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Original Technorati articles tagged “consumer protection”

• in Advertising
  Looking for Social Media's Judge Rakoff
  Why the FTC's Settlement with Facebook Looks Like "Regulatory Capture"
  by wac6 / on Dec 19, 2011
• in Technology
  FTC Privacy Report Addresses Consumers, Businesses, and Policymakers
  FTC's Privacy Report touts consumer choice and business transparency
  by srgsc / on Dec 1, 2010
• in Politics
  Beltway Bound: Is Warren Ready for Washington?
  Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren is ready to serve the President. But is she ready for the Beltway blowhards who want to see her fail?
  by daytripperwhit / on Sep 18, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “consumer protection”

 

• More on Obamacare and the Catholic Bishops

  
  Acton Institute PowerBlog — Authority: 415
  Following my blog post and Acton News and Commentary piece “Obama vs. the Catholic Bishops,” I’d like to draw your attention to two Wall Street Journal editorial page articles in today’s edition that also criticize the bishops for their political and economic naivete. Read more on More on Obamacare and ...
  12 hours ago

• Foregoing Deferred compensation? there’s still clawback..

  
  The Banking and Strategy Initiative — Authority: 125
  If you are a Wall Street wallaby, no longer the Walrus, none the wiser for having been a wizard, the pay salvos from Wall Street companies conitinue as Commerzbank and others who acquired other banks for a song will likely firm up regulation on their side in the latest plans. Legal issues and applicability of ...
  15 hours ago

• Recall of the Week: Pfizer recalls 1 million birth control packets due to packaging error

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 103
  Pfizer Inc. announced this week that it is recalling 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) Tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets (generic) for customers in the U.S. market. An investigation by Pfizer found that some blister packs may contain an inexact count of ...
  3 days ago

• What Is Original at Our Vacation Rental Fees Brighton?

  
  Transmission Wire — Authority: 113
  holiday rentals brighton arrived inside foundation through the sheer number of persons wanting to visit our town - they entirely needed everywhere to settle. However, influenced to make trip constantly to a field plus set up house would be lots of these guests. Without doubt at the past season or perhaps so thats ...
  4 days ago

• Consumer group blasts expansion of poultry inspection program

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 103
  Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service announced that the agency will be expanding a controversial inspection program that will allow all poultry slaughter plants to participate on a voluntary basis. Consumer Federation of America, a consumer advocacy group, has ...
  5 days ago

• Public Citizen’s Commercial Alert: Taking on Commercialism at Every Juncture

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 406
  Breakfast cereals equivalent in nutritional value to Twinkies are heavily marketed to children using cartoon mascots and online “advergames.” Schools display advertisements for everything from fast food to the U.S. Army on every available surface , from lockers to flat-screen televisions in cafeterias to ...
  6 days ago

• New York Attorney General sues banks over electronic mortgage registration

  
  Consumer Reports News — Authority: 113
  The New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has brought suit against several big banks accusing them of deceit and fraud in how they used a mortgage electronic registration system, or MERS. Schneiderman says the banks actions put homeowners at a disadvantage during the foreclosure process. Schneiderman ...
  6 days ago

• Money for Resettled Refugees?? – National Consumer Protection Week 2012

  
  Email and Internet Scams — Authority: 115
  National Consumer Protection Week is coming up, and the good folks over at the NCPW Blog are posting consumer tips on how to protect yourself against the increasing number of ways scammers are trying to get them to part with their money. The latest blog post from NPCW deals with a refugee scam targeting former [...]
  6 days ago

• Editorial: Bankers Keep Fighting Back

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 861
  Telling financial institutions to set aside a larger capital cushion is the best way to avoid another meltdown.
  6 days ago

• On troubleshooting

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 127
  New York Times – Those who have issues with their mortgage lenders now have another place to take them: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which began accepting such complaints and inquiries this month. Read the full story
  1 week ago

• Mortgage crimes are focus of new task force

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 127
  CNN Money – President Obama announced last week that he’s asked the Justice Department to create a special unit of prosecutors and state attorneys general to investigate abusive lending and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. Read the full story
  1 week ago

• The Caucus: Geithner Defends Dodd-Frank

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 861
  The Treasury Secretary, taking on Republican critics, says legislation has helped stabilize the financial sector.
  1 week ago

• Global Regulatory Announcements Up 16% in 2011, Thomson Reuters GRC Says

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 120
  Up to 60 announcements each working day; total set to rise again in 2012 London – Companies around the world struggled to keep abreast of 14,215 regulatory announcements in 2011 - approximately 60 announcements per working day. What’s more, the level of announcements looks set to rise again in 2012 as ...
  1 week ago

• Top 10 scams of 2011—Fraudsters targeting victims by age

  
  Consumer Reports News — Authority: 124
  The most frequently reported scam of 2011 involved bogus prizes and sweepstakes, with fake check scams and fraudsters posing as loved ones, according to the National Consumers Leagues report of the top scams reported to its national Fraud Center. Of significance is that more than ever, scammers are targeting certain ...
  1 week ago

• Options Have Value, Even If DOT Doesn’t Get It

  
  Truth on the Market — Authority: 519
  Last week Thom posted about the government’s attempt to hide the cost of taxes and regulatory fees in commercial airfares. Apparently Spirit Airlines is highlighting another government-imposed cost of doing business by advertising a new $2/ticket fee that the airline has imposed. According a CNN report ...
  1 week ago

• The New Age Bounty Hunter – Showdown at the SEC Corral (Part 2)

  
  Corporate Compliance Insights — Authority: 120
  Dan Draz highlights several areas that involved in testing a companys compliance programs and processes from a fraud standpoint: internal reporting tools, communication, training and reporting protection. (This is only a summary. Click on the headline to view the entire article at Corporate Compliance Insights and ...
  1 week ago

• Economix Blog: Simon Johnson: Progress on Letting Big Banks Fail

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 861
  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has taken some good first steps to regulating the biggest banks, and whats more, its doing so in public, an economist writes.
  1 week ago

• Tip of the Week: Beware the altered bank balance

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 127
  When working with a client who is applying for a home loan, be on the lookout for falsified bank statements.  Freddie Mac is reporting an increase in phony bank statements being submitted with loan files.  By inserting a few digits, small monthly deposits can be turned into major deposits.
  1 week ago

• Another survey, no surprise: Small business owners do not consider regulations to be a major concern

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 406
  We’ve seen several surveys on the subject, and today’s findings are not a surprise. In a report released by the American Sustainable Business Council , Main Street Alliance and the Small Business Majority , a vast majority of small business owners do not see regulations as a major concern. In fact by a wide ...
  1 week ago

• Prepaid phone card marketers to pay $2.32 million over false claims about total minutes

  
  Consumer Reports News — Authority: 113
  Several marketers of prepaid calling cards will pay $2.32 million as part of a settlement to resolve charges that they made false claims about the number of minutes on prepaid cards they advertised to immigrant communities, the Federal Trade Commission said today. The settlement resolves FTC claims brought against ...
  1 week ago

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