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Today's Fresh Blogs...| FCC Moves to Place Restrictions on Cable TV |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Fcc, Moves, Place, Restrictions, Cable, Kevin J Martin, U S Federal Communications Commission, Gene Kimmelman, United States, Verizon Fios, Verizon Communications Inc, Viacom Inc, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Connecticut, Comcast Corporation, Kagan Research Llc |
| The Federal Communications Commission is likely to impose a new regulation on the largely unregulated cable television industry, the first of what may be more to come. |
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| Toy/Food Recalls: How to Take Action |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumerproductsafetycommission, Consumers Union, Consumersunion, Keeping Toys Safe, Keepingtoyssafe, List Of Lead Recalls, Listofleadrecalls, Photographs Of Toys With Lead, Photographsoftoyswithlead, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys |
| you can make a difference. Consumers Union has created a website that not only contains information and photographs of recalled items, it also includes a form letter you can sign and email to your Congressional representative urging them to vote for the CPSC Reform Act. It takes less than a minute of your time and can provide the backing |
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| A Way to Freeze Out the ID Thieves |
| Published: November 15, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Way, Freeze, Out, The, Thieves, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Equifax Inc, Experian Group Ltd, Transunion Llc, Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, West Virginia |
| Just as the holiday shopping rush begins, all three of the major credit bureaus have decided to provide a powerful tool to protect against identity theft. |
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| Playing It Safe |
| Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Playing, Safe, Alison Cassady, Curious George, Charles Margulis, Don Mays, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Playskool Team Talkin Tool Bench, California, Minnesota, Radioshack Corporation, Toys R Us Inc, Baileys Crossroads, Oakland |
| You might have thought after this year's string of high-profile recalls that there wouldn't be many dangerous toys left on store shelves. But safety consultant Alison Cassady still managed to spend about $700 during her annual shopping expedition for unsafe toys. |
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| Starbucks Is Not Crying Over Customer Drop |
| Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Starbucks, Not, Crying, Over, Customer, Drop, Starbucks Corporation, Howard Schultz, Deutsche Bank Ag, Dunkin Brands Inc, Mcdonald S Corporation, Wall Street, Consumers Union Of U S Inc |
| Perhaps the best explanation for why Starbucks got blistered on Wall Street yesterday came from Howard Schultz, the man who turned a tiny specialty coffee brewer into a global caffeinated steamroller. He said, "We understand all too well that we have built a very attractive business for others to... |
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| FCC Could Extend Reach To Cable TV |
| Published: November 27, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Fcc, Could, Extend, Reach, Cable, Kevin J Martin, U S Federal Communications Commission, United States, Jonathan Adelstein, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, U S Senate Committee On Commerce Science Amp Transportation, Comcast Corporation, Echostar Communications Cor |
| The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote today on whether it will consider applying broad regulations to a cable television industry that has been largely unregulated at the federal level for more than 20 years. |
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| Ohio Senator Still Awaiting Universal Health Coverage |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Ohio, Senator, Still, Awaiting, Universal, Health, Coverage, Connie Schultz, Gail Shearer, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Sherrod Brown, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, U S House Of Representatives, United States |
| Even a U.S. senator can feel the pain of rising health-care costs -- if he tries. |
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| Ohio Senator Still Awaiting Universal Health Coverage |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Ohio, Senator, Still, Awaiting, Universal, Health, Coverage, Connie Schultz, Gail Shearer, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Sherrod Brown, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, U S House Of Representatives, United States |
| Even a U.S. senator can feel the pain of rising health-care costs -- if he tries. |
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| Ohio Senator Still Awaiting Universal Health Coverage |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Ohio, Senator, Still, Awaiting, Universal, Health, Coverage, Connie Schultz, Gail Shearer, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Sherrod Brown, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, U S House Of Representatives, United States |
| Even a U.S. senator can feel the pain of rising health-care costs -- if he tries. |
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| Ohio Senator Still Awaiting Universal Health Coverage |
| Published: December 7, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Ohio, Senator, Still, Awaiting, Universal, Health, Coverage, Connie Schultz, Gail Shearer, Plain Dealer Publishing Company, Sherrod Brown, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, U S House Of Representatives, United States |
| Even a U.S. senator can feel the pain of rising health-care costs -- if he tries. |
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| In a Pickle Over Self-Regulation for Produce Growers |
| Published: December 11, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Pickle, Over, Self Regulation, For, Produce, Growers, California, U S Department Of Agriculture, United States, Tom Nassif, Food And Drug Administration, Western Growers Association, Elisa Odabashian, Judith Redmond, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Arizona, Bloomberg Lp |
| Large handlers of leafy green vegetables, still recovering from last year's E. coli bacteria-induced recalls of packaged spinach, want U.S. permission to self-regulate the safety of your tossed salad. |
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| Senators Agree on Product Safety Bill |
| Published: February 16, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Senators, Agree, Product, Safety, Bill, Mark Pryor, Rosario Palmieri, Daniel Inouye, Diana Degette, Ellen Bloom, Joan Claybrook, Lisa Ackerman, Rachel Weintraub, Ted Stevens, Consumer Federation Of America, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, National Association Of Manufactu |
| Lawmakers reached an agreement yesterday on a Senate bill that clears the way for the first major overhaul of the nation's consumer product safety system in a generation. |
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| As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark |
| Published: March 31, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Goes, Digital, Some, Viewers, May, The, Dark, Wallace Page, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Joel Kelsey, Kevin J Martin, Tonie Navarin, Aarp, U S Federal Communications Commission, Washington Dc, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, Best Buy Co Inc, The Nielsen Company |
| Wallace Page, 87, begins and ends each day with his television. His tired legs don't let him get out much anymore, he doesn't own a computer and reading often strains his eyes. The TV set is sometimes his only connection to the outside world. |
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| Fuel-Efficient Or Financially Prudent |
| Published: May 25, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Fuel Efficient, Financially, Prudent, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Jeff Bartlett, Toyota Motor Corporation, Michelle Singletary, Michigan Aaa, National Public Radio Inc, The Washington Post Company, Toyota Prius |
| Watching television recently, I was amused by a motorist who said that all he could do about soaring gas prices was to close his eyes and pump. |
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| In Venti Retreat, 600 Starbucks to Close |
| Published: July 2, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Venti, Retreat, 600, Starbucks, Close, Starbucks Corporation, Howard Schultz, Sharon Zackfia, Seattle, United States, Pete Bocian, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, Deutsche Bank Ag, Dunkin Brands Inc, Mcdonald S Corporation, William Blair Amp Co Llc |
| Starbucks Coffee, once the fast-growing darling of the retail world, said yesterday that it was closing 600 U.S. stores and cutting as many as 12,000 jobs as it tries to right-size itself in the face of stiffer competition, a bleak economy and growth that appears to have outpaced demand. |
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