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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 | As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias
- Headlines | Sales are back at J.C. Penney
- Headlines | Dealing with doctors who only take cash
- Headlines | AT&T selling refurbished iPhone 5 for $99
- Headlines | New Facebook policy conflicts with European law
- Headlines | FCC chairman backs Dish Network plan to compete with wireless giants
- Headlines | Tech gear to avoid this Christmas
- Headlines | Postal Service to test same-day delivery of online orders
- Headlines | Facebook to provide more secure HTTPS connection for U.S. users
- Headlines | Holiday wish list must-haves
- Headlines | Millions will qualify for new options under the health care law. Most have no idea.
- Headlines | Banks say they’ve given $26B in homeowner relief so far
- Headlines | Petraeus case raises concerns about Americans’ privacy
- Headlines | Foreign students flood U.S. universities
- Headlines | Firms help vets move into manufacturing careers
- Headlines | Child’s education but parents’ crushing loans
- Headlines | What to consider before buying a franchise
- Headlines | Lessons from the 2012 election
- Headlines | Hurricane sandy and the disaster-preparedness economy
- Headlines | Appraisal can complicate selling, refinancing a home
- Headlines | Ducking Google in search engines
- Headlines | Bargains disappearing for distressed properties
- Headlines | ‘Fiscal cliff’ talks will boil down to one obscure acronym
- Headlines | Rick Steves: The best and worst of Europe
- Headlines | IRS extends deadlines for those hit by Sandy
- Headlines | Middle class faces quick impact from fiscal cliff
- Headlines | Airlines will have to work at thinking up new fees
- Headlines | Consumer Reports Index: Americans see major decline in financial difficulties
- Headlines | California’s initiative process adds up to a huge waste of money
- Headlines | Rural community colleges face distinct challenges
- Headlines | When is a kids’ online game actually an ad?
- Headlines | How to get catastrophe tax deduction
- Headlines | FTC files lawsuits against five robo-call companies
- Opinions & Editorials | How private are your phone calls?
- Headlines | States with the highest and lowest taxes
- Headlines | Enormous student loans paint parents into a corner
- Headlines | All US exchanges shut down ahead of hurricane landfall
- Headlines | Grad school, a leg up — in debt
- Headlines | Burden for rebuilding infrastructure may fall to states
- Headlines | A part time life, as hours shrink and shift
- Headlines | UBS said to plan 10,000 job cuts as investment bank shrinks
- Headlines | Holiday shopping wars
- Headlines | Senators urge FDA to act on energy drinks
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action celebrated 41 years anniversary in DC (Chinese)
- Headlines | Detergent pods an emerging public health hazard, says CDC
- Headlines | Psst, taxes go up in 2013 for 163 million workers
- Headlines | Crunch time nears for booking best holiday airfares
- Headlines | As airlines raise fees instead of fares, taxpayers pick up the tab
- Headlines | When the web’s chaos takes an ugly turn
- Headlines | Debt settlement is rarely a done deal