Critics call U.S. consumer agency toothless
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The agency charged with protecting the American public from dangerous consumer products is toothless and understaffed, according to its critics.
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Disastrous service can turn off customers and investors.
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Critics complained a that a mandatory mortgage counseling program amounted to government intrusion.
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Consumer groups tell the FCC it's censorship, but services say they're saving customers from spam.
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Some critics dismissed the Academy Awards'carbon-neutral claim as a publicity stunt. But organizers say thereâs substance behind the label.
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A major mobile phone service provider and the UK's largest catalog-shopping service have both been criticized by that government's Information Commissioner's Office for privacy violations affecting employees and consumers. Critics charge that the ICO is all hat and very few cattle.
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Â· Consumers should come before industry, says letterÂ· Warning that watchdog is at risk of losing credibility
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An independent academic center at Tufts University said yesterday that critics who blast the American pharmaceutical industry for developing &quot;me-too&quot; prescription drugs are wrong.
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China called a U.S. warning to consumers to avoid Chinese toothpaste because it may contain a poisonous chemical "unscientific, irresponsible and contradictory."
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The Food and Drug Administration is considering not using the word "recall" to warn patients and doctors about defective pacemakers and defibrillators at the request of a physicians' group struggling to deal with a loss of public confidence in the safety of implantable heart devices.
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Here&#39;s something to consider on your way to the medicine cabinet this morning: One of the nation&#39;s leading drug reviewers with the Food and Drug Administration told a congressional hearing last week that consumers are &quot;virtually defenseless&quot; against
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Lack of compatibility standards frustrates consumers, panel agrees.
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U.S. regulators warned banks against  some types of credit card marketing, calling them potentially  unfair or deceptive.
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A new report by a national health advocacy group calls state and national policies ineffective tools in the war against obesity. The Trust for America&#39;s Health, a nonprofit organization based
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The Supreme Court has denied a challenge to the federal Do Not Call List. Telemarketing companies had filed an appeal, saying the registry violated First Amendment rights because some groups were exempt from the rules.
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Two consumer groups Wednesday asked a federal official to recuse herself from an antitrust review of Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of Doubleclick.
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U.S. consumers don't want to pay for low-power, high-performance chip.