New Guidelines for ‘Green’ Products on the Horizon

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed tighter restrictions on enviro-friendly claims in advertising and on food packaging. The guidelines haven’t been updates since 1998, the Associated Press reports, so the current rules were written before the “go green” craze crept into the nation’s potato chips and produce.

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Credit Monitoring Rip-Offs More Proof of the Need for Financial Literacy

Just as we wrote about the pressing need for financial literacy among consumers as credit tightens, The New York Times reports on the government’s efforts to combat those “free” credit report firms, which charge people for a service they are entitled to get for free.

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