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Consumer Action updates daily, headline news from a variety of news sources. The archive provides access in reverse chronological order, grouped by year, than month to allow for easier browsing.

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2020

September

Sep 23, 2020

• Headlines | Ten tips for finding rental car deals
• Headlines | U.S. housing boom good for some, leaves others in the cold
• Headlines | Elon Musk promises to make a $25,000 Tesla (in 3 years)
• Headlines | Coronavirus could be considered a preexisting condition…

Sep 22, 2020

• Headlines | ‘Tsunami’ of hotel closures is coming
• Headlines | Here’s why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne
• Headlines | As school begins, mothers working retail feel extra burden

Sep 21, 2020

• Headlines | Nursing homes need aid; what are industries’ responsibilities?
• Headlines | Banks suspected illegal activity, but processed big transactions anyway
• Headlines | $2.50 a year in interest? That’s what $5,000 in savings gets
• Headlines | CDC reverses testing guidelines for people without COVID symptoms
• Headlines | CDC confirms coronavirus is airborne and spread by aerosols

Sep 18, 2020

• Opinions & Editorials | Californians depend on Gov. Gavin Newsom to protect privacy of genetic data
• Headlines | Workers with disabilities can earn just $3.34 an hour
• Headlines | Million mortgage borrowers fall through coronavirus safety net

Sep 17, 2020

• Headlines | More jobs in the pandemic are freelance and may stay that way
• Headlines | A car insurance claim estimate before the tow truck
• Headlines | Low-income students are dropping out of college in alarming numbers
• Headlines | New documents detail U.S. Postal Service in crisis

Sep 16, 2020

• Opinions & Editorials | The very structure of modern government is under legal assault
• Headlines | The recession is testing the limits of the Federal Reserve’s toolkit
• Headlines | Coronavirus kills far more Hispanic and Black children
• Headlines | Millions in private student-loan forgiveness for former ITT Tech students

Sep 15, 2020

• Headlines | Student debt is fueling the Black-white wealth gap
• Headlines | New York AG finds student loan company Transworld Systems misled borrowers
• Headlines | Amazon to hire 100,000 workers
• Headlines | Americans who can afford to save money are waiting for a vaccine to spend

Sep 14, 2020

• Headlines | U.S. to end enhanced COVID screening for many airline passengers
• Headlines | Vaccine makers keep safety details quiet, alarming scientists
• Headlines | Trump officials seek greater control over CDC reports on coronavirus
• Headlines | TikTok will partner with Oracle in U.S. after Microsoft loses bid

Sep 11, 2020

• Headlines | Cleaners demand safeguards from booking service Handy
• Headlines | Who gets hurt when the world stops using cash?
• Headlines | This Social Security myth could cost you thousands

Sep 10, 2020

• Headlines | Dozens of Amazon’s own products have been reported as dangerous
• Headlines | Pandemic may lead to foreclosure crisis
• Headlines | Do jobless benefits deter workers?
• Headlines | Stalled student debt relief claims threaten settlement

Sep 09, 2020

• Headlines | Seven ways the pandemic has changed food shopping
• Headlines | How to navigate privacy in the age of online school
• Headlines | Black nursing homes suffer higher death rates in pandemic

Sep 08, 2020

• Headlines | Talk about your money with adult children
• Headlines | Parents got more time off. Then the backlash started
• Headlines | Welcome to “sanitization theater”
• Headlines | 9 everyday experiences the pandemic has endangered

Sep 04, 2020

• Headlines | The 2020 tax year is going to be a hot mess
• Headlines | Congress warns of possibly ‘billions of dollars’ in PPP fraud and abuse
• Headlines | Target’s carseat recycling program returns

Sep 03, 2020

• Headlines | Apple and Google are making it easier to opt in to virus tracing
• Headlines | This state just passed sweeping protections for student loan borrowers

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