News

2019

January

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• Lo que debes saber acerca de una asociación de propietarios antes de invertir en una casa. Tu relación con la HOA puede ser tranquilizadora, molesta y, a veces, hasta arriesgada Las ventajas y desventajas de ser propietario de una casa o un condominio que forma parte de una asociaci

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• Odd jobs make ends meet during the shutdown. Across the country, idled federal workers and contractors are taking up last-resort jobs with ride-hailing services and delivery apps. They are flooding school districts with applications to become substitute teachers. They are taking babysitting

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• Debt is keeping young people from buying homes. Student loans are keeping many in the 24 to 32 age group from buying a home, according to a Federal Reserve study.

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• Consumer groups urge action on bill to stop “spoofed” robocalls. For Immediate Release WASHINGTON, DC — A bipartisan bill reintroduced today in the Senate will address the growing problem of “spoofed” robocalls that use fraudulent caller identification information to disguise the caller&rsquo

• Microsoft pledges $500 Million for affordable housing in Seattle. The Seattle area, home to both Microsoft and Amazon, is a potent symbol of the affordable housing crisis that has followed the explosive growth of tech hubs. Now Microsoft, arguing that the industry has an

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• Shutdown’s economic damage starts to pile up. Revised estimates from the Council of Economic Advisers show that the government shutdown, now in its fourth week, is beginning to have real economic consequences. The analysis, and other projections from outside the White House,

• Supreme Court refuses to hear CFPB case. The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  The State National Bank of Big Spring, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the 60 Plus

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• Consumers prefer a paper trail (Survey says consumers choose paper statements over electronic notices). The message is clear: Consumers overwhelmingly prefer to receive bills and statements on paper rather than electronically, according to a new survey of more than 2,600 people by the non-profit Consumer Action. Up to three-quarters of

• Government shutdown is disrupting retirement for some federal employees. The partial government shutdown has caused uncertainty for some workers who were ready to retire.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

• Paper or digital? (Winter 2018-2019). Paper or digital, that is the question—and the focus of the Winter 2018-2019 issue of Consumer Action News. Companies and government agencies are (in some cases aggressively) switching consumers from paper to electronic communications, but is that what consumers want or need? Read the newsletter to learn about consumers’ rights regarding paper statements, what a Consumer Action survey on the topic revealed, and how groups are pushing back on paperless in support of consumer choice.

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• As government shutdown persists, Americans feel the bite. The impact of a partial government shutdown began to ripple across the economy as it stretched into Day 17, with mortgage applications delayed, public companies unable to get approval to raise capital and thousands of Secret

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• Wells Fargo gives up insurance license over insurance violations. Wells Fargo is prohibited from selling or brokering personal insurance in the state of California for at least three years as part of a settlement with the state over allegations that the bank signed customers

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• Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common. The struggle is everywhere.  Four in 10 adults say they couldn’t produce $400 in an emergency without sliding into debt or selling something, according to the 2017 Federal Reserve figures.

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• Rollback of anti-discrimination rules considered. The Trump administration is considering a far-reaching rollback of civil rights law that would dilute federal rules against discrimination in education, housing and other aspects of American life.  A recent internal Justice Department memo