Headline News Archive

2007

November

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• La compra en línea de medicinas por receta. Como las medicinas por receta están cada vez más caras, muchos han descubierto que pueden ahorrar si las compran por internet. La idea puede ser…

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• El interés en letras grandes. La principal asociación del sector de préstamos rápidos o de día de pago —payday lenders— anunció ayer que en adelante sus afiliados colocarán carteles en…

• ¿Te negaron el préstamo? Puede ser un error. Muchas familias necesitan solicitar préstamos, buscar otro empleo o comprar una póliza de seguro. Pero muchas veces la solicitud es negada por problemas en el…

• Si compras por Internet.... Billetes de transporte, sobre todo de avión, entradas para el cine y otros espectáculos, libros, reservas de alojamiento en hoteles, vacaciones, ropa y complementos, regalos...…

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• Head of cable lobby condemns FCC report. The head of the cable television industry's lobbying group yesterday took aim at the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, blasting his attempts to place…

• A way to freeze out ID thieves. 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…

• Foreclosures hit a snag for lenders. A federal judge in Ohio has ruled against a longstanding foreclosure practice, potentially creating an obstacle for lenders trying to reclaim properties from troubled borrowers…

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• eBay sued about counterfeit goods. A lawyer for Tiffany & Co. accused eBay Inc. on Tuesday of allowing the sale of tens of thousands of pieces of counterfeit Tiffany jewelry…

• California, Florida lead metros in home foreclosures. More homeowners across the USA are having trouble making mortgage payments on time, but borrowers in metro areas of California, Florida and other once-booming housing…

• Protecting your nest egg in a recession. Anyone nearing retirement is old enough to remember the recession of 2001. While the experts were debating whether the country really was in a recession…

• DOT slammed for handling of airline complaints. Airline passenger complaints to the U.S. Department of Transportation are rolling in by the thousands this year, but fliers waiting for government help may be…

• Subprime fallout hits big money market funds. Bank of America, stung by the fallout in subprime mortgages, acted Tuesday to safeguard a bedrock investment of ordinary Americans: money market mutual funds. The…

• Valor de las propiedades cae. A lo largo y ancho de Estados Unidos, pero sobre todo en los vecindarios de mayor concentración de minorías, el valor de las propiedades caerá…

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• Consumer anger sparks congressional action. If you look at lobbying dollars alone, the tale of consumer interest groups fighting to regulate the wealthy credit card industry is one of David…

12

• Prisoners of debt. In a financial version of Night of the Living Dead, debts forgiven by bankruptcy courts are springing back to life to haunt consumers. Fueling these…

• FCC might lower cable program costs. 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…

• Tarjetas que no dan lo ofrecido. Se les ve expuestas detrás del mostrador en el pequeño comercio: son esas tarjetas de colores brillantes que ofrecen llamadas telefónicas a Latinoamérica, África y…

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• Collecting insurance after a disaster. In the aftermath of Southern California's devastating wildfires, you might be thinking more about your insurance. If your house is damaged or destroyed, what can…

• Car shoppers value fuel over cool. Oil prices were near record levels last week, our friends at OPEC were counting their cash and La Cañada resident Alex Hartunian was shopping for…

• Lawsuit aims to deflate appraisal puffery. When an appraiser hired by your mortgage company confirms that the house you are buying is worth what you're paying, that's reassuring. But what if…

10

• House passes bill to ease Alternative Minimum Tax. The House yesterday narrowly approved a $73.8 billion measure to protect millions of families from the alternative minimum tax and offer new tax breaks to…

• F.C.C. planning rules to open cable market. The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to impose significant new regulations to open the cable television market to independent programmers and rival video services after…

• Ojo con los ‘salvadores’ del embargo. Los propietarios que afrontan la posible pérdida de su vivienda por impago de la hipoteca pueden convertirse en víctimas de quienes prometen rescatar la propiedad…

09

• Fiebre de los vehículos híbridos. Al tener que manejar 525 millas por semana para trasladarse a su trabajo, el pagador Rob Stellges dejó su Camaro el año pasado por un…

08

• Debt management plans can help consumers. Consumers struggling to keep up with higher gas prices and other rising household expenses have been pulling out their credit cards more often — sometimes…