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What's on this page?
On this page, you can browse Consumer Action's own press releases as well as our custom digest of daily consumer news headlines from major U.S. news organizations. Click here for Spanish headlines.
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Press Releases
- Consumer groups applaud expanded resources for LEP borrowers
- Consumer Action explores frustrating travel fees and passenger rights
- Privatized air traffic control systems exhibit pain points
- Consumer Action adds ‘Ocular Innovation’ video to its Vision Action Center
- DeVos’ latest regulation rollback a blank check to scam schools written by taxpayers
Headlines
- How to plan for retirement when there is a significant age gap
- America one step closer to a government-backed account for students
- Don’t fall for these 3 common student loan scams
- Advice from health care’s power users
- The physical toll of workplace pregnancy discrimination
News Video
- Teach kids to be smart consumers
- Asians love digital banking, Americans not so much
- My husband got secret credit cards and maxxed them out
- Bay Area sudden spa closure triggered investigation (Chinese)
- The Equifax hack is way worse than consumers knew (Chinese)
Opinions & Editorials
- Republicans embrace covering preexisting conditions
- Student loan reforms will make education better for Americans
- The economic future isn’t what it used to be
- We’re measuring the economy all wrong
- College students need more loan watchdogs, not fewer
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Spanish Headlines
- Jueza ratifica veredicto contra Monsanto; otorga 78 millones
- Expansión de seguro de salud es tema electoral en EEUU
- Apple permite que usuarios de algunos países vean datos recopilados por la empresa
- Facebook pedirá identidad a anunciantes políticos británicos
- Una falla en WhatsApp permitía el hackeo de cuentas con una llamada de video: reportes
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Chinese Headlines
- Fake DMV website has tricked consumers to pay fees online (Chinese)
- Social security will increase by 2.8% next year, tens of thousands of retirees will receive an average of $39 more per month (Chinese)
- Asian lady accused with immigration fraud - lawyers suggested complaints sent to Law Society (Chinese)
- Google attempted to hide leak that exposed 500,000 poeple in Google Plus (Chinese)
- Amazon admitted that employees leaked customers information to vendors (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- La mujer que quiere humanizar a Uber
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Spanish)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Spanish)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Spanish)
- California Lifeline Program Helps Keep People Connected (Spanish)
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Chinese Press Release
- California LifeLine program helps low-income consumers (Chinese)
- Consumer Action launches national wireless education initiative with support from AT&T (Chinese)
- National Lifeline Awareness Week (Chinese)
- Wireless fraud uncovered in Asian community (Chinese)
- Bank failure and FDIC deposit insurance (Chinese)
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Vietnamese Press Release
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