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Coke ads 'totally unacceptable' in Australia
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Australia's consumer regulator has ordered Coca-Cola to publish corrections after it claimed in "unacceptable" ads that health risks from the soft drink were a myth, the watchdog said Thursday.
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Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.
Study Looks Inside the Minds of Identity Thieves
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Federal Trade Commission recently asked a UT Dallas criminology researcher for help understanding what motivates identity thieves.
Calif. requires TVs to be more energy-efficient (Update)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching ...
States call on EPA for tougher air pollution regulations
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Twelve states and the District of Columbia urged the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday to adopt more rigorous national policies so they can meet federal air pollution reduction requirements for the region.
EU warns it will recall iPhones if labs show faulty
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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The European Union's consumer czar warned on Monday that iPhones would be taken off the market if national authorities find manufacturing faults lie behind mystery screen explosions.
Calif. advances tough flat-screen energy standards
Sep 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Energy regulators on Friday moved forward with a plan that could ban the sale of the most power-hungry televisions from California retail stores.
Toy recall of 2007 hurt innocent companies, shows research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-publicized toy recalls of 2007 took potentially harmful toys off the shelves and affected the companies that made them.
HP recalls laptop batteries over fire hazard
May 14, 2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard (HP) is recalling some 70,000 batteries for notebook computers because of a fire hazard, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.
Bing ads to warn of online scams
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.
FTC: Bloggers, testimonials need better disclosure (Update 2)
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission on Monday took steps to make product information and online reviews more accurate for consumers, regulating blogging for the first time and mandating that testimonials reflect typical ...
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