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• Jim Bunning tears Ben Bernanke a new one

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 566
  Recently, U.S. Senator Jim Bunning delivered a statement to the Senate Banking Committee regarding the renomination of Ben Bernanke for Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He doesn’t mince words when it comes to how he feels about this possibility: From monetary policy to regulation, consumer protection, ...
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• Slim Really Fast

  
  Fallenmonk — Authority: 133
  If you having a slow day and need a little excitement...not only do they taste really bad but now Slim-Fast diet drinks can cause diarrhea and possibly nausea and/or vomiting due to possible contamination with Bacillus cereus . Sounds serious. Seriously! Unilever Conducts Nationwide Voluntary Recall of ...
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• Worried About GMO Foods?

  
  Fallenmonk — Authority: 133
  Whether you realize it or not GMO(genetically modified organisms) or franken food is everywhere in the marketplace and it is getting harder and harder to avoid. You can avoid them by buying organic everything but that is pretty much impossible and definitely impractical. You can also avoid them by looking at ...
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• The End of Audacity (Public souring on President Presents Vision of Mega-Government)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  For President Obama, the era of big Government is not over. "It is true, we cannot depend on government alone to create jobs or generate long-term growth," he proclaimed in his first budget to Congress. But "at this particular moment, government must lead the way." A partial Obama to-do list, only some of it done, ...
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• Consumers Warned to Watch Out for Scams Whilst Looking for Bargains This Christmas

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  U.K. Consumer minister Kevin Brennan has warned consumers to be on their guard from retailers offering deals that seem too good to be true in the run-up to Christmas and the January sales, as part of the Government’s “know your consumer rights” campaign. He also reminded retailers of their obligation not to ...
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• Which side is Congress on?

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 126
  We’re close to winning the new rules of the road for the big banks and Wall Street that will stop them from driving our economy off another cliff. But first we have to beat back the attempts to kill the hard-fought commonsense reforms we’ve brought this far. We’re going to war with the big banks and their ...
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• Google’s Teracent Acquisition: Why so-called `Smart’ Ads are on the privacy agenda

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 120
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• Should insurers be allowed to use credit scores to set rates?

  
  It's Only Money — Authority: 128
  A $10,000 fine against Farmers Insurance raises a question Oregonians thought they answered three years ago.
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• What’s the “Consumer Consultative Panel” doing these days?

  
  ValueIreland.com — Authority: 421
  Short answer – not a whole lot. During the course of the meltdown in the Irish banking system last year and the revelations regarding the actions (or inactions) of the Financial Regulator, the supposed consumer representatives within the “system” went AWOL . And now again in 2009, according to this page of ...
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• Customer calls major appliance maker, gets free parts for out-of-warranty broken refrigerator

  
  Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog — Authority: 430
  " Why You Dont Need an Extended Warranty ," posted recently on our Money blog, details the reasons for not wasting your hard-earned cash on extended warranties. The story said extended warranties are notoriously bad deals because: "• Some repairs are covered by the standard manufacturer warranty that comes with ...
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• Progress & Freedom Foundation Comes to Aid of Comcast/NBCU Deal [But Doesn’t Say it’s Funded by both Comcast and NBCU!]

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 120
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• Do We Have a Reasonable Right to Privacy Using Social Media?

  
  Real Estate Opinion MAG - AgentGenius — Authority: 604
  Old school first With the telephone we were given the ability to opt out of telephone books and information lines (1411) and also the ability to add ourselves to the ‘do not call list.’ We safeguarded our information by keeping private our social security numbers, as well as addresses to protect our identity, ...
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• Comcast’s Pathetic “Public Interest” Commitments to Regulators for its NBCU Deal

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 120
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• Spamwatch: Personal vaccination profiles

  
  Consuming Interests — Authority: 577
  Hugh Williams over at the Identity Theft unit of the state attorney generals office sent me a tip about a new form of spam e-mail floating around the Internet, this time preying on swine flu fears. The e-mail purports to be from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and directs the recipient to create a "personal ...
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• U.K. Government Launches Consultation on Role of New Consumer’s Champion

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 451
  Consumer Minister Kevin Brennan has launched a public consultation on the role and powers that will be given to a new champion of consumer rights, the ‘Consumer Advocate’, who will be tasked with ensuring UK consumers get a fairer deal in the future. This is the latest of a series of announcements by the ...
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• Lineup for Online Gambling Hearing Thursday

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 528
  (h/t to Oldbookguy over at 2+2): Thursday is the hearing in the Barney Frank-led House Financial Services Committee in regards to regulating online gambling. Witness List & Prepared Testimony: Web Cast: http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live…iop_070131.asx Dec 3 - 10:00 AM ET The Honorable Robert Martin, ...
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• With swine flu here, some manufacturers look to cash in on H1N1 concerns

  
  Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog — Authority: 430
  As of the end of November, 32 states were reporting widespread influenza activity at this time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and nearly all of the influenza viruses identified so far this flu season are the H1N1 (swine flu) virus . Manufacturers looking to capitalize on H1N1-induced ...
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• Bay Guardian Calls for San Francisco to “Overhaul Its Tax Structure.” Translation: Raise Taxes!

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 434
  The Bay Guardian (released today) is beginning the drum beat for new and higher taxes to be placed on the ballot next year. In its editorial entitled, “Time for Serious Budget Reform”, the Guardian states: “[T]here is simply no way to close a deficit this large [expected to be about $520 million] without new ...
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• Universal Default and The Credit Card Act

  
  Reed's Bankruptcy Blog — Authority: 137
  Once the Credit Card Act of 2009 is implemented in February credit consumers will receive relief from some of the credit card industries most damaging practices. One of those practices, Universal Default. will become illegal.  Universal Default is a provision often found in credit card policies which states that if ...
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• Financial Inclusion by Extension of Banking Services – Use of Business Correspondents (BCs)

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  Banks are permitted to appoint the following entities as BCs, in addition to the entities presently permitted: (i) Individual kirana/medical /fair price shop owners (ii) Individual Public Call Office (PCO) operators (iii) Agents of Small Savings... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in ...
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