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Headline News
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.
- Headlines | New website may help explain reasons for low credit score
- Headlines | Housing groups sue California governor for $350 million
- Chinese Headlines | High number of young consumers becoming victims of consumer fraud (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Cuomo cracked down School Tax Relief Abuse (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Rising health insurance premium affects self-employed (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | California’s cap-and-trade system will raise gas prices (Chinese)
- Headlines | An aging population also poses opportunities for retirement careers
- Headlines | MetLife targets apartments as young adults seek to rent
- Headlines | It’s unclearly defined, but telecommuting Is fast on the rise
- Headlines | How to do a budget
- Headlines | Auto regulators dismissed defect tied to 13 deaths
- Headlines | Common myths and truths about teleworking
- Chinese Headlines | Safeway And Albertson’s Announce Merger Deal (Chinese)
- Headlines | Privacy advocates push back on stores’ tracking
- Headlines | How to save $500 this month
- Headlines | FTC to probe Facebook’s deal to buy WhatsApp
- Chinese Headlines | Long lines in reporting SF travel agencies fraud (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | World Journal newsletter ePaper introduced subscription charges in Apr (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Congress interviewed for SCA5 petition (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Major changes are coming to the SAT-1600-point scale and optional essay (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | SF banned the sale of single-use bottles of water in city buildings (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Call to stop SCA5 (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Airline ticket fraud cases in San Francisco Chinatown (Chinese)
- Headlines | Generic drug industry needs to stand up for patient safety
- Headlines | General Motors recalls - inaction and fatal crashes
- Headlines | AT&T is testing its next-gen phone network on old people
- Headlines | The third replacement phone wasn’t a charm
- Headlines | Retailers are using mobile apps to drive up sales
- Headlines | 5 stores where you shouldn’t pay full price
- Chinese Headlines | SCA5 raised attention with three Asian senators (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Using cellphone map while driving OK’d by California court (Chinese)
- Headlines | Trove of 1.25B emails discovered for sale on online black market
- Chinese Headlines | Asian-American students affected by the religious right (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Health care proposals benefiting the Chinese community (Chinese)
- Headlines | Data theft at Target hurt sales, earnings during holidays
- Chinese Headlines | Leno attempted to amend Ellis Act (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Mark Leno introduced SB 1439 - a lose-lose situation (Chinese)
- Opinions & Editorials | Airline regulations should work for, not against, consumers
- Spanish Headlines | Las telefónicas se enfrentan contra las tecnológicas por dominio de Internet
- Headlines | When paying off debt, gain strength by starting small
- Headlines | Value Added: They help out-of-work professionals suit up again
- Headlines | Seeking a lead on news, network turns to data-mining media group
- Headlines | Outcome or process — what investment focus succeeds over time
- Headlines | Speedier screening may be coming to an airport near you
- Chinese Headlines | SCA 5 sparked protest - Paul Fong listened to community feedback (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Covered CA website crashed in Feb (Chinese)
- Headlines | Here’s what’s missing from Congress’ cellphone unlocking bill
- Headlines | Send a payment with square cash, the service that’s free, for now
- Headlines | What to do if you’re running out of retirement money
- Chinese Headlines | Overstock.com fined $6.8M for false advertising (Chinese)