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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.
- Headlines | Using your will to reward — or punish
- Headlines | New ways to read news online
- Headlines | Debate over minimum wage reignites decades-old arguments
- Headlines | Five facts about professional artists in the United States
- Headlines | Student-loan debt keeping first-time buyers out of housing market
- Headlines | Vehicle ‘infotainment’ systems out of sync with drivers’ devices
- Headlines | How DOMA’s departure could cost gay couples money
- Headlines | Daughter’s road to financial freedom shouldn’t rely on mom’s car
- Headlines | How not to get cleaned out in a hurricane
- Headlines | Employers test plans that cap health costs
- Headlines | Airlines rank lower in customer satisfaction than the post office
- Headlines | Think you have enough saved for kids’ college costs?
- Headlines | Why a health insurance penalty may look tempting
- Headlines | Promise of price cut on hospital bills is in limbo
- Headlines | A $15 minimum wage is a terrible idea
- Headlines | For a fee, seeking owners of unclaimed money
- Headlines | It’s true. The office IS just like high school.
- Headlines | Banks are starting to lend more freely
- Headlines | Wi-Fi is about to get a lot faster and more reliable
- Headlines | Graduates get pep talks before facing tough times
- Headlines | Vacation travel picking up; for business, not so much
- Headlines | State photo-ID databases become troves for police
- Headlines | Student housing intent on making the grade
- Headlines | Suddenly, retiree nest eggs look more fragile
- Headlines | Lenders seek court actions against homeowners years after foreclosure
- Headlines | Debit card overdrafts can cost you big bucks
- Headlines | Former Bank of America workers allege lies to homeowners
- Headlines | Chrysler to freeze pensions
- Headlines | Google to provide free Internet access to remote or poor areas
- Headlines | Hostels getting swankier for cost-conscious travelers
- Spanish Headlines | Lanzan en EE.UU. iniciativa contra robo de teléfonos
- Headlines | Wal-Mart hiring more temporary workers
- Headlines | How Google hands over data
- Headlines | Voice-activated technology Is called safety risk for drivers
- Spanish Headlines | Sistema manos libres también distrae a conductores
- Headlines | High prices are driving more motorists to rent tires
- Headlines | Fees for airline extras have made the trip to Europe
- Headlines | Budgeting apps and endless bills
- Headlines | For retirees, a million-dollar illusion
- Headlines | Figuring out best plan to save for college
- Headlines | As home sales heat up again, buyers must resort to cold cash
- Headlines | Some companies let employees buy extra time off
- Headlines | Are you the 61 percent? Most Americans remain ill-informed about personal finances
- Headlines | Tech companies concede to surveillance program
- Headlines | The jobs report was pretty solid. So why aren’t wages rising?
- Headlines | Big summer for road trips ahead
- Chinese Headlines | Cosumer Action provided advice on the new online economy (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action welcomed Ben Lau as new board member (Chinese)
- Headlines | Co-ops to compete with major insurers
- Headlines | Courting thrifty shoppers with value and quality