Headlines

2008

May

May 09, 2008

• Barely surviving on credit cards
• Delta, American, United raise prices
• Gas prices rattle Americans
• Mortgage bill passes House

May 08, 2008

• Fed, FTC propose new rules on poor-credit notices
• Seeking a mortgage workout? Be patient
• Bush says he’ll veto foreclosure relief bill
• Crest rinse fights off customer complaints
• FBI backs off from secret order for data
• WiMax for mobile communications

May 07, 2008

• Digital rights advocates take aim at mobile marketing
• Witnesses: Mortgage lenders abusing court system
• Identity thieves prey on patients’ medical records
• For FHA, a huge task and uncertain role

May 06, 2008

• Doubts raised on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
• Bernanke: Let’s fight foreclosures

May 05, 2008

• FCC struggling to fix USF
• Mortgage investigation intensifies
• Compare candidate health care plans
• Unlikely allies forge winning strategy
• Social networks may pose online security risk

May 04, 2008

• Not easy to find help on brink of foreclosure
• Time to switch IRA to Roth IRA?
• Give your doctors a check up
• Paying online can weave web of problems
• Paying online can weave web of problems

May 03, 2008

• Credit restrictions are now the rule

May 02, 2008

• Fed gets agressive on credit cards
• FCC caps rural wireless subsidies
• College borrowers may get break
• Criminals try to ‘copyright’ malware
• Lifelock sales surge despite critics

May 01, 2008

• Not all credit scores created equal
• FDIC plan for home refinancing
• Fed’s rate cut could help ARM holders
• Video surveillance network launched
• Brokers in the fast-and-loose lane?
• Digital deception

April

Apr 30, 2008

• Sneaky ways to get better gas mileage
• Foreclosures double, home prices tumble
• Siphoning off corn to fuel our cars
• An outbreak of caring

Apr 29, 2008

• CA talks to The Birmingham News about credit card use
• Experts, consumers share home market views
• Fed expected to cut rates this week
• Bank of America vows help for Countrywide debtors
• Homes facing foreclosure more than doubled in Q1
• Across USA, anxiety over access to patient records

Apr 28, 2008

• In cellphones, price gains on quality
• Good credit can’t protect borrowers from bad loans
• Credit card rates hustle higher

Apr 27, 2008

• Customer support numbers tough to find
• Bill targets scammers who prey on elderly
• Prosecute the mortgage sharks
• Best investment: Homes or stocks?

Apr 26, 2008

• ‘Declining markets’ and self-fulfilling prophecies

Apr 25, 2008

• Stricter rules loom for media owners
• Americans tightening their belts
• Retailers dangle discounts to lure tax-rebate checks
• Cutoffs and pleas for aid rise with heat costs

Apr 24, 2008

• Lending Tree sues over data breach
• Run on rice makes its way to U.S.
• Take two on time off
• Learning about college loan debt the hard way

Apr 23, 2008

• Congress near deal on genetic test bias bill
• Murdoch taking on F.C.C. media rule
• Oil prices push airlines to shrink, airfares to grow
• Lenders swamped by delinquent mortgages

Apr 22, 2008

• Lenders derail plan for judges to modify mortgages
• U.S. to travel industry: Collect fingerprints
• New fuel economy rules to be released
• Renters can’t escape foreclosure crisis

Apr 21, 2008

• Debt may be a factor in suspicious fires
• Green funerals make for eco-exits
• Teens turn to thrift in tight economy
• Faster Internet could cost you in future

Apr 20, 2008

• Homebuilders: Walk away, expect to pay
• Putting a big squeeze on condo loans
• Sizing up college financial aid packages
• Sending less money home to Mexico
• Rights bill weighed for credit card users
• School loans: Going federal gets difficult
• Teaching kids early about banking

Apr 18, 2008

• Momentum builds for foreclosure relief
• Student loan bill passes U.S. House
• Fed drafting new credit card rules

Apr 17, 2008

• Warning on storage of health records
• Bargain hunters boost home sales in some markets
• Report: Some auto safety gear’s value limited
• U.S. to expand collection of crime suspects’ DNA

Apr 16, 2008

• Avoiding Net traffic tie-ups could cost you in future
• Seeking a slice of your rebate
• Homeowners stuck in unfinished projects
• Consumer groups urge “do not track” registry
• Comcast wants ‘Bill of Rights’
• States tackle foreclosures In absence of federal help

Apr 15, 2008

• Stimulus payment offers incentive to file taxes
• Retailers caught in a wave of bankruptcies
• Poll: Housing woes won’t end soon
• Online banking satisfaction up

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