Credit card companies reducing card limits, dumping customers with balances
Credit card companies, some of the same banks that received huge amounts of federal bailout money, are reducing credit card […]
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Unlocking The Power of Your Money Recall of the Week: Maytag, other refrigerators
This week, the recall notices were so interesting I had a difficult time picking one to feature. I finally decided
Drug company argues woman who lost her arm shouldn’t have right to sue
A musician whose arm was amputated after gangrene resulted from an improper injection with an anti-nausea drug filed a lawsuit
Children’s flip flops by Alpargatas recalled due to lead paint
About 210,000 children’s flip flops are being recalled due to a violation of the lead in paint standard. Manufactured by
Consumer Reports selects top 2009 cars
Each spring, Consumer Reports announces the results of its tests on the latest new cars in an annual auto issue.
Unlocking The Power of Your Money recall of the week: Certain ‘Spyder’ cell phones
About 30,000 LG 830 “Spyder” cell phones, manufactured in Korea and imported by LG Electronics MobileComm USA Inc. of San
Is drywall from China making people sick?
Drywall manufactured in China and installed in Florida is the subject of a class action lawsuit. The drywall may be
What do you need to do about the peanut recall?
At first it didn’t seem too worrisome. Products from the Peanut Corp. of America, a firm that has allegedly shopped
Baby boomer consumers need to know about product recalls
What you don’t know about product safety could kill you. When I began writing for consumers in 1977, I was