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		<title><![CDATA[Telecom Firms Will Be Vague with U.S. Govt.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telecommunications providers will not have to give the government sensitive revenue and Internet speed data for a program to map broadband use in U.S. homes and bring high-speed Internet service to more people. The U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday that companies such as Verizon Communications Inc, Comcast Corp and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:32:37 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reforming the Credit Card Industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consumers should be able to use plastic without getting skewered by unfair bank practices. Although the Federal Reserve passed new regulations to reform the industry, many consumer groups argue the Fed failed to complete the job. Here's a list of additional reforms needed to make credit cards fairer for consumers....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FCC's Martin Fires One Last Time at the Cable Industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Bush administration left Washington yesterday, there were no controversial, Marc Rich-style pardons to digest, but that doesn't mean there weren't any parting shots. According to a story in Broadcasting & Cable, outgoing FCC chairman Kevin Martin suggested "hundreds of thousands of dollars in proposed fines against cable operators."...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:27:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumerist Gets Scooped Up by Consumers' Union]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Certainly wasn't expecting to cover actual news this week, but this headline just came across the transom: Consumers Union is buying Gawker Media blog Consumerist, which devotes itself to the trials and tribulations of the contemporary consumer. As one example of what Consumerist covers, here's a headline from today: "DirecTV's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:41:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Record number of toys being recalled in &#39;08]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 10 million toys and other products have been recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission between January and April -- a rate that, by year's end, could exceed 2007's record number of recalls by 70 percent.   That's according to an analysis issued this month by Consumers Union,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[WIRELESS CONSUMER PROTECTION]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statement of Chris Murray Senior Counsel Consumers Union  Committee on House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet  February 27, 2008  Chairman Markey, Ranking Member Stearns, Vice Chairman Doyle and esteemed members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify again before you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More States Move to Require Hospitals to Screen Patients for MRSA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200803/ai_n25310522]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Lisa McGiffert, +1-512-477-4431, ext 115, or Michael McCauley, +1-415-431-6747, ext 126, both of Consumers Union  AUSTIN, Texas, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Concerns about the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus MRSA infections have prompted lawmakers in a number of states around the country to push...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Statement by SEIU, Consumers Union, USPIRG, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Action on the Cancellation of Consumer Testimony at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Hearing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: SOCIETY EDITORS To: SOCIETY EDITORS ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Identity theft and the case for a national credit report freeze law]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_6779/is_12/ai_n28512007]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[I. INTRODUCTION  The statistics tell the story. (1) The personal data of over forty-five million consumers was compromised in 2005 alone. (2) From mid-2006 to 2007, approximately fifteen million Americans fell victim to identity theft due to the misuse of compromised data, a fifty percent increase since 2003. (3)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hazardous Product Incidents Highlight Need for Reform of Product Safety System]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Fuson of Consumers Union, +1-202-462-6262; Rachel Weintraub of CFA, +1-202-387-6121; Ed Mierzwinski of U.S. PIRG, +1-202-546-9707; or Celia Wexler of UCS, +1-202-331-6952  WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Families harmed by hazardous products join Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), Assistant Majority Leader Richard Durbin (D-IL) and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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