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 02, 2009

• Online advertisers launch sweeping rules over data privacy
• ‘Operation Short Change’ charges fraud
• Mortgage refinance program expands
• Credit card issuers raising rates ahead of new law
• Facilitan elegir comida saludable

Jul 01, 2009

• Cash for clunkers hits bump
• Cardholders see payment hike as a raw deal
• Paying college tuition with credit card gets costlier
• Many with insurance still bankrupted by health crises
• Obama presents bill to create consumer-finance watchdog

June

Jun 30, 2009

• New GM to accept some liability
• Consumers hit again as some banks raise credit rates, fees
• Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
• Blood samples raise privacy questions
• Peligra la recuperación de la vivienda en EEUU
• Acceso a los servicios financieros a través de celulares ha reducido pobreza

Jun 29, 2009

• Consumer Action’s 38th Anniversary Party
• Foreclosure plan buried in paper avalanche
• Insurance company schemes
• GM aceptará reclamos por productos defectuosos

Jun 28, 2009

• Time to dive back into the market?
• Term insurance rates are rising
• The bite of bank fees
• Sobre el ITIN

Jun 27, 2009

• How to check your life insurer’s health
• Consumer spending up even as more save
• La hipoteca en tiempos de excepción

Jun 26, 2009

• Dumped by your card issuer?
• Americans saving more, spending less
• Credit card protection plan can dig a deeper hole
• The online ad that knows where your friends shop
• 3 ways to dodge rising fees
• ¿Son confiables las recomendaciones de productos de blogueros?

Jun 25, 2009

• A push to regulate prepaid cards
• Split over new consumer watchdog agency
• ‘Cash for Clunkers’ mostly a clunker
• Plans to free up ‘Free Application’ for student aid
• Companies rethink 401(k) contributions
• Senate hears health insurers’ wrongs

Jun 24, 2009

• $6 billion available to buy foreclosed homes
• Last-resort health coverage barely covers
• A push for the wired patient’s bill of rights
• Employer use of federal E-Verify program on the rise
• Not paying the mortgage, yet stuck with the keys
• El microcrédito se expande en EU

Jun 23, 2009

• Obama refis: slow out of the gate
• Evita ser víctima de los estafadores de la red
• Tightening credit puts squeeze on small business
• Struggling airlines launch more ‘a la carte’ fees
• Lost jobs forcing more out of homes

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