Headline News Archive

2009

August

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• Chrysler takes responsibility for pre-bankruptcy claims. DETROIT - Chrysler Group LLC agreed to assume legal responsibility for injuries drivers suffer from defects in vehicles produced before the auto maker emerged from

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• Myths about health care around the world. As Americans search for the cure to what ails our health-care system, we've overlooked an invaluable source of ideas and solutions: the rest of the

• Dropping arbitration, but not class action ban. Consumer advocates have long maintained that one of the more unfair practices in the business world is a provision in many service contracts preventing customers

• Calls to tax junk food gain ground. "Sin taxes" on cigarettes have turned out to be the most effective weapon in the campaign to reduce smoking. Why not try it on Flamin'

• Shrinking Social Security payments. Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise. The trustees who

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• Coalition has financial sector in its sights. At a crowded Capitol Hill news conference recently, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) had just promised a "national debate" this fall on the Obama administration's proposed

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• Health care debate turns to co-ops. SEATTLE — After 30 years of punishing caseloads and never-ending stacks of paperwork, Harry Shriver was getting ready to hang up his doctor's coat and retire when

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• Tackling the mystery of medical fees. You go to a restaurant, peruse the menu, take your waiter’s suggestions, and order a meal. But there is something odd: the menu has

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• Health care: Coverage vs. costs. What began as an attempt to provide decent health care to all Americans has metamorphosed into a battle over health-care costs. [...] both Republicans and some

• Alternate plan as health option muddies waters. The White House has indicated that it could accept a nonprofit health care cooperative as an alternative to a new government insurance plan, originally favored

• El cazador del equipaje perdido. La misión de Andrew Price es mejorar la gestión de maletas en los aeropuertos, pero no puede evitar perder las suyas. Andrew Price

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• Obama may drop public option in health care. The Obama administration signaled Sunday it may drop the idea of a publicly financed insurance option as part of a health care compromise. Health and

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• Like your health insurance? Maybe you shouldn't. If we fail to reform our health care system this year, a major reason will be that a majority of Americans are satisfied with their

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• Obscuring end-of-life decisions. As an example of how opponents of health care reform have been able to twist facts to scare older Americans, look no further than a

• Health care splits public. As supporters and opponents of overhauling the health care system try to shape public opinion at congressional town-hall-style meetings, both sides face a big complication:

09

• Healthcare debate framed by fear-mongering ads. How did the healthcare reform debate - arguably the country's most important policy discussion in decades - turn into such a miserable cesspool of scheming

• Good luck getting job loss insurance. The latest figures from the Department of Labor show that 247,000 more jobs disappeared last month. And right about now, many of the people who had

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• A fresh look at rental car insurance. If you’ve ever rented a car, you know the pitch. “Would you like the collision damage waiver to protect you in case of an

• U.S. considers remaking mortgage giants. The Obama administration is considering an overhaul of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that would strip the mortgage finance giants of hundreds of billions of

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• Prolonged aid to unemployment running out. Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark

• Obama trims sails on health care reform. Fom the start of his presidency, Barack Obama made clear that his plan for enacting comprehensive health-care reform came down to three words: fast, broad

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• Will a new agency protect your finances?. Health-care reform has drawn most of the attention on Capitol Hill lately, but for home buyers and sellers and mortgage applicants, the legislative ballgame will

July

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• Help for FHA mortgage holders. Loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will be eligible for payment reductions similar to the Obama administration's loan modification program, the government will

• Lucrative fees may deter efforts to alter home loans. This week, the Obama administration summoned mortgage company executives to Washington to demand they move faster to lower payments for homeowners sliding toward foreclosure. Treasury

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• Cash-for-clunkers auto eligibility changed. As it prepared for its "cash-for-clunkers" program, the government rejiggered gas mileage figures on about 100 older vehicles last week in a way that changed whether