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Lenders warned to act in consumers' interests
RTE.ie - Ireland
... Director of the Financial Regulator, Mary O'Dea, said that lenders must be able to demonstrate compliance with the Statutory Consumer Protection Code. ...
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EU lawmakers tighten time-share vacation rules
International Herald Tribune - France
... and that rogue traders will no longer be able to exploit loopholes in the law," said the EU's Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva.
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Proposals to Strengthen Consumer Rights in the Economic Downturn
By LaurenceKaye
The European Commission has published a proposal to create an over-arching, EU-wide directive on consumer protection (“Consumer Rights Directive”), which aims to simplify and consolidate into one set of rules the existing “Consumer ...
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Better protection for holiday-makers: Commissioner Kuneva welcomes ...
Better protection for holiday-makers: Commissioner Kuneva welcomes Parliament's vote on Timeshare.
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Ripoff Report ~ Consumer Protection?
By Kimberly Bock
“Over the past ten years, Ripoff Report has provided the media with news story material along with victim information for on camera interviews with employee insiders and those victimized. We have work with every major network, ...
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The press and the new consumer protection law
An example of the way things are supposed to work: the Chicago Tribune focused on unsafe toys, cribs that strangled and other unsafe products—and Congress followed up with legislation.
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Consumer Services Agreements Cannot Remove Class-Action Rights in ...
By posts
The Court ruled that Washington’s public policy favoured the availability of class-based relief for small consumer claims, as evidenced by the enactment of Washington’s Consumer Protection Act. In light of this, a mandatory arbitration ...
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State officials backpedal on assisted-living revisions
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
For the past year, the welfare department has wrestled with sharply different opinions from provider groups and consumer advocacy organizations on issues ...
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In presidential race, Tennessee strategies diverge
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
But a report on major presidential donors compiled by Public Citizen, which bills itself as a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, lists 11 "bundlers" ...
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Center for Consumer Freedom: Not a Valid Source
By Jill Richardson
Furthermore - and perhaps most importantly - I am upset that you quoted the Center for Consumer Freedom as if it were a legitimate consumer advocacy organization. They are nothing more than corporate shills, founded with money from ...
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The Next Meltdown: Credit-Card Debt
By blueskies
A survey of major issuers by consumer advocacy group Consumer Action found that 37% of firms have raised rates across the board, even for borrowers with relatively pristine credit records. "In anticipation of a federal crackdown, ...
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5 Ways to Hurt Your FICO Score
By Alisa(Alisa)
“Banks are only lending to people with stellar credit and I think that will continue for some years,” says Linda Sherry, spokeswoman for consumer advocacy group Consumer Action. Those whose score falls well below this all-important 750 ...
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By theurbanhermit(theurbanhermit)
Sidney Wolfe, director of the health research group at Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, said the medical college association’s proposal “would be relatively meaningless without this critical surveillance system” created ...
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Does Red Mean Lead In Your Lipstick?
By Cleure Cosmetics and Personal Care(Cleure Cosmetics and Personal Care)
The Environmental Working Group is is a very reputable consumer advocacy group. They hold no bars. No matter how big, powerful or even a respected natural company, EWG tells it like it is. In 2007 EWG reported that the Campaign for Safe ...
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