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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 | 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
- Headlines | 5 tricks for scaring up Halloween bargains
- Headlines | Banana Boat recalls sunscreen due to fire risk
- Headlines | Mobile trend trips tech titans
- Headlines | Gas prices could soon drop 50 cents a gallon
- Headlines | Social Security benefits to rise 1% to 2% in 2013
- Headlines | How to enhance your online image
- Headlines | Flipping houses is once again a booming business
- Headlines | Talk to credit counselor, attorney when debt is unmanageable
- Headlines | A big breakthrough in tiny loans
- Headlines | Do not track? Advertisers say ‘don’t tread on us’
- Headlines | CVS Caremark prescription refills under scrutiny, source says
- Headlines | The psychic toll paid in a special needs house
- Headlines | The evolution of airfares, in one chart
- Headlines | Fed actions to reduce mortgage rates may be helping banks more than borrowers
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action held Lifeline presentation in SF Chinatown (Chinese)
- Headlines | Boomer women worry more about financial future
- Headlines | FCC frees up cable operators from program access rules
- Headlines | Using property to fund retirement
- Headlines | California struggles with high gas prices
- Headlines | Eight fall home repairs you can’t afford to ignore
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action 41st Annual Awards Ceremony (Chinese)
- Headlines | Hands off homeowners’ tax break, HUD chief says
- Headlines | Attacks on 6 banks frustrate customers
- Headlines | Airlines continue to cut flights, keep airfares up
- Headlines | Birthdays and benefits: A nudge on Social Security
- Headlines | How to erase a debt that isn’t there.
- Headlines | The lowest fare? Ask the crowd.
- Headlines | Hospitals to be fined for readmitted patients
- Headlines | FDA warns of risks of online pharmacies
- Headlines | FCC moves ahead with airwaves auction
- Headlines | Mortgage lenders set higher standards for the average borrower
- Headlines | The best credit card for you
- Headlines | Preparing financially for a family
- Headlines | What Olive Garden and Red Lobster tell us about the economy
- Headlines | Female entrepreneurs and maternity leave
- Headlines | Website questioned about unexpected credit card charges
- Headlines | Money Watch: Avoid tax penalty with 401k withdrawals
- Headlines | FHA eases burdensome condo financing rules
- Headlines | Trader Joe’s recalls peanut butter
- Headlines | Medicare bills rise as records turn electronic
- Headlines | Is acupuncture essential health care? Weight-loss surgery? Under Obamacare, states choose.
- Headlines | Members of Congress introducing bill to limit arsenic in rice products
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action held a Mobile Banking Roundtable in Philadelphia (Chinese)
- Chinese Headlines | Consumer Action Mobile Banking Community Training Event (Chinese)