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• Hilary Osborne on prospects for passengers if BA strike

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Hilary Osborne, editor of guardian.co.uk/money, on prospects for passengers if BA strike Hilary Osborne
  2 days ago

• O2 Grafton Street – 60 minutes for a 10 minute transaction

  
  ValueIreland.com — Authority: 124
  Recently, I spent nearly an hour in one of the infamous O2 stores on Grafton Street in Dublin. My Nokia E51 had lost its mind, and I needed to get it repaired, or preferably a straight replacement. After waiting in the queue they now get their customers to form for about 30mins, Derek finally nodded his head my way ...
  3 days ago

• US Kids Represent Psychiatric Drug Goldmine

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
  On April 22, 2009, the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that in 2006 more money was spent on treating mental disorders in children aged 0 to 17 than for any other medical condition, with a total of $8.9 billion. By comparison, the cost of treating trauma-related disorders, including fractures, ...
  3 days ago

• House financial reform bill would be good for consumers

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 601
  The massive overhaul of financial regulations just passed by the House is themost far-reaching since the GreatDepression, and among the most important for consumers. One of its principal benefits is that the bill would create a new ConsumerFinancial Protection Agency (CFPA) with jurisdiction to prevent the kind of ...
  5 days ago

• How do you handle annoying salespeople?

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 601
  Let’s face it. For all the poetic waxing about holiday cheerand good tidings, this time of year can bring out the Grinch in many of us.When overstressed salespeople collide with overwrought consumers you have the potentialfor bad behavior. Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that people are checkingtheir manners at ...
  5 days ago

• EasyJets free alternative for cancelled flight was nothing of the sort

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Budget airline cancels a readers flight, offers her an alternative, and then charges £25 for switching Airlines already charge us extra to fly with our luggage, sit with our family and check in via a human being. Now, it would appear, easyJet has hit on a cunning new way to wrest cash from its customers. Roxanne ...
  6 days ago

• November Data Points To Improving Chinese Economy

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 508
  Melvin Baker - AHN Reporter Beijing, China (AHN) - The Chinese economy seems back on track, with gains in industrial production and retail sales during November, while the trade surplus shrank, government data revealed Friday. Reports released by the National Bureau of Statistics indicated that some measures of growth ...
  6 days ago

• Consumer Rights Speaker: Advocate and Speaker for Consumers Rights and Protection

  
  Paul F Davis - Weblog — Authority: 120
  It never ceases to amaze me how poorly companies and professionals treat consumers. Today when getting an MRI, MRA and some other M-acronym related procedure to evaluate my head after being in a car accident thanks to a drunk driver… I was shocked when I learned before they were to perform the MRA that I had to ...
  6 days ago

• Beware swindlers selling over the phone

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 617
  THE local consumer watchdog is warning people to beware of phone cheats. The Shanghai Commission of Consumers Rights and Interests Protection said they had received five complaints about the Shanghai Dongya International...
  6 days ago

• How to make a faraday cage wallet - Protect the private info on all your rfid chips.

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
  You already have your tin foil hat, and youre pretty sure no one can find you on the Google. However, theres one detail you may not have thought of, and thats those pesky RFID chips. RFID tags identifying who and -- gasp! —- where you are can be found in passports, ATM cards, credit cards and some state-issued ID ...
  6 days ago

• Have a complaint? Sing about it, or take action.

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 601
  The New York Times today published an amusing article in their Music section about "complaint choirs" : groups of people who assemble in public places to air their grievances to music. Apparently, its an art form that crosses cultural lines; choirs have performed in locales from Helsinki to Singapore to Philadelphia ...
  1 week ago

• Google CEO Dodges Privacy Concerns

  
  The Command Line — Authority: 436
  A lot of folks are picking up this story originally from Gawker of statements Eric Schmidt made on a CNBC program. The troublesome quote? If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place. This is obviously a variation on that old saw about only ...
  1 week ago

• Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
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• FDA Posts Nationwide Recall of Slim Fast Drinks: 10 million cans affected

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
  A nationwide voluntary recall of all Slim-Fast ready-to-drink (RTD) products in cans has been posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to the possibility of contamination with Bacillus cereus, a micro-organism, which may cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting. WRH permalink
  1 week ago

• Body to frame policies on consumer rights

  
  Bangladesh Economic News — Authority: 145
  http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=86102 Body to frame policies on consumer rights FE Report The government has formed a high-powered body to frame guidelines and policies to ensure consumer rights through implementing the consumer protection law. The body titled ‘National Consumer Rights ...
  1 week ago

• Puregate. And the great Pure Giveaway!

  
  Skint Vegan — Authority: 91
  So many of you were interested in my little kerfuffle with Pure that I thought Id better let you know what happened. After my initial email, I got a really polite email back asking me for the dates on my tub of Pure spread and my contact details. A week later, I received a really polite letter back from Pures ...
  1 week ago

• Slim-Fast Recalls Diet Shakes Over Bacteria Contamination Fears

  
  MyTownTalks — Authority: 508
  Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor Englewood Cliffs, NJ (AHN) - The company which makes diet drink Slim-Fast is recalling nearly 2 million of its milk based products. Unilever says the drinks could be contaminated with a bacteria making consumers sick
  1 week ago

• Paul Gowder, Defender of the Little Guy and Hero.

  
  Uncommon Priors — Authority: 119
  I received the following e-mail today in reference to Kindlegate . Hi Paul, I would like to thank you for publishing your letter to amazon, regarding your kindle. It not only inspired me to combat some of the injustices in my own life, but it gave me the format and general language to use. Since discovering your ...
  1 week ago

• Am I entitled to get a copy of my own medical reports?

  
  ApnaPaisa - Financial Planning, Investment, Insurance, Loans, Credit Cards, Banking — Authority: 115
  The Life Insurance companies usually pay for your medical testing before providing life insurance to you. Are you entitled to a copy of the medical reports? Read on....
  1 week ago

• New ACTA Leak Confirms Major Threat to Internet

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 681
  The internet is under attack by our very own US Government, working on behalf of corporate interests in the entertainment and content industries. What does this mean for you? 1. You can be banned from the internet, fined and even jailed if a copyright holder ACCUSES you of wrongdoing three times. Whether you ...
  2 weeks ago

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