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

January

Jan 27, 2006

• Mind the gap: Income inequality, state by state
• Fed boss opposes Wal-Mart bank
• Record fine for ChoicePoint data breach

Jan 26, 2006

• ChoicePoint nears settlement with FTC
• Harmful Teflon chemical to be eliminated by 2015

Jan 25, 2006

• FTC releases top consumer frauds
• IRS to tell taxpayers of frozen refunds
• Protect your cell phone records
• Distance sought between doctors and drug industry
• President to seek medical tax breaks

Jan 24, 2006

• Ford owners not told how to reduce fuel-tank fire risk
• GOP negotiators criticized for change on HMOs
• Mass AG urges consumers to avoid Ameriquest

Jan 23, 2006

• Commission struggles to define ‘postal service’
• Warn kids on scams
• New legislation proposed to restrict fair use
• It’s time to cure health care

Jan 20, 2006

• Legal rationale by Justice Department on NSA spying
• Government wants records of Google searches

Jan 19, 2006

• Rising gas prices could lower your car insurance costs
• Federal grants bring surveillance cameras to small towns
• FDA rule may aid drug firms in liability suits
• Lawsuit to target junk food marketing
• Unemployment claims at lowest since April 2000

Jan 18, 2006

• Consumer groups target ISP “double dipping”
• Poll: Consumers ‘very likely’ to reduce credit card debt in ‘06
• Rolls growing for drug plan as problems continue
• Feds probe sale of personal phone records
• Protests put Netflix settlement on hold

Jan 17, 2006

• Children can’t opt out of Pentagon recruitment database
• A valuable lesson for security checkpoints
• Groups file lawsuits over eavesdropping
• Bankruptcy counseling law doesn’t deter filings
• Gore warns that eavesdropping endangers Constitution

Jan 16, 2006

• FTC launches site to fight cybercrime
• Before making a big purchase, check your free credit reports
• Credit card leaks continue at furious pace

Jan 15, 2006

• Wal-Mart health care bill could spark wider effort
• Saving the post office

Jan 13, 2006

• Regulators urge hurricane victims to contact lenders
• IRS revoking exemptions of credit counselors
• Another loan program that hurts the cash-strapped

Jan 12, 2006

• Credit card rivals to unite in data protection effort
• Fannie CEO warns against mortgage deduction change

Jan 11, 2006

• Young dream-seekers strapped by debt
• EPA may alter test of fuel economy
• IRS froze refunds, study says

Jan 10, 2006

• Save money? Nah, just win the lottery
• Cleaning up the dry cleaners
• Record share of economy is spent on health care

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