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...The money needed to cover those costs is deducted from people's unemployment benefits in the form of fees. Consumer advocates like NCLC are focused on ensuring access to the direct-deposit option so that people can avoid the card fees...
...compete with NBC-owned cable channels fear that Comcast will relegate them to hard-to-find channel locations. Consumer advocates warn that Comcast will use its newfound power to raise subscription rates and stifle new voices on television and...
...especially product liability. Sure, there has been a blatant need for some of the lawsuits. Ralph Nader and other consumer advocates, for instance, have helped make this a safer world in which to live. But there's no way to guarantee a risk-free...
WASHINGTON -- Consumer advocates, unions, women's groups and religious leaders are protesting legislation that would make it harder for people to sweep away...
...Nakahata, spokesman for the industry coalition. ''This will allow those types of plans to proliferate.'' But consumer advocates warn that for Americans to realize the full benefits of the FCC's action, long-distance companies must drop...
...leadership to come up with rules to protect consumers and also help business flourish on the Net,'' he said. Consumer advocates applauded the thrust of the industry initiative but said some of its details are likely to draw opposition. The...
...several pathogens, including E. coli O157:H7, the most serious pathogen in ground beef, and salmonella. A consumer advocate praised the department's move. ''What we buy for the nation's school children should not be the bottom of...
...creating'' professionals, including levitating yogic experts, to ease tensions in Kosovo.) Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who won the Green Party nomination last weekend despite Hagelin's desire to gain that, too, is running a campaign...
...third-party big name, Gov. Jesse Ventura. The longtime consumer advocate said he won't ask Ventura -- or anyone else...challenges is getting beyond the serious image of consumer advocate. ''He's humorless. He's not charismatic...
...things as boost brain power or fight infections, consumer advocates charged. The Center for Science in the Public Interest...billion functional food industry, accusing the consumer advocates of ''frenzied overreaction.'' The FDA properly...