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AG Announces Initiative to Clean Up State's Debt Relief Industry Chipley Florida Online Newspaper - Foster Folly News - Chipley,fl,USA Consumer advocacy groups recommend that consumers with mounting debts try first to resolve their financial problems themselves, before seeking the ...

Consumers need insurance voice Scranton Times-Tribune - PA, USA ... as state insurance commissioner, it was the first time in the department’s history that the boss had been drawn from the ranks of consumer advocacy. ...

10/15/2008Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water Environmental Working Group - Washington,DC,USA ... that it is somehow safer or purer than tap water,” said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the non-profit consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. ...

The Real Bush Legacy InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA A concern that many consumer advocacy groups have is that once these new rules are written and made into law, the next president will not be able to quickly ...

FiOS TV beats safety violation Crain's New York Business - New York,NY,USA Consumer advocacy groups such as Common Cause New York and People’s Production House said they were disappointed with the PSC’s lack of communication with ...

Blog Action Day 2008 - Poverty By Stacy Consumer Advocacy Many businesses are in a position to make positive changes, by letting them know that customers want those changes, we empower them to do so. Some examples of consumer advocacy are:. * Investing in “Ethical” funds that ...

DTV transition: More awareness, but not action By Consumer Reports Electronics Blog Hear Us Now, the consumer advocacy arm of Consumers Union (CU, the publisher of Consumer Reports), is urging consumers to get involved and make their concerns known to US government officials. To learn more about CU's efforts, ...

HEALTH ACCESS: Advisory on LA, Oakland Events: Health Reform ... Health Access California (www.health-access.org) is the statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, working for the goal of quality, affordable health care for all, and is the lead partner organization in California for the ...

Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water By admin “For years the bottled water industry has marketed their product with the message that it is somehow safer or purer than tap water,” said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the non-profit consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. ...

Whistleblowers expose even more ACORN fraud By lakemtaliberty@yahoo.com “ACORN and its offshoots take in millions of dollars in government grants under the guise of ‘consumer advocacy’ to line their own pockets,” said Jim Terry, CRL’s chief public advocate. The new testimony, from four former ACORN and AHC ...

APT strengthen economic safety mechanisms for consumer protection e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Sydney,NSW,Australia In a bid to reassure consumers while the dollar plummets and the credit crisis reigns supreme, Australian travel company APT have increased their AU$5 ...

State Tightens Rules for Energy Service Companies New York Times Blogs - New York,NY,USA The grievances prompted the state’s Consumer Protection Board and the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs late last year to draft protective ...

Toy safety through milk cartons Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA The New York State Consumer Protection Board unveiled a plan to print toy safety information on more than one-and-a-half million half-pint milk cartons a ...

Consumer Protection Bill goes before Parliament BuaNews Online (press release) - Cape Town,South Africa Cape Town - The Consumer Protection Bill 2008, which will introduce principles of consumer protection and serve as a governing statement on consumer ...

The difference between warranty and guarantee Times of India - India In our Consumer Protection (CP) Act, breach of warranty is unfair trade practice. If a guarantee of performance is made, for instance, that a bike has a ...

>>CPC, Consumers International Underscore Education For Sustaina LeadershipNigeria - Abuja,FCT,Nigeria As the world moves towards entrenching sustainable consumption in the life-style of people, Consumer Protection Council (CPC), and the global campaigning ...

Meglena Kuneva: Bulgarian Parliament should be involved with the ... Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria They often received two-time more expensive bills for energy or their bills were obscure, European Commissioner of Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva said ...

South Africa: Consumer Protection Bill Goes Before Parliament ... The Consumer Protection Bill 2008, which will introduce principles of consumer protection and serve as a governing statement on consumer protection matters in South Africa, will go before a selected Parliamentary committee on...

APT strengthen economic safety mechanisms for consumer protection In a bid to reassure consumers while the dollar plummets and the credit crisis reigns supreme, Australian travel company APT have increased their AU$5 million protection plan to S10 million.

President signs Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act Today, President Bush signed the Ryan Haight Online Consumer Protection Act. LegitScript’s President co-authored an op-ed more than a year and a half ago calling for the Act to be passed. We’re glad to see it finally has become law. ...

Workshop on Good Practices of Consumer Protection in Financial ... By European-Agenda Workshop on Good Practices of Consumer Protection in Financial Services, ECRI seminar in cooperation with the World Bank.

NCA still failing to discourage car clocking By Value Ireland(Value Ireland) This post below shows the complete inaction of the NCA to use the consumer protection legislation that they could use, while I've written before about the uselessness of the Competition Authority - witness the spectacular 2006 failure ...

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