Marketers Settle Charges They Deceived More Than 13,000 Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with four of the defendants in an allegedly phony debt relief services operation that claimed that, for $995, it would dramatically reduce consumers’ credit card interest rates. Under the[Read More…]
Day: February 9, 2012
Groups Petition To Ban GE Salmon As an Unsafe Food Additive
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Consumer groups submitted a formal petition on Tuesday asking the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify and evaluate AquaBounty’s “AquAdvantage” genetically engineered (GE) salmon and all of its components as a food additive. Currently FDA’s review process classifies the GE salmon as a new animal[Read More…]
Madigan, Federal Government & State Attorneys General Secure $25 Billion Settlement With Nation’s Five Largest Banks
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts in other states and the federal government to announce a $25 billion settlement with the nation’s five largest bank mortgage servicers over allegations of widespread “robo-signing” of foreclosure documents and other fraudulent practices while servicing loans of struggling[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Mortgage Servicers Settlement Press Conference
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2012. Good morning. I’m pleased to join with Secretary Shaun Donovan; Attorney General for the State of Iowa, Tom Miller; Associate Attorney General, Tom Perrelli; HUD Inspector General, David Montoya; and Attorney General for the State of Colorado, John Suthers – to announce our latest step forward[Read More…]
Federal Government and State Attorneys General Reach $25 Billion Agreement with Five Largest Mortgage Servicers to Address Mortgage Loan Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses
$25 Billion Agreement Provides Homeowner Relief & New Protections, Stops Abuses WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2012. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers announced today that the federal government and 49 state[Read More…]
New Report Released: ‘Auctioning Democracy: The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Today U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Demos released a new analysis of the funding sources for the campaign finance behemoths, Super PACs. The findings confirmed what many have predicted in the wake of the Supreme Court’s damaging Citizens United decision: since their inception in 2010, Super[Read More…]
Fighting for Air: Groups Support EPA’s Life-Saving Standards for Mercury and Auto Emissions
Six-figure, four-state on-line advertising campaign in MI, OH, PA and VA will applaud efforts to curb dangerous carbon emissions from cars and mercury and other toxics from power plants Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Two national environmental protection groups have launched a six-figure online advertising campaign applauding the EPA and President[Read More…]
Pollution Is Not Progress; Take Action to Clean Up Florida’s Water
Polluters’ TV campaign is anti-Florida Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Television ads produced by the polluter lobbyist group “Free Market Florida” are an affront to millions of Floridians who are living with the sad reality of polluted drinking water, toxic algae outbreaks and fish kills in their favorite rivers, springs, lakes,[Read More…]
Largest National Nurses Union Opposes Mandatory Flu Vaccination as Condition of Employment
Nurses also call for Pharma representatives to step down from federal vaccine board and include a direct-care RN CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. Hospital-based registered nurses, who are members of National Nurses United, will make a statement before the Health and Human Services National Vaccine Advisory Committee in a public forum on Tuesday[Read More…]
At Age 24, Men are a Third Less Likely to Have Earned a Bachelor’s Degree
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2012. At age 24, a clear gender gap in educational attainment persists. While nearly 28 percent of women had received a bachelor’s degree by the October when they were age 24, only 19 percent of men had done so, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.[Read More…]
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