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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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2018

September

Sep 18, 2018

• Headlines | He meant to donate $15 to a GoFundMe and gave more than $15,000
• Headlines | Only 10 percent have flood insurance on hard-hit Carolina coast
• Headlines | When being separated from your luggage is a good thing
• Headlines | How (and when) to limit kids’ tech use

Sep 17, 2018

• Headlines | Senators demand answers after student loan watchdog resigns
• Headlines | Freezing credit will soon be free. Here’s why you should.
• Headlines | CFPB pursues first lawsuit of Mulvaney era
• Headlines | The mortgage market is back, with new risks
• Opinions & Editorials | We’re measuring the economy all wrong

Sep 14, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | GM recalls more than 1.2M vehicles due to power-assisted steering problems (Chinese)
• Headlines | Americans are spending on big-ticket items
• Headlines | New iPhones are coming. Here’s how to save on an upgrade.
• Headlines | Betsy DeVos loses student loan lawsuit

Sep 13, 2018

• Headlines | How game apps have been collecting kids’ data
• Headlines | U.S. regulators reject Wells Fargo’s plan to repay customers
• Headlines | Google’s location privacy practices are under investigation
• Headlines | The Recovery threw the middle-class dream under a Benz

Sep 12, 2018

• Headlines | Jobs are not the solution to poverty
• Headlines | Hurricane Florence: how to evacuate your home
• Headlines | Dodd-Frank and consumer protections: from financial crisis to today

Sep 11, 2018

• Headlines | Employers more open to hiring people with criminal backgrounds
• Headlines | 10 years later, has your retirement portfolio recovered?
• Headlines | Are Americans ready for the next recession?

Sep 10, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Scammers faked as grandchild in trouble to get money from grandparents (Chinese)
• Headlines | The jobs boom has finally reached blue-collar workers
• Headlines | Burgers grown in a lab are heading to your plate
• Headlines | Crafters of financial regs after 2008 crisis now work for Wall Street
• Headlines | Baby boomers are struggling to downsize

Sep 08, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Woman accused of lying about firefighter husband to collect $11K in donations (Chinese)

Sep 07, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Wells Fargo Employees altered business customers’ information are being investigated (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Ford recalled 160,000 F-150 Pickups (Chinese)
• Headlines | Filing your FAFSA just got easier
• Headlines | Starbucks, florists and other signs home prices are about to go up
• Headlines | Fake military recruitment websites sold personal info to for-profit schools
• Headlines | What we’ve already forgotten from the financial crisis

Sep 06, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Consulate General summarizes common fraud techniques, virtual abduction, and other criminal cases (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Massachusetts RMV handed out nearly 2,000 licenses to dead people (Chinese)
• Chinese Headlines | Beware of free flights offered online (Chinese)
• Headlines | Scammers use fake checks to steal tens of millions
• Headlines | What to do when your phone or tablet won’t charge
• Headlines | What Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg taught Congress
• Headlines | Hospitals fed up with drug companies, are starting their own

Sep 05, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | Toyota recalls 21,000 Prius vehicles citing a fire risk (Chinese)
• Headlines | Your credit score may have gone up, but don’t rest easy
• Headlines | Trump says Google is rigged. What do we know about how it works?
• Headlines | How to get your financial house in order before you die
• Headlines | Bill to aid mortgage applicants who rely on the gig economy

Sep 04, 2018

• Chinese Headlines | California bans middle and high schools from starting earlier than 8:30am (Chinese)
• Opinions & Editorials | College students need more loan watchdogs, not fewer
• Headlines | Preparing your finances for the fall home-buying season

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