Consumer Protections

The Bike: A Well-Rounded Invention

Javier Sierra | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Transportation Budgest, Bikeable and Walkeable Communities, Hispanics and Bikes, Hispanic-Workers, Transportation Savings, Consumer Protections, Kids and Biking, Outside the Outdoors, Car Operating Costs, National Bike Month, Bike Operating Costs, League of American Cyclists, Sierra Club, Hispanic Kids, Green News

After two centuries of existence, the bike still is a very well-rounded invention. It's our protections and safeguards that cannot keep up with this brilliant idea.

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High Card Fees Didn't Even Help Banks, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Prepaid Debit Card, High Fees, Predatory Lending, Visa, Consumer Protections, Lending, Banks, Consumers, Credit Cards, Hidden Fees, Credit Card Fees, Money News

Outrageous credit card fees are not only bad for consumers; they're actually bad for business. That's the somewhat surprising conclusion of a new r...

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A Privacy Right to Believe In

James B. Rule | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Consumer Protections, Right to Privacy, Privacy, Technology News

Unless you've spent the new millennium on another planet, you've noticed that details of your personal life are circulating more and more freely. The uses of these details often bring rude surprises.

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Lost In The Rhetoric: Affordable Care Act Provides Consumer Protections

Ruth Schulenberg | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Offthebus 2012, Consumer Protections, Affordable Care Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Offthebus, Politics News

However the Supreme Court rules, it will be economically and politically unwise to scrap vital elements of a healthcare law that provides important consumer protections.

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Senator Slams Spirit Airlines As New Rules On Airfare Kick In

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Airfares, Video, Consumerism, Barbara Boxer, Ben Baldanza, Spirit Airlines, Consumer Protections, Travel News, DOT Rules, Global Pulse, DOT Regulations, Airlines, Airfare Advertising, Travel News

In a letter today to the CEO of low cost carrier Spirit Airlines, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) says the airline is engaged in a "deliberate attempt to...

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Senator Slams Spirit Airlines As New Rules On Airfare Kick In

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Airfares, Consumerism, Video, Barbara Boxer, Consumer Protections, Spirit Airlines, Ben Baldanza, DOT Rules, Travel News, Global Pulse, DOT Regulations, Airfare Advertising, Airlines, Travel News

Senator Barbara Boxer Slams Spirit Airlines' 'Deliberate Attempt To Deceive' Fliers

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President Obama Can Deliver a Powerful Message About Health Care, Strong Middle Class in State of the Union

Ethan Rome | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Health Costs, Consumer Protections, Middle Class, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Long-Term Care, Implementation, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Reform, Health Care, State of the Union, Politics News

We must stand strong to fight the GOP's hyper-partisan attacks on the health care programs that are making America healthier and moving our great country closer to achieving its promise.

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Obama Has Tiny Window To Appoint Consumer Protection Chief

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Richard Cordray, Elizabeth Warren, Video, Consumer Protections, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Recess Appointments, Wall Street Reform, Obama Recess Appointments, Obama Cordray, Elizabeth Warren Richard Cordray, Elizabeth Warren Cfpb, Cordray CFPB, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has been pressing the Senate for months to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the new Consumer Financial ...

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At Last, New Protections For Air Travelers Set To Land In 2011

DailyFinance | RANDY DIAMOND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Travel, Travel, Consumer Protections, Travel Protections, Travel News

Some positive developments are on the horizon for America's beleaguered air travelers in 2011. I wish I could say that the changes will mean less crow...

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Credit Card Companies Raising Fees On Good Customers To Recoup Lost Profits

Washington Post | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Protections, Economy, Credit Card Companies, Credit Cards, Credit Card Fees, Business News

After the recession forced credit card companies to purge their rosters of the riskiest loans, the industry is facing a new problem: customers who are...

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Corporations Using Ballot Inititives To Gut Regulations, Consumer Protections

Los Angeles Times | Michael Hiltzik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pacific Gas, Environmental Regulations, California Ballot Intiatives, Mercury Insurance, California Environmental Regulations, Consumer Protections, California Elections, Consumer Protection, Los Angeles News

The phenomenon of corporations buying their way onto the California election ballot is fast reaching epidemic proportions. If the multimillion-dollar ...

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Citigroup Taxpayer Ownership Doesn't Prevent Lobbying

Bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant and Lizzie O’Leary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citigroup Tarp, Tarp, Congress, Bailout, Consumer Protections, Lobbyists, President Obama, Bank Lobbyists, Bank Bailout, Lobbyblog, Citigroup Lobyists, Citigroup, Business News

Citigroup Inc., which has yet to repay $45 billion in federal assistance, has more lobbyists than any other company who registered to try to shape leg...

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Manzullo Fumes Against Tougher Consumer Protection Laws

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Don Manzullo, Ellen Seidman, Consumer Protections, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Ed Mierzwinski, Politics News

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Wednesday to discuss how best to overhaul the nation's financial regulations, including expandin...

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Obama: I'm Ready For A Fight Over New Consumer Protections

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Consumer Protections, Financial Overhaul, Obama Weekly Address, Barack Obama, Financial Regulations, Politics News

AP: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul...

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