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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 | U.S. economy adds jobs but braces for cuts
- Headlines | Gov’t: Budget cuts already causing airport delays
- Headlines | Where apps meet work, secret data Is at risk
- Headlines | Are all those airline fees finally starting to pay off for passengers?
- Headlines | The business of the minimum wage
- Headlines | More companies reporting cybersecurity incidents
- Headlines | Arms buy-back events increase
- Headlines | Secrets behind the best hidden online prices
- Headlines | Fighting the insurer over Hurricane Sandy
- Headlines | College admission roulette: Ask for financial aid, or not?
- Headlines | Before taking on more debt, head off these major home repairs
- Headlines | Advice and tips for preparing your 2012 income tax return to the IRS
- Headlines | Big health insurance rate hikes are plummeting
- Headlines | Airlines get early jump on fare hikes in 2013
- Headlines | Month-to-month motel tenants have same rights as other renters
- Headlines | Testing the TurboTax and H&R Block tax apps
- Headlines | The big sequester gamble: How badly will the cuts hurt?
- Headlines | High debt and falling demand trap new vets
- Headlines | Job Corps closes the door on new recruits
- Headlines | States worry about rate shock during shift to new health law
- Headlines | Union Bank offering customers an a la carte menu of services
- Headlines | Tech predictions for 2013: It’s all about mobile
- Headlines | If you’re collecting our data, you ought to protect it
- Headlines | Building an emergency fund can help you survive setbacks
- Headlines | Digital rights activists vow to fight CISPA
- Headlines | Fiscal trouble ahead for most future retirees
- Headlines | Medicare says drug refills shouldn’t be done without patient’s OK
- Headlines | Google draws fire over data sharing on app store
- Headlines | Will young adults face ‘rate shock’ because of the health-care law?
- Headlines | Facebook says hackers breached Its computers
- Spanish Headlines | Cómo planificar sus finanzas en caso de que muera su cónyuge
- Headlines | The Five: Smartphone security
- Headlines | Hazards of having an ex-wife as credit card joint owner
- Headlines | U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign
- Headlines | Dozens of airline fees rose or changed in 2012, study finds
- Headlines | At Work: Treat internships as a tryout
- Headlines | Who’s right in this family’s financial fight?
- Headlines | Battling college costs, a paycheck at a time
- Headlines | Cellphone service without signing on the dotted line
- Headlines | On the waiting list at the debt-rating club
- Headlines | IRS delays issuing tax refunds; fiscal cliff to blame?
- Headlines | Is Southwest Airlines losing the luv?
- Chinese Headlines | Reward type credit cards attract consumers (Chinese)
- Headlines | Homeowners facing foreclosures should be wary of scams
- Headlines | In revamped cafeterias, USDA gets a taste of its own medicine
- Headlines | FCC proposes large public WiFi networks, tech companies take sides
- Headlines | Why couples clash over cash
- Headlines | Closing account won’t help credit scores
- Headlines | Traveler tips: How to avoid hacking while overseas
- Headlines | Hackers may have accessed 250,000 Twitter accounts