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Republican senators say consumer protection agency director's appointment is ... - Washington Post

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Republican senators say consumer protection agency director's appointment is ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Tuesday welcomed Richard Cordray to his first Senate hearing as director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a polite warning: Your time on the job could be short. “I can't imagine how anybody could ...
Republicans take aim at new consumer protection agencyReuters
Republicans Focus on Costs of US Consumer Bureau RulesBusinessWeek
Consumer Bureau Faces Critics Over RulesWall Street Journal
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Auto repair shop owners pan consumer protection changes - Houston Chronicle

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Auto repair shop owners pan consumer protection changes
Houston Chronicle
City officials say the update increases consumer protection. "It's a safety net, so that when you drop the car off in the morning and get an estimate, you'll know if that number changes before you pick the car up at the end of the day," said Janice ...
Controversy grows over proposed auto repair regulationsKHOU

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Wash. AG touts consumer protection efforts - Legal News Line

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Wash. AG touts consumer protection efforts
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BY BRYAN COHEN SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said Thursday that his office's Consumer Protection Division saved the public more than $4 million in 2011 while fielding approximately 40000 calls, 23000 letters and 450 ...
Telecommunications, collections, broadband service companies top list of state ...Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Attorney General's Consumer Resource Centers saved public over $4 million last ...KIRO Seattle

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FCC Consumer Protection Official Departs - National Journal

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FCC Consumer Protection Official Departs
National Journal
By Josh Smith A top consumer protection official at the Federal Communications Commission is stepping down, the agency said on Thursday. Joel Gurin, chief of the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, oversaw efforts to crack down on abusive ...

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Consumer protection bureau hits the ground running - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Consumer protection bureau hits the ground running
Philadelphia Inquirer
CHUCK BURTON / AP Elizabeth Warren, the protection bureau's original champion, is running for US Senate in Massachusetts against Republican Sen. Scott Brown. Here's a confession: Occasionally, I miss the Wild West days of consumer reporting, ...

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Telemarketing calls top list of consumer complaints - Fond du Lac Reporter

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Telemarketing calls top list of consumer complaints
Fond du Lac Reporter
Here were the top 10 complaints of 2011 with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. The list includes the number of complaints per category statewide. Source: Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer ...

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Consumer Protection Bureau Takes On Payday Loans - NPR

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Consumer Protection Bureau Takes On Payday Loans
NPR
by Tanya Ott The recently created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau went on the road to hold its first public hearing. The bureau traveled to Birmingham, Ala., to talk about payday lenders. In Alabama, there are four times as many store-front payday ...
Payday loans are first target of new consumer protection chiefSTLtoday.com
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Consumer protection bureau starts payday lending oversightBizjournals.com
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San Francisco Consumer Protection Lawyer: High Court Favors Big Business- Again! - WiredPRNews.com (press release)

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San Francisco Consumer Protection Lawyer: High Court Favors Big Business- Again!
WiredPRNews.com (press release)
San Francisco, CA (San Francisco Consumer Protection Lawyer News) — Consumers are up in arms and demanding their right to a day in court, after the US Supreme Court overturned a ruling that prohibited arbitration clauses under the 1996 Credit Repair ...

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Consumer group objects to Google's secret briefing - USA TODAY

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Consumer group objects to Google's secret briefing
USA TODAY
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY The non-profit advocacy group Consumer Watchdog on Wednesday objected to the closed-door meeting scheduled Thursday at which Google executives will brief a congressional subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-Calif.
Consumer Watchdog Praises European Action on Google's New Privacy Policy ...MarketWatch (press release)
Lawmakers press Google on new privacy policyFox News
Google to EU Privacy Watchdogs: You Can't Stop UsClickZ
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GOP To Introduce Legislation To Kill Aviation Consumer Protection Rules - AvStop Aviation News

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GOP To Introduce Legislation To Kill Aviation Consumer Protection Rules
AvStop Aviation News
Graves wants to introduce legislation to cancel DOT's new consumer protection rules he needs to propose new regulations that will improve on DOT's new consumer protection rules. Not just talk the talk. If he wants to take these regulations off the ...

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