Headlines

2008

August

Aug 20, 2008

• Federal foreclosure program may fall flat in CA
• The next credit crunch
• FCC wants broadband across USA
• Home repairs become focus as consumers feel pinched
• No break on cost of textbooks

Aug 19, 2008

• Shifting to a greener attitude on tire ratings
• Deaths reported with diabetes drug Byetta
• GM returns to employee pricing
• Nonprofits push for federal ties

Aug 18, 2008

• Doctors: Lawsuits help guarantee drug safety
• Drive 55 campaign gaining speed

Aug 17, 2008

• Insurers avoid getting soaked in subprime storm
• Before you take the housing credit
• Fannie, Freddie will raise some fees, lower others
• Credit card code? What code?
• Delaying Social Security benefits may be wise
• Getting the 411 on phone charges

Aug 16, 2008

• Fliers cheer laptop policy change

Aug 15, 2008

• Dreading winter’s bitter bill
• Home equity frenzy was a bank ad come true
• College kids scrimp this year
• Foreclosures soar despite efforts to help
• Inflation climbs to 17-year high

Aug 14, 2008

• Congress to push web privacy
• Free cellphone bill analysis
• BMW recall for possible air bag defect
• Think of tax credit as 15-year loan
• Mortgage insurers’ losses mount

Aug 13, 2008

• Americans love-hate their credit cards
• Fliers without ID placed on TSA list
• Mechanism for credit Is still stuck
• Cars that cut your gas bill in half
• Bank failures rise but critics say not fast enough
• Hackers want to be your (malicious) friend

Aug 12, 2008

• The next wave of mortgage defaults
• Gangs get into identity theft
• FDIC explores alternatives to payday loans
• Web firms track online behavior without consent

Aug 11, 2008

• Food giants pass rising costs to consumers
• People, businesses seek to recycle for cash
• Cash strapped states quicker to grab unclaimed funds

Aug 10, 2008

• Don’t get clobbered by credit cards
• Where your gas dollar goes
• Updated law cuts college confusion
• Web privacy on radar in Congress
• Credit card industry faces reforms
• Help for seniors with reverse mortgages

Aug 09, 2008

• The case for a new national frugality
• Living simply provides economic shelter
• Bill would narrow second home tax loophole
• Your first negotiation: The agent’s commission

Aug 08, 2008

• How to spot a credit-card rip-off
• American adds fees for claiming flier awards
• Prices for some drugs skyrocket
• Foreclosure crisis catching renters off guard

Aug 07, 2008

• Unpaid bills are causing more utility shut-offs
• Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
• Realtors live close to the edge
• Indebted ever after

Aug 06, 2008

• Gas prices fall for 20th day
• Fannie Mae raises fees
• 11 charged in identity theft at 9 major retailers
• E-Mail hacking case could redefine online privacy

Aug 05, 2008

• Toxic plastic toys could go the way of dinosaurs
• JetBlue starts selling blankets and pillows
• Thieves skim credit card data at fuel pumps
• Gas prices apply brakes to suburban migration
• Mortgage rules changes skewer some sales

Aug 04, 2008

• High cost of a ‘free credit report’
• Fares so high, only rich can fly?
• Prescription records used to assess customers

Aug 03, 2008

• Fed up with food prices, many growing it alone
• Don’t fall for the mortgage rip offs
• Low wage workers grapple with insecurity

Aug 02, 2008

• Housing tax credit is free $7,500 loan

Aug 01, 2008

• House panel backs curbs on credit card practices
• ‘Serious times’ for new federal housing agency
• Seniors tap into texting
• Travelers’ laptops may be detained at border
• Weigh before you pay: Debit or credit?

July

Jul 31, 2008

• Housing tax ‘credit’ is really a loan
• Bush enacts law to ease home crisis
• Americans reduce credit card spending
• They know where you are

Jul 30, 2008

• ‘Forever in Debt’ report targets credit card practices
• Carcinogen worries in food packaging
• SEC extends market-calming short sale limits
• With security at risk, a push to patch the Web
• Children are targets of $1.6 billion in food ads
• Sprint must reimburse some early termination fees
• FCC: Comcast illegally interfered with Internet users
• Mortgage applications hit a 2008 low despite lower rates

Jul 29, 2008

• Congress bans toxins in toys
• You can use CD as collateral for a loan
• Act now to claim bonus air miles
• Credit card gripes flood Fed

Jul 28, 2008

• How safe is your bank?
• Libraries adapted to digital age
• No angry lines of customers after bank takeover
• Housing rescue bill may fall short

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