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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2009

July

Jul 24, 2009

• Minnesota A.G. wins one for consumers

Jul 20, 2009

• Lost in the cloud
• Sharks circle in Congress

Jul 14, 2009

• (Bank) chutzpah on steroids

Jul 13, 2009

• Borrowers bled dry

June

Jun 29, 2009

• Insurance company schemes

Jun 22, 2009

• Health care showdown

May

May 07, 2009

• How we tested the big banks

May 04, 2009

• As foreclosures surge ...

April

Apr 26, 2009

• Our lending law is worth saving

Apr 13, 2009

• 391 percent payday loan

Apr 06, 2009

• The credit card trap

March

Mar 26, 2009

• Online advertisers should tread carefully

Mar 19, 2009

• It’s the regulations, not the regulator

Mar 12, 2009

• Investors profiting from - and fixing - mortgages

Mar 03, 2009

• Lawmakers: translate rhetoric into real reform

February

Feb 19, 2009

• We own the banks—shouldn’t we run them?

Feb 10, 2009

• Plugging in the Postal Service

Feb 09, 2009

• Weighing the Employee Free Choice Act

January

Jan 04, 2009

• A voice for the consumer

2008

December

Dec 28, 2008

• Obama: Don’t use the tax code as a tool

Dec 27, 2008

• Curbing credit card predators

Dec 26, 2008

• Fading housing hope

Dec 16, 2008

• Credit Cards: a break for borrowers

Dec 10, 2008

• Why tie health insurance to a job?

November

Nov 23, 2008

• America’s access to justice at risk

Nov 03, 2008

• Gouging women on health insurance

October

Oct 21, 2008

• A return to thrift

Oct 19, 2008

• 30-year sneak attack in America’s class war

Oct 18, 2008

• The college credit card trap

Oct 17, 2008

• Buy a beach house when going bankrupt
• Good homeowners, bad loans

Oct 14, 2008

• Wall Street’s turn to bolster confidence

Oct 03, 2008

• If the bailout doesn’t pass…

Oct 02, 2008

• Show us the hope

September

Sep 29, 2008

• What’s next for WaMu customers?

Sep 09, 2008

• Regulators fail to rein in credit card abuse

August

Aug 15, 2008

• Less than golden years

Aug 06, 2008

• Listen to the 56,000 [credit card comments]

May

May 06, 2008

• Overdue first step to curb credit card abuses

May 03, 2008

• The Fed aims at credit cards

April

Apr 17, 2008

• Debate: Police those credit cards

Apr 14, 2008

• Foreclosure politics

Apr 03, 2008

• Wrong relief

Apr 01, 2008

• Holding pattern

March

Mar 27, 2008

• How not to prevent foreclosures

Mar 26, 2008

• Safeguarding private medical data

February

Feb 13, 2008

• Lifeline for whom?

Feb 08, 2008

• Card issuers invest in DC

January

Jan 24, 2008

• Time for attention to consumer issues

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