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- the safeguarding of consumer interests in terms of quality, price, and safety, usually within a statutory framework. The growing purchasing power of consumers and the rise in consumerism from the...
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- MIDDLE EAST: CONGRESS OF THE ARAB FEDERATION OF CONSUMERS PROTECTION UNIONS.(held in Amman, Jordan, in early November 2001)(Brief Article)
- A-Dustour newspaper reported on the Congress of the Arab Federation of Consumer Protection Unions held in Amman, Jordan, in early November 2001. The Congress was organized by the Jordanian National Union for Consumer Protection. Participating in this A-Dustour newspaper reported on the Congress of the Arab...
- Research articles 2002-01-22
- Congress Responds to Concerns about HMOs with Consumer Protection Bills.
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- Research articles 1998-05-29
- Entrust Executive to Testify Before U.S. Congress On Data Security Legislation; Vice President of Government Affairs Daniel Burton to Participate in House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Hearing
- Entrust, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTU)
- Research articles 2005-07-27
- Spitzer probe draws Feds' attention: Congress asks CIAB for info on insurance brokerage industry operations.(D.C. Responds)(Council of Insurance Agents)
- CONGRESS MAY BE PREOCCUPIED with Election Day politics, but those on Capitol Hill considering federal regulation of insurance were not too busy campaigning to notice New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's explosive charges of insurance brokerage p CONGRESS MAY BE PREOCCUPIED with Election Day politics, but...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- The 'consumer protection act of 1990.' (economic impact of pending cable television legislation) (column)
- A $3 BILLION CABLE SHAM? The `Consumer Protection Act of 1990' (EDITOR'S NOTE -- Printed here are the contents of a booklet written and distributed by William B. Finneran, chairman of the New York State Commission on Cable Television, to...
- Research articles 1990-08-27
- Consumer protection must be preeminent in debate over bank-insurance sales.(Editorial)
- As the behemoths of banking and insurance battle it out in Congress to determine the future of financial services reform, the argument should focus on the best interests of consumers. With that in mind, Congress should pay careful attention to th As...
- Research articles 1997-06-23
- Clinton's advisory commission and Congress work to clarify new health standards. (Bill Clinton, President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection & Quality in the Health Care Industry)(Washington Notebook)(Column)
- The over-arching focus of the health care industry, including insurers, is in preparing to deal with health plan standards -- both by the administration and by Congress. The over-arching focus of the health care industry, including insurers, is in preparing to deal with...
- Research articles 1997-09-15
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- Pharmavite Praises U.S. Congress for Ground-Breaking Enactment of The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act
- NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- Pharmavite LLC, maker of Nature Made vitamins, today praised the U.S. Congress for its bipartisan efforts in passing S. 3546, "The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act." The legislation requires dietary supplement and over-the-counter drug manufacturers to report any reports they receive of serious adverse...
- Research articles 2006-12-11
- Success in the sausage factory. (lawmaking in U.S. Congress) (President's Page)
- The Assn of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA had both victories and defeats in the work of the 103rd US Congress. ATLA won big with the products liability bill. The ATLA Caucus organized grass-roots efforts for consumer protection across the country. These bore fruit in a Senate debate on tort...
- Research articles 1994-11-01
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Online Ads: Spyware or Teasers? Congress to Decide
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. marketers and consumer advocates are preparing for battle over the rules governing online advertising tailored to individual browsing habits, often tracked and collected without notice or permission. The U.S. Congress is due to intervene in the issue in the coming weeks, with a bill in...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Financial Reforms Grind Forward in Congress
- By Kevin DrawbaughWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.More than a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and massive government bailouts...
- News items 2009-11-19
- RIAA's Berman testifies at copyright hearings. (Jay Berman of the Recording Industry Association of America, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration)
- Digital audio's impact on consumer recordings, started by the controversy with DAT seven years ago, is once again in the focus as Congress looks at tightening copyright protection on U.S. intellectual properties domestically and internationally. Reco Digital audio's impact on consumer recordings, started by the ...
- Research articles 1993-05-01
- House panel OKâ??s consumer protection agency
- WASHINGTON - The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to create a federal agency devoted to protecting U.S. consumers from predatory lending, abusive overdraft fees and unfair rate hikes. Democrats are hailing the 39-29 vote as a win for the average American. It is a major step forward in enacting...
- News items 2009-10-22
- Nukes, Coal and the National Security Argument
- When the standard let's-save-the-environment argument failed to motivate Congress members to pick up the climate change legislation flag, advocates turned to the economy and job creation. Now a bipartisan group of former Congressmen and U.S. foreign policy leaders -- with resumes tough to ignore -- is pushing...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Why Obama's Bank Shakeup Won't Save Consumers
- The White House would have been better off giving broader powers to existing regulatory agencies and focusing more on efforts to educate investors. As part of his planned overhaul of the entire...
- Articles 2009-06-23
- Consumer Groups Slam Behavioral Tracking
- A group of ten consumer groups on Tuesday called on Congress to enact meaningful privacy legislation, and slammed industry efforts as totally inadequate. The groups are most concerned about behavioral tracking, a technique used by Internet companies to serve up more targeted ads or results based on your Web browsing...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Cataloguing the errors in "The Story of Cap-and-Trade"
- by Eric de Place Just colossally ignorant. That was all I could think to say on viewing the latest eco-video web sensation, " The Story of Cap-and-Trade " by Annie Leonard and Co. No one does a circular firing squad like the Left and this contribution is a potential...
- News items 2009-12-02
- Alliance for Justice and Other Consumer Groups Ask Congress to Protect People, Not Drug Companies
- WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Alliance for Justice, together with five other national consumer groups, sent a letter to Congressional leaders today expressing concern about a proposal that provides drug companies liability protection for vaccines WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Alliance for Justice, together with five other national...
- Research articles 2005-12-07
- CSX, Lou Dobbs and American Jingoism
- CSX, Lou Dobbs and American JingoismNothing wrong with Lou DobbsWhile I generally agree with you on the CSX issue, I can also understand the counter-argument. If our freight transportation market was full of healthy competitors, CSX would just be another company. But they do haul the lion's share...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
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