It's hard to believe someone would steal money from a person looking for a job. But unfortunately, no matter how bad the situation, scammers see opportunity. Many people looking for work have been ripped off by scam artists who promise a job, access to special job listings or interviews, or... Read more →
House and Senate Democratic leaders are edging towards reaching a deal on a health care reform package to take to next week’s summit on health care.There are reasons for a glimmer of optimism, writes Greg Sargent on his blog The Plum Line. Sargent interviewed leadership aides who said that Senate... Read more →
Consumers are still being injured by snow blowers or throwers made by MTD Products Inc., of Cleveland. The recalled snow throwers were manufactured in Canada by an MTD subsidiary and marketed from July 2004 through March 2006, according to the October 2006 recall notice. The recall targeted 130,000 snow throwers... Read more →
In Olympia, the capital of Washington state, several thousand citizens from education, health care, labor, environmental, consumer, and good government groups rallied on the steps of the Capitol on President’s Day. Called Rebuilding Our Economic Future, the coalition called for increases in revenue to balance the state budget. Teachers and... Read more →
About 600,000 Tiny Love wind chime toys in the United States and 200,000 in Canada are being recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Commission announced Wednesday.Distributed by Tiny Love Inc., of New York, and the Maya Group Inc., of Huntington Beach, Calif., the wind chime toy can be pulled apart exposing... Read more →
Which consumer happenings cheered you recently and which ones made you want to scream or weep? Here are my best and worst consumer experiences this week: My best: Apple to replace my computerIn January of 2008, I bought an Apple desktop computer. It’s worked pretty well for me. However, I’ve... Read more →
An important dietary tip is to eat food as close to its natural state as often as possible and avoid processed foods.Along with eating natural foods frequently, consumers need to set as a goal for healthy eating selecting foods that are somewhat processed occasionally and limiting your intake of highly... Read more →
The Great Recession has brought changes to the lives of baby boomers. Boomers are less optimistic these days than other generations, a significant change from the optimism they’ve expressed and experienced in earlier decades. The Boomer Project offers these recent research findings on boomer attitudes: Boomers are feeling poorer than... Read more →
With winter storms gripping the East Coast and the Midwest, millions of Americans are dealing with emergencies of staggering proportions. How are you doing? If you’ve been hit by blizzard conditions, were you prepared with an emergency kit in your car and enough food to eat until the roads were... Read more →
Years ago, Olympia had a movie theater where consumers could see the older new releases for $2. I was sad when it closed. Sunday I tried Redbox movies where movies can be borrowed for $1 each from a Redbox DVD rental kiosk. Since I’ll be blogging about the Academy Awards,... Read more →