Ex-inmate accuses prisons of consumer fraud for charging too much for cigarettes Chicago Sun-Times | Illinois prisons charge inmates too much for cigarettes, according to a lawsuit filed by a former inmate. | Timothy Giancana, who did time at the downstate Vandalia Correctional Center from 2007 to 2009, alleges the prison system is guilty of consumer fraud for marking up tobacco and non-tobacco c...
State Consumer Protection Commissioner Advises Parents to Take Happy Meal Toy Away from Children Hartford Courant | Jerry Farrell Jr., the state Consumer Protection commissioner, said Wednesday that parents should not allow their children to play with a figurine and bracelet distributed in Happy Meals pending a federal investigation into the toy's safety. | "We aren't saying throw the toy away or that it's been...
Consumer finance: Women still lag in corporate world Gulf News | The world's men to women ratio is 1:1. Should there be an equal number of male and female billionaires then? Sadly, there isn't. | According to a Forbes report last month, only 14 women in the world have raked in massive personal fortunes. The figu...
Telecom gets $75m for AAPT consumer sale NZ Herald By 4:00 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | Telecom has quit part of its Australian business with the sale of its retail business to rival iiNet. | The A$60 million ($75 million) deal will see iiNet buy AAPT's consumer division complete with 200,0...
A good auction consumer continues to work at understanding the chant The Examiner | A good consumer has to work at understanding what the auctioneer is saying View all » | A good consumer continues to learn the numbers used by different bid callers. | The article about the numbers used in an auctioneer’s chant or bid c...
Paterson signs consumer protection bills The Examiner Comments ALBANY, N.Y. (Map, News) - A classic style of baby crib will start to disappear from the market, drug addicts will avoid arrest at syringe exchange programs, and more health facilities will provide testing for HIV-AIDS under measures signed ...
Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage The Examiner | Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage. Millions of consumers of Coca-Cola's heavily marketed vitaminwater brand drink are now dealing with the fact that despite numerous advertising claims to the contrary, the reality about the drink may be that it is little more than sugar-water fortified with a few vitamins...
