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News Headlines

Taken from the front pages of newspapers around the nation, News Headlines is your source for consumer issues. Access current and archived News Headlines collected by Consumer Action. News Headlines are listed in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, then month to allow for easier browsing.

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2018

April

Apr 10, 2018

• Récord máximo de pérdidas por desastres cubiertas por seguro
• Facebook empieza a alertar usuarios afectados por privacidad
• LO ÚLTIMO: Facebook rechaza baja de uso tras escándalo
• Agricultores orgánicos buscan crear su propia certificación

Apr 09, 2018

• A year after Dao, has anything changed for airline travelers?
• Millennials leave a trail of old 401(k)s
• Unemployment isn’t fixed, and workers are still suffering
• The disappearing doctor: How mega-mergers are changing healthcare
• Credit card signatures are about to become extinct
• Piden revisar normas de privacidad infantil en YouTube
• Zuckerberg: FB no hizo lo suficiente para proteger usuarios
• El verdadero costo de una aplicación o servicio ‘gratuito’

Apr 06, 2018

• 3 steps to protect your rights if your credit card was hacked (Chinese)
• Toyota recalled 5 models manufactured in recent years (Chinese)
• CFPB urged states to take more control on student loans and financial matters (Chinese)
• 10 big retailers leaked customer’s data in the past year, are you their customer? (Chinese)
• The tax cuts were supposed to help workers
• Red flags that your tax preparer is a fraud
• New FCC policy would be a ‘death sentence’ for Puerto Ricans
• Being in a wedding is expensive. Bridesmaids and groomsmen save up

Apr 05, 2018

• Facebook leaked 2 billion users data (Chinese)
• Pastors’ message wasn’t the gospel.They lobbied for payday loans
• Panera’s data breach puts attention on risks of loyalty programs
• Facebook:‘Malicious actors’ used its tools to discover identities, collect data
• PBMs are pocketing patient money and increasing costs

Apr 04, 2018

• Huge sale from H&M - had $4.3 Billion in unsold clothes (Chinese)
• Reap some of your free benefits from your membership programs (Chinese)
• Panerabread.com leaks millions of customer records (Chinese)
• Treasury proposes updates meant to boost lending in poor communities
• Which country handles student debt best?
• Mortgage applicants beware IRS ‘tax transcript’ program’s security
• Mulvaney, Consumer Bureau’s chief, urges Congress to cripple agency
• Escándalo de Facebook afectó a más de los que se creía

Apr 03, 2018

• Trump appointee helps companies, not consumers
• Sinclair under fire for local news anti-‘false news’ screed
• Are airlines treating consumers fairly?
• Health savings account changes could trip up some consumers
• What it was like to finally write my will
• Tesla may have violated federal rules by releasing information about fatal California crash
• EEUU: Ordenan retiro de suplemento con salmonelosis

Apr 02, 2018

• Procrastination can mean estate-planning disaster
• Airbnb for cars is coming. And the rental car giants are not happy.
• Up to 5 million accounts affected by another data breach
• How to travel with children
• Aumenta el uso de celulares en escuelas de EEUU

Apr 01, 2018

• Facebook is not the problem. Lax privacy rules are
• Barclays agrees to pay $2 billion for selling toxic mortgages

March

Mar 30, 2018

• Under Armour says data hacked from 150M MyFitnessPal app account (Chinese)
• Toys R Us final days in clearance and gift cards redemption (Chinese)
• Asian community alert - don’t fall for fake calls (Chinese)

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