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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 | 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
- Headlines | Bank of America’s online banking crashes
- Headlines | FTC: Give mobile device users more privacy disclosures—or else
- Headlines | Scholars sketch bleak economic picture for black Americans
- Headlines | After adding online privacy protections, FTC chief resigns
- Headlines | Absurd airline fees
- Headlines | Are record low mortgage rates gone for good?
- Spanish Headlines | Cómo y cuándo encontrar pasajes aéreos baratos
- Headlines | The Five: When purchases go wrong
- Headlines | First subject: Paying for college
- Headlines | Keeping an eye on bouncing prices online
- Headlines | 10 car features you can’t live without
- Headlines | Mixing, matching and charging less for a phone plan
- Headlines | Do homework when picking tax preparer
- Headlines | Survey: College selection often relies on cost
- Headlines | Google Fiber provides faster Internet
- Headlines | Why rising house prices could be great for American consumers
- Headlines | Domestic air fares rose 4% in 2012; carry-on bag fees next
- Headlines | Southwest Airlines settles lawsuit over drink coupons
- Headlines | Take steps now to reduce 2013 taxes
- Headlines | Impulse buys, straight to a screen
- Spanish Headlines | ¿Planea algún cambio importante en su vida?
- Headlines | Higher tax rates on top earners will pinch married couples faster than individuals
- Headlines | Should a co-signer settle with collection agency?
- Headlines | Seven great workout apps that help keep you fit
- Headlines | How businesses can use Facebook’s Graph Search
- Headlines | Can Oregon save American health care?
- Headlines | How to keep up on product recalls
- Headlines | FCC promises more high-speed Wi-Fi soon
- Headlines | Coca-Cola ads will join obesity debate
- Headlines | Why 64.8 percent of Americans didn’t get a flu shot
- Headlines | Over 50, and under no illusions
- Headlines | To keep getting your benefits check, sign up for electronic delivery
- Headlines | Simple, solid strategies for investing money
- Headlines | Ouch! Your paycheck just shrank
- Headlines | USA needs more effective flu shots, experts say
- Headlines | A shocking death, a financial lesson and help for others
- Headlines | Good news about real estate: Home equity is growing again
- Headlines | One cautionary tale you can’t afford not to read
- Headlines | Their apps track you. Will Congress track them?
- Headlines | New search engine sets out to prove Google isn’t the best
- Headlines | Health insurers raise some rates by double digits
- Chinese Headlines | Retail store coupon system abuse (Chinese)
- Headlines | The line between ‘aggressive’ and ‘evil’
- Headlines | FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules