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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...
McDonalds - Restaurant - Fast Food
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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...
Those predicting double dip recession may be helping to cause one by raising consumer anxiety
KDVR
WASHINGTON (AP) — They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. | They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions. | Their wa...
Those predicting double dip recession may be helping to cause one by raising consumer anxiety
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. | They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions. | Their warnings co...
Those predicting double dip recession may be helping to cause one by raising consumer anxiety
Hartford Courant
(AP) — They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. | They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions. | Their warnings coul...
Those predicting double dip recession may be helping to cause one by raising consumer anxiety
Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON (AP) — They're a minority, but a vocal one, and they're hovering like storm clouds over a brittle recovery. | They're the Double Dippers — the politicians, economists and analysts who foresee back-to-back recessions. | Their wa...
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...
Calcium-Tablets
GFDL / Kham Tran
Calcium supplements play an important role in maintaining bone health
PhysOrg
| A broad range of scientific research has demonstrated that an adequate intake of calcium plays an important role in building and maintaining optimum bone mass, and a recent meta-...
Mobile Phones - Technology
WN / Sweet Radoc
Mobile phones to have common chargers from 2011, EU commission says
m&c
| Brussels - Starting next year, the vast majority of mobile phones sold in the European Union will use the same charger, the European Commission announced Friday. | 'It is expecte...
Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS): Product as consumed produces a potent bleach
Newsvine
| AUDIENCE: Consumers, Emergency Medicine | ISSUE: FDA warned consumers not to consume or use Miracle Mineral Solution, an oral liquid solution also known as "Miracle Mineral Supplement" or "MMS." | ...
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 ...
Consumer Law
Coca-Cola - Soda - Soft drinks
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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...



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