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.
- Charitable donations benefit telemarketers
- Una combinación peligrosa: universitarios con tarjetas de crédito
- Google says ‘do not track’ option coming to Chrome by end of year
- Free ride is over—Amazon.com collecting California sales tax
- DEA inspects Walgreens in oxycodone probe
- Pros and cons of the Roth thrift savings plan
- Before divorce, you should get financially prepared
- Chicago tops nation in tax burden for travelers
- FAA to review rules on in-flight use of devices
- Know the consequences of cutting Medicaid
- Retirees’ new pastime: Cutting costs in all sorts of ways
- Debt collectors cashing in on student loan roundup
- Refinancing deals for homeowners vary widely
- Consumer Product Safety Cmsn. considers bans plus warning labels
- Short sellers may take a big hit on their credit scores
- Public pension funds stung by Facebook’s falling stock
- Labor Day gas prices will set a record
- Giving to a newborn’s college savings plan
- What you don’t know about energy can cost you
- Last plea on school loans: proving a hopeless future
- Feds probe mobile app privacy safeguards
- GPS technology finding its way into court
- Apple’s patent victory spells changes in smartphones for consumers
- Pare student debt or boost savings? Can’t go wrong either way
- Employing dietitians pays off for supermarkets
- Retirement fund fees, if ignored, will eat into your nest egg
- Airlines: You can’t wear that
- Scam watch: Online auctions, phony credit cards, infomercials
- Textbook price-check tool met with doubt
- Gift registries gain popularity among cash-strapped students
- How to know if you have enough auto insurance
- Social-media tools can boost productivity
- On the Job: Young workers leave U.S. for internships
- What Paul Ryan’s budget actually cuts — and by how much
- Problems riddle moves to collect credit card debt
- How big data became so big
- Government auctions off surplus online
- Estate plan needed to divide spouses’ property and reduce taxes
- Ambiguity in Health Law Could Make Family Coverage Too Costly for Many
- FTC approves settlement with Facebook on user privacy
- Stay in touch without racking up big wireless bills
- Average couple spends $26,989 on wedding; many break budget
- Discounted room rate is most popular hotel incentive, survey says
- AT&T plans to phase out 2G service by end of 2016
- Southwest pays refunds after computer glitch
- Facebook: About 83 million accounts are fake
- The best reason yet to ditch Gmail
- Prepaid cellphones are cheaper. Why aren’t they popular?
- 10 surprising dangers of vitamins and supplements
- Generic medicines saved $193 billion in 2011