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Countrywide Settles State Consumer Fraud Cases for $8.4 Billion
Bloomberg - USA
Madigan's goal was ``to help homeowners now,'' the chief of her consumer protection division, Deborah Hagan, said in a telephone interview yesterday. ...
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Are banks and currency providers breaking the law and exploiting ...
SourceWire (press release) - London,UK
Jamie Hanley Partner at Leeds law firm Morrish and Co says: “Consumer protection is at the heart of government policy on regulatory reform. ...
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Supreme Court to rule on drugmaker's immunity
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
The ruling, due by the end of the 2008-09 term next June, should illuminate not only the court's stance on business regulation and consumer protection but ...
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Consumer Protection Board wins archive award
Legislative Gazette - Albany,NY,USA
BY CAITLIN PURCELL The New York State Consumer Protection Board has been selected by the Board of Regents and the New York State Archives to receive the ...
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Classic Closeouts retailer booted from TRUSTe program
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
Online retailer Classic Closeouts has been expelled from the TRUSTe consumer-protection program due to its inappropriate handling of unauthorized ...
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Scams Sprout from Financial Crisis
Consumer Affairs - USA
The Consumer Protection Board’s 'Watch List' is a good 'heads up' for all of us as we deal with financial stress." “As scammers are salivating over this ...
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New consumer-protection site targets shady contractors
By Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog
Know_your_contractor_website In late September, a crooked home-improvement contractor in upstate New York was arrested for reportedly having swindled more than $80000 from of an 88-year-old widow. Hoping to prevent other Empire State ...
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US court decision big win for consumers
By David Canton
In a major victory for American consumers, the Washington state Supreme Court, following in the footsteps of Ontario consumer protection laws, has held AT&T cannot remove a consumer’s right to file a class-action lawsuit. ...
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advice? Consumer Protection laws on Cell Phones
By Guest
Does anyone know what the laws are if a cell phone is stolen and calls are made on it before it is reported stolen? This is with Cellcom...
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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Health Insurance Consumer Protection Bill
By Ethan Calvin
by Ethan Calvin. Recently, Governor Schwarzenegger (CA), vetoed a health insurance bill created to protect policyholders from cancellation of their policies. The bill would not have allowed the insurance companies to cancel coverage for ...
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California Governor Vetoes Insurance Consumer Protection Bill
By Ethan Calvin
by Ethan Calvin. Governor Schwarzenegger, of California, recently vetoed a health insurance bill that would protect consumers from dealing with canceled policies. The now dead bill would have forbade insurance companies from canceling ...
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Former sleazy car salesman is key player in suits against Buchanan
Tampabay.com - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
Founder of stopautofraud.com, Overholt has worked with government agencies, Dateline NBC and the national consumer advocacy group Public Interest to expose ...
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Commentary: A scary milky issue
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
Indeed, consumer advocacy groups should be very busy these days, raising awareness on this scary milky issue and issuing advisory warnings on what to do and ...
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NYPA: Kessel coming on line
Niagara Gazette - Niagara Falls,NY,USA
Kessel’s career is rooted in consumer advocacy. From 1982 to 1995, he served as the executive director of the state Consumer Protection Board where he ...
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Senators Question Secret Piracy Bill
BroadbandReports.com - New York,NY,USA
... trade negotiators not to make the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) too specific, notes consumer advocacy firm Public Knowledge. ...
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ACORNﾒs Abuse Pattern
By thetownecrier
When a consumer advocacy organization’s findings land on at a US House subcommittee, there must be sufficient concern to raise the issue, particularly before a presidential election. Especially when one of the nominee’s political ...
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Free SUNY Tuition For Low Income Workers: The Right Move For New York
By brandonjmendelson
Whereas, the California Public Interest Research Group, a consumer advocacy group, conducted a survey in 2005 of the five most widely purchased textbooks at 59 colleges and universities across the country. The group discovered that ...
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Mike Adams on Vitamin C - an ironic look at the anti-vitamin C ...
By cancerfighter
He also founded an environmentally- friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods. com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He’s also the founder of a well known HTML email software company whose ‘Email ...
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Want to be Quebecﾒs next top model? Pay up
By all-reality.tv
According to the Better Business Bureau in Mid-Western and Central Ontario, a consumer advocacy organization, Century Models & Talent Agency is not considered an accredited business because it failed to respond to two complaints from ...
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Senators Question Secret Piracy Bill - Leahy, Specter ask that ...
By admin
... and the panel s senior Republican, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, have asked trade negotiators not to make the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) too specific, notes consumer advocacy firm Public Knowledge. ...
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