Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Apr 12, 2013 HARP refinance program for underwater borrowers extended
- Apr 12, 2013 Warren grills bank regulators over bungled foreclosure review
- Apr 12, 2013 Obama and student loans: A closer look
- Apr 11, 2013 Crack open your genetic code
- Apr 11, 2013 Tax experts’ best tips to save you money
- Apr 11, 2013 FCC faces questions and challenges
- Apr 11, 2013 Banks barrel into prepaid card market
- Apr 10, 2013 Lenders to make payouts to foreclosed borrowers
- Apr 10, 2013 Medical service using the cloud
- Apr 10, 2013 Google expanding super-fast Internet service
- Apr 10, 2013 ‘Obama phones’ subsidy program draws new scrutiny
- Apr 09, 2013 Consumer bureau wants your complaints
- Apr 09, 2013 Retirement: Plan ahead for nasty surprises
- Apr 09, 2013 Tracking workers’ every move can boost productivity — and stress
- Apr 08, 2013 Sponsors now pay for online articles, not just ads
- Apr 08, 2013 Complaints surge for airlines
- Apr 08, 2013 5 tips for cutting your cable bill
- Apr 08, 2013 Traveling a more environmentally friendly road
- Apr 07, 2013 Rolling over a 401(k) is a pain—and potentially costly
- Apr 07, 2013 10 states where gas prices are plunging
- Apr 07, 2013 The best lie detectors in the workplace
- Apr 07, 2013 No TV? No subscription? No problem
- Apr 06, 2013 A quick electronic signature at the car rental office, and then trouble
- Apr 06, 2013 Instagram beauty contests worry parents, child privacy advocates
- Apr 06, 2013 Cancer clinics are turning away thousands of Medicare patients
- Apr 06, 2013 3 ways to invest a tax refund for smart gains
- Apr 05, 2013 Used car guide revisions provoke uproar
- Apr 05, 2013 Your job prospects depend on where you’re looking
- Apr 05, 2013 Paper offers options on limiting higher health rates
- Apr 05, 2013 5 questions answered about Facebook Home
- Apr 04, 2013 As Web search goes mobile, competitors chip at Google’s lead
- Apr 04, 2013 Blame abounds over flawed foreclosure review
- Apr 04, 2013 The case for expanding Social Security
- Apr 04, 2013 401(k) rollover process too confusing
- Apr 03, 2013 State hires consumer group to help it review healthcare rates
- Apr 03, 2013 Will you pay more to use your credit card?
- Apr 03, 2013 Retailers track employee thefts in vast databases
- Apr 03, 2013 Survey: Frugality reigns 5 years after crisis
- Apr 02, 2013 Insurers see way to dodge federal healthcare law next year
- Apr 02, 2013 One man’s fight against foreclosures in Carpentersville
- Apr 02, 2013 Why budgeting will lead to more awareness
- Apr 01, 2013 Protecting an elderly mother’s assets
- Apr 01, 2013 Beef with the sequester?
- Apr 01, 2013 Do Southwest Airlines ads portend new fees?
- Mar 31, 2013 Are homes worth more than 4 years ago?
- Mar 31, 2013 Will the GOP’s plan to fight Obamacare in the states backfire?
- Mar 31, 2013 Avoid identity theft during tax season
- Mar 30, 2013 F.D.A. approves a new diabetes drug from J.&J
- Mar 30, 2013 Is the new T-Mobile too good to be true?
- Mar 30, 2013 Your Money: Tax tips to save time, money
- Mar 29, 2013 Five ways divorce will impact your finances
- Mar 29, 2013 Bank of America tops list of mortgage complaints by borrowers
- Mar 29, 2013 U.S. health care prices are the elephant in the room
- Mar 29, 2013 Obama administration moves ahead on sweeping cleaner gasoline rules
- Mar 28, 2013 Consumer bureau eases limits on subprime credit card fees
- Mar 28, 2013 Bitcoin cyber currency prices surge
- Mar 28, 2013 Housing program seeks to cut monthly payments
- Mar 27, 2013 JPMorgan Chase faces federal investigations
- Mar 27, 2013 Tax procrastination has a price
- Mar 27, 2013 American Express prepaid cards get FDIC insurance
- Mar 26, 2013 Don’t let ID thieves steal your tax refund
- Mar 26, 2013 T-Mobile drops contract plans, ends phone subsidies
- Mar 26, 2013 Your car may be invading your privacy
- Mar 26, 2013 An insider’s view of generic-drug pricing
- Mar 25, 2013 7 tips for staging your home to sell
- Mar 25, 2013 Is there an economic case for ending all guest worker programs?
- Mar 25, 2013 New tools make it easier to find prices for medical procedures
- Mar 25, 2013 Pension funds wary as bankrupt city goes to trial
- Mar 25, 2013 Little progress in last couple decades getting more people with disabilities into workforce
- Mar 22, 2013 1 in 600 may be owed unclaimed life insurance money
- Mar 22, 2013 Seeking a solution to wasted food
- Mar 22, 2013 Housing, ailing for years, starts to recuperate
- Mar 22, 2013 More Americans debt-free, but the rest owe more
- Mar 21, 2013 Audit faults Freddie Mac’s oversight of mortgage servicers
- Mar 21, 2013 Simpler way to complain about student loan collections
- Mar 21, 2013 Health-care law uncertainty grips small businesses
- Mar 21, 2013 Big banks engaging in payday lending
- Mar 20, 2013 Lawmakers target ‘unfair’ overdraft charges
- Mar 20, 2013 Where to find ‘free’ checking no strings attached
- Mar 20, 2013 JPMorgan Chase is reining in payday lenders
- Mar 20, 2013 Consumer bureau faces court challenge
- Mar 20, 2013 Cable companies push back on bundling
- Mar 20, 2013 Need your tax refund? Accessing early is costly
- Mar 19, 2013 Think you have three credit scores? You may have 50 or more
- Mar 19, 2013 Should you tell stores your ZIP code?
- Mar 19, 2013 Risks of transferring a car loan to a credit card
- Mar 19, 2013 Microsavings programs build wealth, pennies at a time
- Mar 18, 2013 Airline group seeks to modernize booking system
- Mar 18, 2013 With sequester in effect, recruiters notice varied impact on hiring strategies
- Mar 18, 2013 Couples in gay marriage case await a landmark ruling
- Mar 18, 2013 Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France
- Mar 17, 2013 Couple gets taxed for tapping IRA; how to pay?
- Mar 17, 2013 Is the seller to blame?
- Mar 17, 2013 Preparing for the price of Alzheimer’s disease
- Mar 16, 2013 Consumer prices jump 0.7% in February, biggest rise since 2009
- Mar 16, 2013 FCC cites robocallers for illegal campaign calls to cellphones
- Mar 16, 2013 F.D.A. raises heart alert on antibiotic in wide use
- Mar 16, 2013 What hospitals charge the uninsured
- Mar 15, 2013 Web browsers consider limiting how much they track users
- Mar 15, 2013 Is this your password? Change it.
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