Media & Press
Browse Consumer Action's press releases and consumer news headlines culled from U.S. newspapers.
Headlines
- Feb 17, 2014 Using addictive games to build better brains
- Feb 17, 2014 7 ways to prevent moving day scams
- Feb 17, 2014 Thousands of canceled flights, but perhaps fewer stranded passengers
- Feb 16, 2014 The hidden cost of buying a car
- Feb 16, 2014 Kickstarter has been hacked
- Feb 16, 2014 As services expand, cable bills keep rising
- Feb 16, 2014 Finding ways to help young adults make their first home purchases
- Feb 10, 2014 5 reasons to up your 401(k) contributions
- Feb 10, 2014 Experts warn of coming wave of serious cybercrime
- Feb 10, 2014 Economists: U.S. will see better growth in ‘14
- Feb 09, 2014 How to research your doctor’s ratings and record
- Feb 09, 2014 Disruptions: for a restful night, make your smartphone sleeps on the couch
- Feb 09, 2014 They quit their jobs, thanks to health-care law
- Feb 08, 2014 Sidestepping the risk of a privacy breach
- Feb 08, 2014 The hidden costs of rental cars
- Feb 08, 2014 Payroll data shows a lag in wages, not just hiring
- Feb 03, 2014 The middle class Is steadily eroding. Just ask the business world
- Feb 03, 2014 Senators seek to punt NFL’s tax-exempt status
- Feb 03, 2014 Building a better battery
- Feb 03, 2014 Students who benefit from 2-year colleges
- Feb 02, 2014 Businesses gather more information than they need from consumers
- Feb 02, 2014 Do you qualify for free tax help?
- Feb 02, 2014 How to pay off multiple credit cards
- Feb 01, 2014 A long fight to get what was theirs, in a 401(k)
- Feb 01, 2014 10 easy frugal lessons to teach your kids
- Jan 27, 2014 The business of paid family leave
- Jan 27, 2014 5 ways to get a bigger refund this year
- Jan 27, 2014 Airline mergers benefit carriers and help keep fares low
- Jan 27, 2014 Rough patch for Uber service’s challenge to taxis
- Jan 26, 2014 Justice Department takes aim at banks’ and payday lenders
- Jan 26, 2014 Don’t let credit report errors cost you
- Jan 25, 2014 Massive email outage impacts 42 million
- Jan 25, 2014 Flood ebbs, insurance woes don’t
- Jan 25, 2014 Natural gas soars as cold grips nation
- Jan 19, 2014 Refighting mortgage wars creates new risk
- Jan 19, 2014 Inspecting a student loan spigot
- Jan 19, 2014 Patients’ costs skyrocket; specialists’ incomes soar
- Jan 18, 2014 Weighing the need for a landline
- Jan 18, 2014 Big banks bow out of deposit advance loans
- Jan 18, 2014 Target’s free credit monitoring: is it legit?
- Jan 13, 2014 CuidadoDeSalud.gov is a bit of a disaster
- Jan 13, 2014 Shriver Report confronts wage gap, poverty rate
- Jan 13, 2014 Getting at the truth of those bogus bank penalties
- Jan 13, 2014 The story of the CFPB’s tumultuous beginnings
- Jan 12, 2014 Calculating how much to put into a 401(k)
- Jan 12, 2014 Neiman Marcus: We were hacked, too
- Jan 12, 2014 Is Uber’s surge-pricing an example of high-tech gouging?
- Jan 11, 2014 When you should take social security
- Jan 11, 2014 An additional 70 million customers impacted by Target breach
- Jan 11, 2014 Eminent Domain: a Long Shot Against Blight
- Jan 11, 2014 The next data privacy battle may be waged inside your car
- Jan 05, 2014 7 things tax preparers wish we would do
- Jan 05, 2014 Thinking outside the (big) box
- Jan 05, 2014 Create better money habits in 2014
- Jan 05, 2014 Thousands of visitors to yahoo.com hit with malware
- Jan 04, 2014 General Mills drops GMOs from Cheerios
- Jan 04, 2014 2013: A great year for stocks, but a lousy year for workers
- Jan 04, 2014 Make a resolution to budget? Here are some apps to help
- Dec 30, 2013 7 unbeatable tax tips for year’s end
- Dec 30, 2013 4 ways to raise your credit score in 2014
- Dec 30, 2013 13 states raising pay for minimum-wage workers
- Dec 30, 2013 Web sites try to clean up cesspool of online comments
- Dec 28, 2013 U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful
- Dec 28, 2013 Seals of approval for home health care providers
- Dec 28, 2013 Target says some PINs stolen but confident data secure
- Dec 23, 2013 The healthcare deadline is here: Are you ready?
- Dec 23, 2013 Retailers seek ‘green’ alternative to plastic gift cards
- Dec 23, 2013 Reduce your housing costs before retirement
- Dec 22, 2013 Americans uneasy about surveillance but use snooping tools
- Dec 22, 2013 When you should (and shouldn’t) buy an extended warranty
- Dec 22, 2013 Why millennials can’t grow up
- Dec 21, 2013 Georgia telephone law would’ve hurt the poor - judge has blocks it
- Dec 21, 2013 Chase to limit use of debit cards From Target breach
- Dec 21, 2013 U.S. a laggard in adopting more secure credit cards
- Dec 16, 2013 As incomes stagnate, rents rising quickly
- Dec 16, 2013 Reasons to worry about a Sprint-T-Mobile merger
- Dec 16, 2013 Making Uber customers love surge pricing
- Dec 16, 2013 Solving the shortage in primary care doctors
- Dec 15, 2013 Renting vs. buying
- Dec 15, 2013 Everything you need to know about antibiotic use on farms
- Dec 15, 2013 Wake up the banking police
- Dec 11, 2013 A medical credit card has surprising costs
- Dec 09, 2013 Legislation to narrow authorities’ cellphone data requests
- Dec 09, 2013 College pays, sort of
- Dec 09, 2013 Why doctors choose a $2,000 drug over a $50 alternative
- Dec 09, 2013 State, local governments take action on minimum wage
- Dec 09, 2013 Feds making new rules for senior drivers
- Dec 07, 2013 Making a difference in this season of giving
- Dec 07, 2013 Covered California gave consumers’ contact info to agents
- Dec 07, 2013 Student loan forgiveness: What you don’t know (but should)
- Dec 05, 2013 Does the minimum wage affect jobs?
- Dec 05, 2013 NSA collects 5 billion records a day on cellphones
- Dec 05, 2013 Average student loan debt jumps 10 percent
- Dec 05, 2013 Internet firms step up efforts to stop spying
- Dec 02, 2013 What to buy and avoid on Cyber Monday
- Dec 02, 2013 California’s health insurance exchange: 5 things to watch in December
- Dec 02, 2013 How I found a surprisingly good health plan
- Dec 01, 2013 America’s meanest airlines: 2013
- Dec 01, 2013 Parents juggle job loss, costs of children with retirement planning
- Dec 01, 2013 5 Ways to cheat the 4 percent withdrawal rule