11-22-08

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11-22- 08

 

Consumer Alert: Dijon Mustard Soon to Depart Dijon!
By MAO
As anyone who knows their mustard appreciates, Dijon mustard has long been the finest, the tangiest - really, the most mustardy - of condiments; has been, in fact, since mustard first started to be manufactured in Europe back in the
...
 

SC6 Consumer Alert: Careful of Which Gift Card You Give This ...
By Mike Reino(Mike Reino)
Not All Gift Cards Are Equal This Year, And Why.... Hey, i'm not sure if you noticed this lately, but the economy is kinda in the pooper this year. Luckily, we have Christmas coming soon, and that usually takes the sting out of it a bit
...
 

Consumer Alert: Brazilian Hair Straightening
It's the latest trend in hair care, but some experts say Brazilian hair straightening could pose potential dangers to those who get it done. Kirstin Cole reports.
 

Consumer Protection
KOHD - Bend,OR,USA
Attorney General Hardy Myers joined forty-one states and territories in asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to strengthen "Buyer's Guide" notices to
...
 

Westgate replies to lawsuit
Park Record - Park City,UT,USA
The plaintiff in the case,
Consumer Protection Group, was created to sue Westgate on behalf on several Utahns who claim the business defrauded them by ...

Holiday Shopping Tips
WQOW TV News 18 - Eau Claire,USA
Madison (Press Release) - Here are tips from the Department of Agriculture, Trade and
Consumer Protection that may make holiday shopping easier when buying ...
 

Connecticut is first state in the nation to enact allergy ...
Stamford Plus Magazine - Stamford,CT,USA
By Department of
Consumer Protection In response to the growing consumer demand for olive oil, and the potential that fraudulent and adulterated olive oil ...
 

Genetic Biobanks: Deposits, Withdrawals, and Consumer Protection
innovations report (Pressemitteilung) - Schmitten,Hessen,Germany
The seminar, "Genetic Biobanks: Deposits, Withdrawals, and
Consumer Protection," will take place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. ...
 

Franchisees' protection a feature of new bill
Bizcommunity.com - Cape Town,South Africa
The
Consumer Protection bill is far-reaching and the first legislation of its kind in South Africa that will codify the common law in relation to the rights ...
 

Who Is the Obama Administration Seeking Advice From on Consumer ...
By Jeff Sovern
He recently gave a talk titled The FTC @ 100 and the Future of
Consumer Protection (the written statement is here) in which he said the FTC "is, and should remain, the preeminent consumer protection agency in the world" and made the ...
 

Kelley Drye's Advertising Practice Authors Consumer Protection ...
Law360 published an article, written by partner Lewis Rose and Kelley Drye's Advertising Law practice group, titled "Anticipating Obama's
Consumer Protection Push."
 

More Bad News for Westgate Timeshares, Hit with $1 Million Judgment
By Jason Tremblay
An attorney representing the
Consumer Protection Group says that the timeshare company defrauded consumers. “They weren’t telling them they were getting a voucher; they were telling them they were getting an Anaheim trip,” explained ...
 

Biz media ignored story about lax state regulation of lenders
By Chris Roush
John Ryan: I spent a lot of time talking with the press — first trade press and then national media — about this assault on
consumer protection and federalism. But the federal regulators would tell them that nothing new was happening ...
 

Big News: Connecticut First In United States to Adopt Extra Virgin ...
By By Costas the Greek(By Costas the Greek)
“The Department of
Consumer Protection has found instances in which olive oil being sold in Connecticut was actually a mixture of soy oil with some low-grade olive pomace oil,” according to Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell ...
 

Harmful Lending Practices
New York Times - United States
Consumer advocacy groups have rightly advised Congress to adopt the consumer protections laid out in both bills — while adopting the stronger liability ...
 

Hoping Not to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past
New York Times - United States
... administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the longtime president of Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization. ...
 

High-tech titles, lowbrow stereotypes
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... cultural standpoint," says Jim Steyer, president and founder of Common Sense Media, a San Francisco-based family entertainment consumer advocacy group. ...
 

Consider Minimizing Auto Insurance to Save Money
By Blogspot(Blogspot)
Drivers who want to save money on their auto insurance should take a look at their coverage every year, said Ron Fredrickson, manager of
consumer advocacy for the insurance division of the state's Department of Consumer Business ...
 

FOXES IN THE CHICKEN COOP
By noreply@blogger.com (TPR)
Public Citizen, a
consumer advocacy group in Washington, says Wall Street has gained a disproportionate influence over the new administration's regulatory agenda because its employees contributed so much to the Obama campaign -- a ...
 

Change? What Change? Did Obama offer change?
reported selection as secretary of health and human services could violate one of the pledges set out by President-elect Barack Obama's transition team,
consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said this ...
 

BIG SHOCK : Obama Transition Team Rife With Lobbyists and ...
By cromley(cromley)
Overseeing the Consumer Products Safety Commission is Pamela Gilbert, a former executive director of the agency who as recently as two years ago lobbied for a
consumer advocacy group. Within the last year she has lobbied for the company ...
 

Senator kohl. Senator herb kohl senator mary landrieu senator ...
By mkhe9(mkhe9)
The (cdd), a privacy and
consumer advocacy group, on thursday sent a letter to senator herb kohl, a wisconsin democrat and chairm m in wisconsin and our us senator herb kohl (d) is known to be gay but his sexuality has never been ...
 

 

 

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