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Oregon Ballot Measure to Ban Credit Scoring for Insurance Loses Following $5 Million Industry Ad Campaign ; Consumers Union Says Consumers Deserve Protection Against Unfair Industry Practice
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To: National Desk, Business and Consumer Reporter
Contact: Norma Garcia of Consumers Union, 415-431-6747
SALEM, Ore., Nov. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer advocates vowed to
fight on to protect Oregon consumers from the use of credit scoring
for insurance following the defeat of Measure 42. The insurance
industry spent $5 million against Measure 42 -- far more than
supporters of the proposal. Measure 42 would have barred insurers
from using a customer's credit score to set insuranc...
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Oregon Ballot Measure to Ban Credit Scoring for Insurance Loses Following $5 Million Industry Ad Campaign ; Consumers Union Says Consumers Deserve Protection Against Unfair Industry Practice
U.S. Newswire
; To: National Desk, Business and Consumer Reporter Contact: Norma Garcia of Consumers Union, 415-431-6747 SALEM, Ore., Nov. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Consumer advocates vowed to fight on to protect Oregon consumers from the use of credit scoring for insurance following the defeat of Measure 42. The
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Isuzu sues Consumers Union over rollover test. (Isuzu Motors Ltd)(Brief Article)
Automotive News
; LOS ANGELES - Isuzu Motors Ltd. and its American affiliates last week filed suit against Consumers Union, alleging that the organization and its publication, Consumer Reports magazine, manipulated tests in an effort to prove that the Isuzu Trooper is prone to roll over. The suit, filed in U.S.
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Court reinstates Suzuki suit against Consumers Union.(Legal File)(Brief Article)
Automotive News
; Byline: Eric Freedman Suzuki Motor Corp. can pursue its claim that Consumers Union falsely maligned the 1988 Samurai as unsafe, damaging sales and the automaker's reputation, an appeals panel has ruled. Suzuki is entitled to a trial on whether a high-profile Consumer Reports magazine evaluation of
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Consumers Union issues its first guide on drug cost effectiveness.(Practice Trends)
Clinical Psychiatry News
; WASHINGTON -- The nonprofit Consumers Union has issued the first in a series of evidence-based, patient-friendly reports listing what it calls the most cost-effective drugs, organization officials announced at a press conference. The initial guides cover nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents
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NOT ON THE SAME @@Page: CONSUMERS UNION, CALIF. ATTORNEY GENERAL SPLIT ON METHODOLOGY IN CHARITY-CARE REPORT.
Modern Healthcare
; In a rare break between two organizations typically allied on preserving community health benefits, the California attorney general's office has challenged the methodology of a recent Consumers Union report about hospital charity care. The 72-page report released by Consumers Union in April,
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Credit scores now controversial factor in sales of personal insurance coverage
Central Penn Business Journal
; As an insurance broker, Bill Wagner can't get comfortable with the idea of discussing credit scores with his clients. "It's awkward," Wagner said. "It's none of my business as an insurance agent. it gives you a judgmental attitude, and I don't think it's healthy." Healthy or not, credit scores have
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Consumers Union Launches "Twelve Days of Safe Shopping"
U.S. Newswire
; To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: Jean Halloran in NYC, +1-646-932-9768; Morgan Jindrich in Boston, +1-512-809-7771; Kathy Mitchell in Chicago, +1-512-695- 4670; Melissa Trevino in Minneapolis, +1-512-517-8115, all of Consumers Union "Black Friday"Action at Retail Stores in New York City, Boston,
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Consumers Union Says Acura SLXs, Isuzu Troopers Prone to Roll Over
The Washington Post
; Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, asked the government yesterday to order a recall of 35,000 Isuzu Trooper and Acura SLX sport-utility vehicles manufactured in model years 1995 through 1996, which the magazine said are prone to roll over in sharp turns. The organization also
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Credit Scores Are Making The Grade
The Washington Post
; Do mortgage credit scores really work? Can a lender accurately predict whether you're likely to miss a couple of mortgage payments sometime in the future and therefore charge you a higher interest rate or fees on your new home loan? Or deny you a mortgage altogether? Can you as an individual really
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Consumers Union Applauds Bill by FL Sen. Nelson to Extend Federal Oversight to Information Brokers Like ChoicePoint
U.S. Newswire
; ... setting up fake businesses claiming to have a legitimate need for the records. This was not an isolated incident. According to news reports, ChoicePoint was the source of information obtained by thieves arrested in 2002 who were responsible for at least $1 ...
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