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A New Direction In Driving Trends

After a 60 year boom, driving is on the decline in the U.S. and no likely scenario shows it returning to previous levels of growth.

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DPH Gives Green Light to Big Pharma’s Wining and Dining

Thursday, November 22, 2012

By | Deirdre Cummings

Legislative Director

Regulators move will re-open door to drug companies' expensive and biased marketing schemes.

Health Care

DPH Gives Green Light to Big Pharma’s Wining and Dining

Over the objections of a broad coalition of consumer, health care, physician and senior organizations the Public Health Council, voted this week to enact final regulations on meals provided by the drug and medical device industry to doctors and other prescribers. The regulations approved Wednesday, Nov. 21, defined “modest” meals, as whatever a doctor would order on his or her own, opening the door for unlimited wining and dining of physicians by Big Pharma.

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How To Clean Up Identity Theft

In general, if you are a victim of identity theft or fraud, you likely will not be responsible for fraudulent charges. But, you do need to clear your name. Here's how.

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How to Set Up a Security Freeze

A security freeze prevents new credit from being issued in a person’s name, and therefore stops identity thieves from creating unauthorized accounts, because it allows individual consumers the ability to control who gets access to their credit report.

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How To Fix A Credit Reporting Error

Credit reports contain information on each consumer’s credit history. Since lenders use your credit report to decide whether or not to advance credit to you, it is important for you to make sure that your credit report is accurate.

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What You Can Do To Avoid Becoming A Victim of Identity Theft

Identity theft is on the rise. Use these tips to help safeguard against it.

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Consumer Mediation Office

Taking legal action against a business or a service for consumer protection violations may be a long and costly process. Mediation provides a voluntary, informal channel of resolving disputes to reach a mutually agreeable settlement.

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Tenants' Rights

A guide for renting and finding an apartment

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Product Recalls

Six federal agencies with vastly different jurisdictions have joined together to create Recalls.gov— a "one-stop shop" for U.S. Government recalls. Check out the site to get the most up to date information about unsafe, hazardous or defective products including food, medicine, consumer products, motor vehicles, boats, cosmetics and environmental products.