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How Sequester Will Punish Consumers
by Charles Selden on March 5, 2013 in Breaking News
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Book Recommendation: The Fine Print
by Charles Selden on February 15, 2013 in Consumerist Takeaway
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There They Go Again…
by Charles Selden on January 27, 2013 in Breaking News
Republicans Try To Protect Bankers When Republicans can’t win a national election, they go the judicial route where voters cannot tamper with results. Their latest trick is to get a federal circuit court to rule that presidential “recess appointments” are unconstitutional. The Republicans picked a circuit court with all three judges appointed by George Bush. […]

Tis the Season for PTM Service Scams
by Charles Selden on December 21, 2012 in Scam Alert, Uncategorized
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Consumerist Ideas For President Obama
by Charles Selden on November 15, 2012 in Uncategorized
Dare consumers hope for real change this time? The President recently asked CEOs of top American corporations for new ideas for his second term. Will they include moving jobs back to America? Or ways to help consumers? If the CEOs let him down, here are new ideas 1. Change the Department of Agriculture’s mission from […]

Consumer Manifesto’s Presidential Endorsement
by Charles Selden on November 4, 2012 in Breaking News
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Romney’s First Fireside Chat
by Charles Selden on October 1, 2012 in Breaking News
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Barclays and GlaxoSmithKline Get Off Easy
by Charles Selden on July 4, 2012 in Newsmakers
More could be “learnt” by asking tough questions Are a top pharmaceutical and a huge bank celebrating? Why not: Their profits from wrong-doing covered the costs of the fines. GlaxoSmithKline bribed doctors and misrepresented a drug. Barclays manipulated interest rates worldwide to boost profits. According to Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, “we have learnt […]

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by Charles Selden on June 1, 2011 in Breaking News
For those of you looking for extra credits to reach Fully Certified Consumerist (FCC) status, read these two articles, both available online. Why The GOP wants to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by David Lazarus, Los Angles Times, 20 May 2011. One excerpt: “It’s not surprising that Republican lawmakers are doing their darnedest to […]
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