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• How Safe Is That Christmas Turkey?

  
  The Consumer Warning Network — Authority: 121
  By Terry Smilijanich: Before you take a bite of that Christmas turkey, you may want to read on and make sure you’re cooking that holiday bird well! Last year, Consumer Warning Network reported that the 2008 Farm Bill loosened federal regulation of poultry inspections by allowing state inspection programs take ...
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• Union pulls back on supporting bill

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) backed out of an event with other organizations promoting the Senate healthcare reform bill Wednesday over concerns about changes made to the legislation to accommodate centrist Democrats. The SEIU had planned to participate in a Capitol Hill press conference along with ...
  1 week ago

• House financial reform bill would be good for consumers

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 588
  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 ...
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• Signature Authorization is Stupid Security

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve always viewed a signature as a totally ridiculous form of authentication and a total waste of ...
  2 weeks ago

• With bank fees rising, prepaid debit cards could replace checking accounts

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 763
  Filed under: Economy These days, new banking fees seem to be spreading like the flu virus, with higher charges for overdrafts, stopped payments, ATM withdrawals and bounced checks popping up on each new monthly statement. The rising costs are leading some consumers to consider the once unthinkable: closing their ...
  2 weeks ago

• Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Touts The Deal With NBC Positive

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  By Ranjan BhaduriDec.04, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Comcast CEO, Brian Roberts, is hopeful that the deal his company has signed with NBC Universal and GE will yield positive results in the near future. The Corporate industry has not seen many such large scale deals among entertainment and TV channels broadcast giants. He is ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Brief History of Media Merger Hysteria: From AOL-Time Warner to Comcast-NBC

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 549
  I’ve just released a new PFF white paper looking at the hysteria that has often accompanied major media mergers and then taking a look at the marketplace reality years after the fact.  Here ’s the PDF, but I have also pasted the entire thing down below. _____________________________ A Brief History of Media ...
  3 weeks ago

• [nndl] Fw: Money Driven Medicine

  
  Northloop Neighborhoods - Community News & Directory — Authority: 166
  --- On Tue, 12/1/09, Gaye Kopas gkopas [at] msn [dot] com > wrote:   Wednesday, December 2 read more
  3 weeks ago

• Anatomy of a Green Scare: Consumer Reports or Distorts Facts About BPA?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 815
  It’s a chemical that has been used in everyday plastic products like eyeglasses, medical equipment, bottles, and food can linings for over fifty years.  But the compound Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the target of scare campaigns over the last few years.  On one hand critics contend that BPA at low doses can affect ...
  3 weeks ago

• Consumerist Unveils Redesign, Hosts Holiday Party

  
  NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut digital media technology news — Authority: 561
  The Web site, formerly part of Gawker Media and now owned by the Consumers Union , has redesigned its Web site, finally eliminating the design elements which it retained from its days as part of that blog network.  To celebrate that and the holidays, Consumerist hosted a party at Vintage Irving in Manhattans ...
  4 weeks ago

• Shoppers say: Dont ask for phone # and e-mail at checkout!

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 588
  Facebook and its ilk may have changed attitudes toward broadcasting personal facts and feelings, but theres one venue where a majority of Americans do not want to share: The checkout counter.  Fifty-eight percent of consumers bristle when checkout clerks ask for e-mail addresses and phone numbers, according to a ...
  4 weeks ago

• Holiday shoppers say some retailers are out of line

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 588
  Bell ringers, perfume sprayers and the steady drumbeat of holiday music may be annoying to some shoppers. But what really brings out their grinchier instincts are stores that fail to open all the checkout lanes and then use pushy retail tactics when shoppers finally make it to the cash register. Customers dont like ...
  4 weeks ago

• At the sales counter, resist the store-card pitch

  
  Consumer Reports Money & Shopping Blog — Authority: 588
  After waiting in an interminable line to buy holiday gifts, one thing you might not want to hear when you reach the checkout counter is a pitch for a retailers credit card. In our nationally representative survey of the top holiday-shopping annoyances , 52 percent of respondents said they dont care for cashiers ...
  4 weeks ago

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