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.
- The evolution of airfares, in one chart
- Fed actions to reduce mortgage rates may be helping banks more than borrowers
- Consumer Action held Lifeline presentation in SF Chinatown (Chinese)
- Boomer women worry more about financial future
- FCC frees up cable operators from program access rules
- Using property to fund retirement
- California struggles with high gas prices
- Eight fall home repairs you can’t afford to ignore
- Consumer Action 41st Annual Awards Ceremony (Chinese)
- Hands off homeowners’ tax break, HUD chief says
- Attacks on 6 banks frustrate customers
- Airlines continue to cut flights, keep airfares up
- Birthdays and benefits: A nudge on Social Security
- How to erase a debt that isn’t there.
- The lowest fare? Ask the crowd.
- Hospitals to be fined for readmitted patients
- FDA warns of risks of online pharmacies
- FCC moves ahead with airwaves auction
- Mortgage lenders set higher standards for the average borrower
- The best credit card for you
- Preparing financially for a family
- What Olive Garden and Red Lobster tell us about the economy
- Female entrepreneurs and maternity leave
- Website questioned about unexpected credit card charges
- Money Watch: Avoid tax penalty with 401k withdrawals
- FHA eases burdensome condo financing rules
- Trader Joe’s recalls peanut butter
- Medicare bills rise as records turn electronic
- Is acupuncture essential health care? Weight-loss surgery? Under Obamacare, states choose.
- Members of Congress introducing bill to limit arsenic in rice products
- Consumer Action held a Mobile Banking Roundtable in Philadelphia (Chinese)
- Consumer Action Mobile Banking Community Training Event (Chinese)
- Test-drive retirement before taking it on the road
- Summer hotel rates see a jump
- Housing policy virtually a no-show at both parties’ conventions
- Should Google be censoring videos just because they are linked to violence?
- Sluggish economy forces Americans to cut corners to pay for medications
- How to spot financial crimes against seniors
- Charitable donations benefit telemarketers
- Una combinación peligrosa: universitarios con tarjetas de crédito
- Google says ‘do not track’ option coming to Chrome by end of year
- Free ride is over—Amazon.com collecting California sales tax
- DEA inspects Walgreens in oxycodone probe
- Pros and cons of the Roth thrift savings plan
- Before divorce, you should get financially prepared
- Chicago tops nation in tax burden for travelers
- FAA to review rules on in-flight use of devices
- Know the consequences of cutting Medicaid
- Retirees’ new pastime: Cutting costs in all sorts of ways
- Debt collectors cashing in on student loan roundup