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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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2018

December

Dec 10, 2018

• Opinions & Editorials | Why do airlines block their customers on social media?
• Headlines | Investigation of generic ‘cartel’ expands to 300 drugs
• Headlines | Avoiding impulse purchases this holiday season
• Headlines | Your apps know where you are (and aren’t keeping it secret)

Dec 07, 2018

• Opinions & Editorials | Yes, student loans really are making millennials go broke
• Headlines | A new wave of leaders could crack down on student-loans
• Headlines | Senate confirms Kathy Kraninger as CFPB director
• Spanish Headlines | Reporte: Uber emprende trámites para cotizar en bolsa
• Spanish Headlines | ¿No ahorraste para Navidad? Todavía estás a tiempo
• Spanish Headlines | Mujer de Seattle murió por usar agua del grifo para lavarse
• Spanish Headlines | Samsung usó una foto “falsa” para promocionar la cámara de su smartphone

Dec 06, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Deadline for Medicare Registration is on Dec 7 (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Things to do to protect your retirement accounts and life insurance (Chinese)
• Headlines | Wells Fargo reform plans fail to satisfy Fed after scandals
• Headlines | Is Netflix’s ‘Friends’ deal the end of an online entertainment era?
• Headlines | Kroger and Walgreens: A one-stop shop for food and drugs?
• Headlines | Should you buy someone a phone for the holidays?
• Spanish Headlines | EEUU: Riqueza familiar aumenta 2 billones de dólares

Dec 05, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action conducted training on will and trust differences (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Insurance company hammered by California wildfire insurance claims (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Quora website hacked - estimated 100m users affected (Chinese)
• Headlines | Quora discloses data breach affecting 100 million users
• Headlines | Digital divide is wider than we think
• Headlines | How Trump appointees curbed a consumer protection agency
• Headlines | This watchdog agency is smaller, quieter and less active under Trump
• Headlines | Wells Fargo computer glitch blamed as hundreds lose their homes
• Spanish Headlines | Waymo, de Google, lanza servicio de vehículos autónomos
• Spanish Headlines | Divulgan documentos de Facebook sobre privacidad de datos

Dec 04, 2018

• Opinions & Editorials | Forget trinkets. These gifts change lives
• Headlines | There is a magic bullet for some cancers. But often, it misses
• Headlines | Here’s how parents can repay Parent PLUS loans
• Headlines | Marriott says up to 500 million customers’ data stolen in breach
• Spanish Headlines | Tu celular es el enemigo de tu atención
• Spanish Headlines | Recomendaciones de una periodista para cuidar tu privacidad en línea

Dec 03, 2018

• Headlines | Is your holiday gift spying on you?
• Headlines | Using games, apps to help children get better with money
• Headlines | What is a predatory loan?
• Headlines | What I learned from tracking my spending
• Spanish Headlines | Para sobrevivir a la siguiente era de la tecnología, frena y sé consciente

Dec 01, 2018

• Headlines | 2018’s Best credit cards for bad credit

November

Nov 30, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Ohio’s biggest visa fraud case - Wright State University admitted to H1-B visa fraud - $1M penalty (Chinese)
• Headlines | The myth of steady retirement spending
• Headlines | Your children don’t believe in Santa anymore? Good.
• Headlines | Trump nominee to lead watchdog agency passes key hurdle
• Headlines | 7 steps to start paying back your student loans
• Spanish Headlines | Robados los datos de 500 millones de clientes de Marriot Starwood
• Spanish Headlines | Payless engaña a “influencers” de la moda para que paguen cientos por zapatos de $20 dólares
• Spanish Headlines | ¿Tiene deudas? La solución está en otra tarjeta de crédito

Nov 29, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | US Starbucks is not allowed to use the free wifi in the store next year to watch porn videos (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Facebook has considered selling user data to third parties (Chinese)

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