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