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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”

 

• The Lessons of California’s No on Prop 29

  
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  By Randy Shaw If you live in California and spend any time listening to commercial radio or television, you have heard a lot about Prop 29 on the June ballot. Or, to be more accurate, you have been inundated with commercials primarily funded by Phillip Morris Tobacco Co. against Prop 29, the California Cancer ...
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• Crack Down on the Production of Counterfeit Antimalarial Drugs

  
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  Counterfeit antimalarial drugs are threatening to set back decades worth of work aimed at ridding the world of the devastating disease. A new report conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH), confirms that more than one-third of the samples taken of antimalarial drugs used in Africa were less than par. ...
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• Kapowich on Real Estate Saturday Mornings KLIV 1590AM 10:04am – 11:00am May 26, 2012 ~ Silicon Valley Real Estate from The Inside Out

  
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  Streaming Online, too! May 26th’s Guest List per our show’s Segments: The Market DataQuick, www.DQNews.com Andrew LePage (916) 456-7157 The Properties Chimney Clean Company ~ Dennis Justus ( 408) 265-1010 Chimney Inspections, & Repairs Elder Law Attorney Janis Carney, Challenges ...
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• How to pump up your credit score

  
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  New York Times – To avoid another real estate bubble, many lenders have tightened their mortgage requirements.  According to a report by the Federal Reserve, a majority of banks are less likely to offer loans to people with a FICO score of 620 and a 10 percent down payment than they were in 2006.  Lenders were ...
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• RealNetworks Settles Unfair Marketing Claim for $2.4M

  
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  Curt Woodward Seattle’s RealNetworks (NASDAQ: RNWK ) has agreed to pay $2.4 million to settle a lawsuit over deceptive marketing practices that Washington state’s attorney general says duped consumers into expensive monthly subscription fees. Most of that money—$2 million—goes into a pool for paying ...
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• With Gas Prices, It’s ‘Heads I Win, Tails You Lose’

  
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  You might think that the declining price of gasoline means that we don’t have to pay attention to all that talk about oil speculation driving up the price of oil. Right? Wrong. Even though the price of gas has fallen, you’re still lining the pockets of Wall Street every time you gas up. As Memorial Day ...
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• quickhits:Republicans demand that foreign company be allowed...

  
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  quickhits : Republicans demand that foreign company be allowed to screw American consumers. Because freedom. Huffington Post : The Natural Resources Defense Council on Tuesday released a report dispelling the myth that the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline would lower gas prices. Rather, the ...
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• American media discovers cheap doesn’t mean high quality

  
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  WSJ : Stanley Furniture is betting baby cribs are among the few things Americans will pay a hefty premium for just because they carry a “Made in the U.S.A.” label. Why the change? What prompted the move was a string of safety recalls that have roiled the industry in recent years and nearly all involved ...
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• Senate Democrats Push Passage Of Safe Chemicals Act [Video]

  
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  On Tuesday almost one hundred mothers, fathers and children gathered at the Capitol to urge Congress to tighten regulations of harmful chemicals. The Safe Chemicals Act, if passed by Congress, would create a new process to monitor toxic chemicals used in consumer products. These chemicals, specifically flame ...
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• Take Toxics Out of Our Furniture

  
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  By Richard Holober Consumer Federation of California Californians are exposed to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals in our homes, thanks to a 37 year old state furniture regulation. While the regulation never served its intended goal of reducing fires in our homes, its legacy of toxic harm lives on. Link here to ...
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• Nestlé Plants the Seeds of Corporate Profits, Not Healthy Children

  
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  Earlier this year, Newark Mayor Cory Booker excitedly announced the launch of a new partnership between Let’s Move! Newark and Nestlé to address the obesity problem facing the children of Newark. Nestles "health food" - flickr photo by Howard Lake “This is an amazing day in the city of Newark!” ...
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• Prepaid debit cards face new regulations

  
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  One of the hottest financial products out there will soon get a little reigning in. Prepaid debit cards, which are used by some 7 million Americans to buy goods, pay bills, [...]
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• Financial watchdog to introduce new rules for prepaid debit cards

  
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  Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue new rules for prepaid debit cards, which tend to offer weaker consumer protections than those provided by traditional debit cards, yet are being used by many in the U.S. as a substitute for bank accounts. At this time, the CFPB is holding a field ...
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• Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation

  
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  All sorts of private Internet communications were casually scooped up as Google Street View cars photographed the world’s streets.
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• Protect Consumers from Unsafe Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drugs

  
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  The drug manufacturing process in the United States is highly regulated; however, there has been a move to transfer such regulatory power to those who might not have the consumers’ best interests in mind. Scientific integrity demands that experts on review panels must not have special interests in the drug itself. ...
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• Stop Using Cancer-Causing Chemicals in Baby Products

  
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  Recent safety tests have found a probable carcinogen in many of Graco Inc.s popular baby products. The chemical, chlorinated Tris, is used as a flame retardant and is considered highly toxic. Urge Graco stop using dangerous chemicals to manufacture their baby products.
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• Being A Good Customer

  
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  No-one can argue with the fact that customers in today’s hectic world have more power than ever before in history. And yet, more customers feel unhappy about poor value and the way they are treated than ever before in history. How has this changed over the past couple of decades? For a start, not matter ...
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• Opposition Growing to SB 1161 - The Worst Telecom Bill Ever in California

  
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  By Mark Toney TURN Why has a seemingly innocuous bill, SB 1161(Padilla) attracted the support of some of the biggest corporations on the planet, as well as vociferous opposition from consumer, labor and economic justice organizations?  According to supporters, SB 1161 doesn’t really do anything new; it just ...
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• DealBook: Consumer Watchdog Plans Limits for Prepaid Debit Cards

  
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  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will impose new restrictions on prepaid debit cards, highly profitable products for banks that until now have been mostly unregulated.
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• Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation

  
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  All sorts of private Internet communications were casually scooped up as Google Street View cars photographed the world’s streets.
  5 days ago

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