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    Apr 23, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Consumers stand to make a few gains from legislative session

    Let's turn to baseball to sum up the Maryland legislative session's impact on consumers: It had a few singles but no home runs. "We made a lot of progress on some really critical issues," says Marceline White, executive director of the Maryland...

    Tags: Consumers, Financial and Business Services, Insurance, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley

    2. Feb 15, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Alan Mark Silbergeld, consumer advocate

    Alan Mark Silbergeld, a retired Consumer Union attorney and consumer advocate who was an aficionado of vocal music, died Friday of complications from lymphoma at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Homeland resident was 72. "He was a leading consumer advocate on...

    Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Consumers, Ralph Nader, Recipes, New York City

    3. Feb 4, 2012 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  3. Lisbon/Woodbine: Pair of teenagers from Troop 428 earn rank of Eagle Scout

    Congratulations go to Joe Mullen for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Joe is a senior at South Carroll High School. For his Eagle Scout project, Joe planned and executed the building and installation of several benches on the grounds at the Walter Reed...

    Tags: High Schools, Schools, Relief and Aid Organizations, Relief and Aid Organizations, Garden Products

    4. Jan 9, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Wish list for new director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    <b>To: Richard Cordray, Director</b>
    To: Richard Cordray, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Dear Mr. Cordray: First, congratulations on your appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Unless the banking interests have their way, your appointment is expected...

    Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Richard Cordray, Financial and Business Services, Consumers, Finance

    5. Jun 9, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Gansler's office email points to problem with Public Information Act

    The report that a lawyer in Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler's office sent an email and left a voicemail message suggesting that the state should act quickly on a request from someone who claimed to be an important political supporter of the lawyer's boss contains a number of revelations that are unflattering &#8212; but not all that surprising. A person trying to get the state government to do something plays up a tenuous connection to a politician. That politician has ambitions for higher office, and the people working for him know it. And the politician reacts angrily and indignantly when that ambition is discussed in public.
    The report that a lawyer in Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler's office sent an email and left a voicemail message suggesting that the state should act quickly on a request from someone who claimed to be an important political supporter of the lawyer's...

    Tags: Lawyers, Lead Poisoning, Douglas F. Gansler, Maryland, Government

    6. Jul 16, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Shoppers seek gas savings at the supermarket

    Faith E. Wachter doesn't normally spend as much as $17 on<b> </b>shampoo in a single shopping trip. But by stocking up on haircare products recently,<b> </b>the Ellicott City resident saved more than $4 on gasoline for her car &#8212; and just in time for a drive to the beach.
    Faith E. Wachter doesn't normally spend as much as $17 on shampoo in a single shopping trip. But by stocking up on haircare products recently, the Ellicott City resident saved more than $4 on gasoline for her car — and just in time for a drive to...

    Tags: Beauty Products and Fragrances, Groceries, Perry Hall, Consumers, Catonsville

    7. Apr 29, 2010 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Maryland’s financial regulator nominated for Fed job

    Sarah Bloom Raskin is deeply interested in the economy's effect on everyday life, a driving force in her work to keep Marylanders from being scammed, foreclosed on or caught up in a bank failure. That consumer focus caught White House attention. Raskin,...

    Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Barack Obama, Consumers, Colleges and Universities, Economy

    8. Apr 7, 2006 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Furor over People's Counsel

    Sun reporter
    Many of those on the front lines of the battle over rising electricity costs say one voice has been noticeably absent from the debate - the state's top consumer advocate, the Office of the People's Counsel. Lawmakers accuse the office and its chief,...

    Tags: Consumers, Nathaniel Exum, Personal Income, Local Elections, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

    9. Apr 20, 2004 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. PSC chief fires 5 top members of agency staff

    Sun Staff
    The head of the commission that oversees power deregulation in Maryland has abruptly fired five top staff members as the Ehrlich administration continues to put its imprint on a key regulatory agency after decades of Democratic control. The firings...

    Tags: Technology, Consumers, Regional Authority, Employees, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning

    10. May 9, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  10. Pet food recalls back in the news

    Two unrelated issues have consumers concerned about pet foods.
    My Pet World
    Two unrelated issues have consumers concerned about pet foods. A specific and rare strain of salmonella (Salmonella Infantis) was recently identified at the Diamond Pet Foods plant in Gaston, S.C., leaving 14 people sick in nine states. The U.S. Food and...

    Tags: Dog (animal), Consumers, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations, China

    11. Mar 30, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Marvelous money skills

    Success in life and money usually stems from making good decisions. But you're unlikely to make good decisions without knowledge. And survey after survey shows Americans, young and old, just don't have enough knowledge about basic money issues to make...

    Tags: Adlai E. Stevenson, Pies and Tarts, Consumers, University of Arizona, Football

    12. Feb 21, 2012 |Story| KTVI

  12. Contact 2: Waterproof Basement

    A frustrated homeowner says two and half years is long enough to wait for a contractor to finish&nbsp; waterproofing her basement.&nbsp; The elderly woman reaches out to contact 2`s Bonita Cornute for help.
    Reporter
    A frustrated homeowner says two and half years is long enough to wait for a contractor to finish  waterproofing her basement.  The elderly woman reaches out to contact 2`s Bonita Cornute for help. That call for help comes after the homewowner looses...

    Tags: Facebook

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