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Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.

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2020

April

Apr 03, 2020

• Headlines | Messy start for small business loans
• Headlines | Keep moving. And sometimes, double your distance
• Headlines | PG&E customers to receive climate credit in April
• Headlines | No refund but credit for a future cruise? Are you kidding?

Apr 02, 2020

• Headlines | What you need to know about the government’s forgivable loan program
• Headlines | How to figure out if your student loan qualifies for coronavirus relief
• Headlines | A Feature on Zoom secretly displayed data from LinkedIn profiles
• Headlines | Needy will face hurdles to getting coronavirus stimulus
• Headlines | What you need to know about paying your rent or mortgage
• Spanish Headlines | La recesión por el coronavirus ahora se espera que sea más profunda y prolongada

Apr 01, 2020

• Headlines | Hospitals leave COVID-19 patients who don’t speak English without proper care
• Headlines | Trump pushes $2 trillion infrastructure package in next coronavirus bill
• Headlines | Dow caps its worst first quarter with a slide of more than 400 points
• Headlines | Don’t get fooled by COVID-19 scams
• Headlines | Coronavirus recession will hit low-wage workers hardest
• Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Ordenan retirar antiácidos por contener contaminante
• Spanish Headlines | Marriott: Hackers obtienen datos personales de 5.2 millones de huéspedes
• Spanish Headlines | La compañía donde trabajo no me despidió, pero me puso en licencia sin pago, ¿qué significa?
• Spanish Headlines | ¿Perdió su trabajo por el coronavirus? Así puede evitar un desalojo si le cuesta pagar la renta
• Spanish Headlines | Frente al coronavirus los gobiernos van amasando poder (no todos son autócratas)
• Spanish Headlines | Expertos europeos alistan tecnología para smartphones en lucha para frenar propagación del virus
• Spanish Headlines | Consejos de supervivencia económica en época de coronavirus
• Spanish Headlines | T-Mobile y Sprint se fusionan, competirán contra AT&T

March

Mar 31, 2020

• Opinions & Editorials | Is your grocery delivery worth a worker’s life?
• Headlines | When romance is a scam
• Headlines | Amazon workers walk off the job; Instacart and Whole Foods employees to follow
• Headlines | Airlines’ new operating mode: Flexible
• Spanish Headlines | ¿Y ahora cómo debo lavar la ropa?

Mar 30, 2020

• Headlines | Woman gets $34,927.43 bill for coronavirus treatment
• Headlines | Should you pay down credit card debt with your stimulus check?
• Headlines | Hospital bans on patient visits devastate families
• Headlines | Debt collection industry deems itself “essential” during pandemic
• Headlines | How to protect your credit score during the coronavirus pandemic
• Headlines | Coronavirus threatens losses for banks and credit card holders
• Headlines | Popular Zoom remote conferencing service comes with privacy risks
• Spanish Headlines | Estafadores amenazan con infectar a tu familia con coronavirus si no les das $4,000
• Spanish Headlines | Grupo de trabajadores de Instacart y Amazon realizan paros
• Spanish Headlines | Sospechan favoritismo en entrega de asistencia económica
• Spanish Headlines | FBI advierte por estafas relacionadas con COVID-19, pide a víctimas que denuncien

Mar 29, 2020

• Spanish Headlines | ¿Cuándo llegará el cheque de $1,200 que el gobierno enviará por coronavirus?
• Spanish Headlines | Fondos que pueden ayudar con dinero a indocumentados durante crisis del coronavirus
• Spanish Headlines | “Limpieza profunda” no significa nada. Aún así, estos servicios tienen una gran demanda
• Spanish Headlines | Ella está expuesta al coronavirus con más de 100 clientes al día, seis días a la semana y sin protección

Mar 27, 2020

• Headlines | Facebook to combat the spread of coronavirus misinformation
• Headlines | Calculate how much you’ll get from the coronavirus stimulus
• Headlines | F.A.Q. on stimulus checks, unemployment and the coronavirus bill

Mar 26, 2020

• Opinions & Editorials | How to get money to small businesses, fast
• Headlines | Everything you need to know about student loans during Coronavirus
• Headlines | How to get help paying your bills and student loans if you’re laid off
• Headlines | DeVos halts collection of defaulted federal student loans

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