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Press Releases
- Protections for victims of auto bankruptcies
- Coalition urges state lawmakers to pass the Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act
- Consumer groups say independent regulator is key
- Consumer groups challenge Chrysler bankruptcy
- Consumer groups support President’s push for credit card reform
Headlines
- Tax appeals take toll on local governments
- Making sure your adviser is no Madoff
- Complaints erupt about lowball home valuations
- Student loan plan based on borrower income
- Scam: Fraudulent Treasury ‘promissory notes’
News Video
- Bankruptcy: a financial tool
- Obama urges credit card reform
- Credit cards and the White House
- Credit cards: Gouging or good business?
- Should there be an airline passenger ‘fat tax’?
Opinions & Editorials
- Cardholders see payment hike as a raw deal
- Insurance company schemes
- Last-resort health coverage barely covers
- Health care showdown
- An easy way to shred that paper weight
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Spanish Headlines
- Facilitan elegir comida saludable
- Peligra la recuperación de la vivienda en EEUU
- Acceso a los servicios financieros a través de celulares ha reducido pobreza
- GM aceptará reclamos por productos defectuosos
- Sobre el ITIN
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Chinese Headlines
- Consumer Action’s 38th Anniversary Party
- States seek sales tax on online purchases (Chinese)
- Counterfeit Money on the Rise (Chinese)
- Tribune Co. announced bankruptcy (Chinese)
- Bay Area median price homes tumbles 41% though sales reach high (Chinese)
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Spanish Press Release
- Esté alerta ante cinco asuntos emergentes sobre celulares
- MoneyWi$e lanza material didáctico financiero por Internet en español
- Ayuda contra los préstamos abusivos en Español
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