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Seven Suspect For-Profit College Claims Consumer News Seven Suspect For-Profit College Claims Get schooled in misleading marketing claims used to lure students.
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What You Should Know about Kyäni Consumer News What You Should Know about Kyäni TINA.org investigation delves into claims by Idaho-based MLM.
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Five Ad Trends to Red Flag in 2016 Consumer News Five Ad Trends to Red Flag in 2016 New fads, new ads.
Verizon, Sprint to Give $120M Back to ‘Crammed’ Consumers Consumer News Verizon, Sprint to Give $120M Back to ‘Crammed’ Consumers All told, that’s $290M going back to wireless consumers who federal regulators said were unfairly charged.
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What you Should Know about Payday Lenders Consumer News What you Should Know about Payday Lenders Recent settlement shines light on the sometimes unscrupulous practices of payday lenders.
Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are Consumer News Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are The uniforms, the phones, the names, and the hashtags.
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