
• Shredding for the college set
• Will FCC hang up on new Verizon surcharge?
• Credit help gets a makeover

Aug 25, 2006

• Credit card holds can bedevil vacationers
• Apple to recall 1.8 million notebook batteries

Aug 24, 2006

• I.R.S. warns of tax-collection swindlers
• AT&T sues over unauthorized access to customer data

Aug 23, 2006

• Even a few extra pounds can kill
• Student debt crisis: Are there solutions?
• Unwinding the credit boom

Aug 22, 2006

• Welfare: Many left behind in reforms
• Employers address mental illness in workplace
• Easier to donate IRA money to charity
• Right to know if vehicles have ‘black box’

Aug 21, 2006

• Mortgage lenders adjust to housing market
• New IRS donation deduction rules

Aug 20, 2006

• IRS third party delinquent tax collectors
• The debt is yours alone

Aug 19, 2006

• Avoiding ARM loan reset shock

Aug 18, 2006

• Judge: Wiretap actions violate the law
• Court sets new limits on tobacco marketing

Aug 17, 2006

• Insurers comply with California ZIP code pricing ban
• Costly textbooks get a closer look
• Re: What you say in work e-mails
• Prices prompt oil, gas investment scams
• Cost of living gets costlier

Aug 16, 2006

• Medicare drug premium won’t rise
• Insurer prevails in Katrina water damage case

Aug 15, 2006

• Privacy group asks FTC to investigate AOL
• OCC tells banks to disclose gift card fees
• Dell to recall 4 million laptop batteries
• Air travel restrictions and medications

Aug 14, 2006

• Skin cancer in young people tied to tan salons
• Shop Smart magazine launched by Consumer Reports
• Personal computer prices hit new lows

Aug 13, 2006

• Debts forgiven, income taxes increased
• Trend: Homeowners paying higher rates to cash out
• At your service, right?

Aug 11, 2006

• Back-to-budget shopping
• Tenancy-in-common owner’s refinance blues
• Immigration and jobs link Is disputed
• Call for ‘urgent reform’ of higher education
• Baby boomers make rich targets

Aug 10, 2006

• Cars are safer, but not drivers
• For some, renting makes more sense

Aug 09, 2006

• Government spying on your bank accounts
• The sport of credit card rate surfing
• Fees make balance transfers less appealing

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