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Movement Against Bottled Water Gains Municipal Adherents
New York Times - United States
Such an effort represents a trend across America, said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of the Washington-based consumer advocacy group Food and Water ...
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Hedge Funds Chafing at Mortgage Bailout
Housing Wire - USA
... John Taylor, the president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a consumer advocacy group in Washington, said that he believed that the ...
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Shoddy goods and services will perish on their own
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
... all consumer policy - both inside and outside of government - must focus. In the absence of that educational work, consumer advocacy will achieve little.
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Hope for Homeowners hedging terms
By rdan(Stormy)
Told about the letters, John Taylor, the president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a consumer advocacy group in Washington, said that he believed that the government might have to take action to protect homeowners from ...
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Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: What it means for you
By gjblass(gjblass)
The statute would also attack a practice that has long been criticized by consumer-advocacy groups, double-cycle billing. Under this practice some credit card issuers go back two billing cycles, not just one, to calculate a cardholder's ...
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Australian Marketing Institute - 2008 AMI Awards for Marketing ...
By Gordon Whitehead
AMI's comments: The Telstra Countrywide marketing team developed a marketing program that demonstrated great brand alignment, effective and efficient spend, organisational and sales network engagement, development of consumer advocacy ...
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Wyoming leads nation in health insurance premium increases
A report issued Thursday by Families USA, a health-care consumer advocacy group, found that health insurance premiums went up at a faster rate in Wyoming than in any other state for the past seven years, and that only Wyoming and Idaho ...
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Open enrollment: So many choices
By healthinsurancecalifornia
Eliminate this option if you don’t have the funds, advises Kim Bailey, an analyst with Families USA, a health-care consumer advocacy group. Step 2: Narrow the oranges. Skipping the high-deductible plan? To make sense of your leftover ...
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Complete Immunity For Big Business Part of Bush Administration's ...
InjuryBoard.com - Tampa,FL,USA
In a report from the AAJ, their president stated: “Big business lobbyists have been on a crusade to destroy state consumer protection laws, ...
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Pictorial warnings against cigarette needed
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
TheNetwork for Consumer Protection has recently received a grant of $280000 on 'Policy Advocacy and Stakeholder Awareness Building for Packaging Reforms to ...
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JOBS AT Emerging Market Groups
By SHY(SHY)
EMG is currently seeking a Consumer Protection and Safety Expert for an EU-funded “Trade Facilitation Programme” in Algeria. The Programme aims to strengthen Algeria’s capacities to negotiate and implement regional and multilateral ...
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Police State Brutality and C-SPAN debate - please take the time to ...
By Tolli(Tolli)
My life here has enabled me to see the US in a new light when I compare it to Sweden's healthcare, education, consumer protection, energy use, environmental attitudes and fairness in government. - Healthcare: tax funded, available to ...
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Complete Immunity For Big Business Part of Bush Administration's ...
By Mike Bryant
In a report from the AAJ, their president stated: “Big business lobbyists have been on a crusade to destroy state consumer protection laws, and further stack the deck against American consumers,”. There is a reason that these changes ...
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Consumer Health Digest
By Vaklam(Vaklam)
It "summarizes scientific reports; legislative developments; enforcement actions; other news items; Web site evaluations; recommended and nonrecommended books; research tips; and other information relevant to consumer protection and ...
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AP article on contracts
By Chris Chase
Maine Assistant Attorney General Linda Conti said the consumer protection office has received a “significant” number of calls from people who’ve locked into oil contracts when the price was high and now wonder if they can get out of ...
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