Headline News Archive

2009

January

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• Viaja sin preocupaciones. En números anteriores de esta revista ya hemos hablado de los utilísimos seguros de viajeros que cubren cancelación, robo y problemas de

• ¿Está tu casa bien asegurada?. Muchas empresas van más allá del costo de reemplazo y ofrecen lo que se conoce en inglés como el extended replacement cost o

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• Aumentan reclamos por seguro de desempleo. El número de nuevos reclamos por seguro de desempleo aumentó la semana pasada más de lo pronosticado, a medida que las empresas siguen

• By switching charters, banks skirt supervision. At least 30 banks since 2000 have escaped federal regulatory action by walking away from their federal regulators and moving under state supervision, taking advantage of a

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• Life insurers seek lower cash cushions. To the list of industries seeking government relief, add another: life insurance. Battered by the financial crisis, life insurers are urging regulators to let them

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• Ofertas de vacaciones por la crisis. Una de las pocas cosas positivas de la actual crisis económica es la enorme cantidad de ofertas para viajar que están a disposició

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• Preparing your budget for disaster. Those of us prone to financial daydreaming spend a lot of time on the lotto fantasy. We create elaborate Excel spreadsheets in our head sorting

15

• Credit scores may be offered more widely. Consumers may soon be able to get free credit scores through their bank or credit union. Fair Isaac Corp., maker of the FICO credit score,

• House votes to expand children's health care. The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority for President-elect Barack Obama and the first in

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• Unemployment claims overwhelm state call centers. Record numbers of people filing unemployment claims have crashed computer systems in states struggling to keep up with the demand. Websites and call centers have

• El primer auto de tu hijo. El seguro de automóvil que paga una familia sube cuando el primer hijo obtiene su licencia de conducir y empieza a manejar. Este aumento

08

• New structure proposed for Fannie & Freddie. In his final speech scheduled as Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr. yesterday proposed replacing mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with highly regulated

• Ahorra en gastos de medicinas. Cualquier persona que tenga Medicare y cuyos ingresos y recursos sean limitados, puede obtener un beneficio adicional que pagará el total o la mayor parte

• Pagos de salud se retrasan. La crisis económica ha provocado un aumento del 73% en las cuentas sin pagar por parte de los pacientes en los hospitales de California, en

07

• Signs of life for California used car buyers. A program to help California car buyers when dealers fail to pay liens on their trade-in vehicles, set to begin at the first of the

06

• Presentan caso de fraude con seguros. Los principales gestores de una empresa que negociaba con pólizas de seguros de vida, fueron acusados por la fiscalía federal de un fraude

04

• Stick in Paradise, needing medical help. IT all started because we didn’t want to eat a dinner for a second night at the Oberoi resort at Lombok, Indonesia. Admittedly, it

• Time to drop 'consumer' label?. One of my New Year's resolutions is to stop referring to myself as a consumer. The idea for the resolution actually came from reader Tom

2008

December

31

• Consumer Action wished you a Happy New Year!. Happy New Year! The Consumer Action staff has the day off today. News posting will resume tomorrow and will include notable stories published on Jan. 1.

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• Obama team engages public on health care. Dolly Sweet, 77, has battled cancer more than once. She's a fighter. But when her doctor recently prescribed a medication that cost $35,000 a year, she felt

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• Cut health costs, not your care. Amber Eyerly, 32, says she's never been much good at saving money. But with only minimal raises, at best, expected for 2009 at the Los Angeles public

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• Advocates hope watchdog agencies get more bite. You'll be safer in 2009. At least that's the expectation of consumer watchdogs who believe the changing of the guard at the White House in a

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• States cut medicaid coverage further. States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope

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• Consumer Action wishes you Happy Holidays!. The Consumer Action staff has the day off. News posting will resume Dec. 26.

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• Dangerous drug interactions could affect millions. At least 2.2 million older adults in the U.S. take medicine in combinations that could trigger dangerous drug interactions, causing gastrointestinal bleeding, muscle breakdown, disruption