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• Travel: Watch out for hidden car rental fees

  Published: August 5, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Car, Consumer Protection, Consumerist, Travel

  How many of us have found out the hard way about those nasty hidden fees when renting a car? Financial blog Sound Money Tips aims to end these surprises with a few tips on avoiding these unnecessary tolls. A few things to watch out for: check out if your car insurance covers car rental fees before ponying up the dough for the agency's insurance,

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• Consumer Protection: The scoop on credit scores

  Published: August 11, 2007, 12:00 pm

  Tags: Consumer Protection, Consumerist, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Report

  Credit scores and how they work should be standard knowledge for anyone who wants to stay on top of their financial situation. HowStuffWorks has a good six-part article on how credit scores are calculated, how you can improve your score, what your score affects, etc. Credit scores are starting to be factored into more and more of life,

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• Qantas anticipates price-fixing fine

  Published: August 13, 2007, 3:30 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Consumer Protection, Industry, Business Regulation, Law Crime Justice, Air Transport, Australia, United States

  Qantas says it will put aside $47 million to cover a fine that may be imposed in the United States due to alleged price-fixing by its freight division.

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• Another massive recall of toys made in China

  Published: August 14, 2007, 10:41 pm

  Tags: Consumer Protection

  campaign to assure consumers it is on top of product safety.The new recall includes 7.3 million Polly Pocket dolls and accessories with magnets.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said there had been reports of three children swallowing more than one magnet and suffering intestinal perforations that required surgery. When more

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• Consumer Protection: How to Research That Online Purchase

  Published: September 1, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Consumer Protection, Consumerist, Shopping, Top, Web

  Whether you've been happily buying stuff on the web for years or you're just getting started, this list of online commerce tips from Tech-Recipes will help you fine-tune your purchasing power. For instance, if a deal seems too good to be true, for the most part, it probably is. You can also double-check killer deals that you find on sites such as

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• Another Batch of Brownies

  Published: September 2, 2007, 9:44 am

  Tags: Consumer Protection, Safety

  about saving the lives of consumers?   After a sharp increase in deaths among children riding ATVs, doctors called for restrictions on selling adult-sized devices to kids under sixteen.  What did the agency charged with protecting consumers do about warning consumers? But when it came time to consider such a step, a staff member

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• Online shopping complaints on the rise

  Published: September 4, 2007, 6:48 pm

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Consumer Protection, Information Communication, Internet, Nsw

  There has been a significant increase in the number of complaints in New South Wales by people who shop online.

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• ConAgra to drop fake butter flavor one month before EPA study release

  Published: September 6, 2007, 5:47 am

  Tags: Consumer Protection, Food

  even to at least one consumer.She said the delay was due to the time needed for scientific peer review and submission to a scientific journal. The research also required industry cooperation, she said, and part of the agreement was that companies got to see the report before it was published to ensure that no trade secrets were

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• Petrol inquiry 'diverting attention' from Govt's role

  Published: September 7, 2007, 7:46 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Company News, Consumer Protection, Small Business, Government Politics, Federal Government, Australia, Melbourne 3000

  Victoria's peak motoring body says the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into petrol prices is a diversion.

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• Coles rejects allegations of petrol price controlling

  Published: September 7, 2007, 3:50 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Company News, Consumer Protection, Small Business, Federal Government, Australia, Vic, Melbourne 3000

  The ACCC has resumed its inquiry into petrol prices including an investigation over weekly price fluctuations.

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• Credit check firm calls for overhaul of lending laws

  Published: September 14, 2007, 3:06 am

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Consumer Protection, Industry, Banking, Australia

  The nation's largest credit check company has called for an overhaul of lending practices in Australia.

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• Costello warns credit crunch yet to fully hit Aus

  Published: September 17, 2007, 8:03 pm

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Consumer Protection, Economic Trends, Industry, Banking, Australia

  Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says Australia is yet to experience the full impact of the financial crisis hitting global markets.

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• Is the EU stifling or helping competition with Microsoft ruling?

  Published: September 18, 2007, 4:28 am

  Tags: Consumer Protection, European Union

  instead of thinking of consumers or small companies that truly are innovative, the EU is showing an interest in fairness as well as innovation. The EU court system is still young with many competing states in the mix whereas in the US, it is a much more mature system with only one country involved. More important is the fact that lobbying

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• For the millionth time, don't eat the salad because it's tainted

  Published: September 18, 2007, 3:58 am

  Tags: Consumer Protection, Food

  itself, despite what consumers see with their own eyes. Industry is simply not up to the task and consumers deserve a heck of a lot more.

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• US Fed cuts interests rates

  Published: September 18, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Business Economics Finance, Consumer Protection, Economic Trends, Finance Markets, Government Politics, World Politics, United States

  The US Federal Reserve has slashed benchmark US interest rates by half a percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.

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