Consumers News

11:38 AM EST
1/27/2012 Costa Concordia company offers compensation to ship passangersThe Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers roughly $14,500 each in compensation. The company also promised to refund medical and transport expenses, as well as the cost of the cruise.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Maritime Accident, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Consumers

5:26 PM EST
12/28/2011 New York Times scrambles after accidentally canceling millions of subscriptionsThe New York Times on Wednesday went into a damage control overdrive to salvage subscribers after canceling subscriptions of millions according to emails received by the subscribers.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Newspaper And Magazine, Company Information, Consumers, Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Internet

9:53 AM EST
12/15/2011 Carrier IQ faces federal probeU.S. federal investigators are probing claims that software from Carrier IQ, which is installed on about 150 million cellphones, has been used to track user activity and send data to carriers without customers' consent.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Inquiry, Science And Technology, Technology, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Consumers

9:56 AM EDT
11/3/2011 Groups push J&J on toxins in baby shampoosSeveral health campaigners are crying foul over Johnson & Johnson's famous "no more tears" baby shampoos.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Consumers, Environmental Issue, Hazardous Materials

4:06 PM EDT
10/12/2011 Update: Massive BlackBerry outage continues into third dayA major disruption for BlackBerry mobile and smartphone users continues to leave millions without service in North America. Only days ahead of a new product launch by its major rival Apple, Research in Motion (RIM) has been forced to answer questions about why its network is down.

Source:AHN Topics:Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Economy, Business And Finance, Consumer Goods, Luxury Good, Company Information, Consumers

5:52 AM EDT
6/10/2011 Telus Mobility to cut international roaming feesCanadian IT firm Telus Mobility announced plans to slash rates for customers who use the firm’s wireless data when overseas. The move is expected to spark a price war among Canadian telecom firms since Telus’ competitors are expected to match the company’s rate cut.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Computing And Information Technology, Telecommunication Service, Science And Technology, IT/computer Sciences, Company Information, Consumers

9:26 PM EDT
6/8/2011 McDonald’s fish sandwiches in Europe to have blue eco-labelMcDonald’s in Europe said on Wednesday that beginning October its fish sandwiches sold across the continent will have a blue-eco label.

Source:AHN Topics:Environmental Issue, Natural Resources, Oceans, Lifestyle And Leisure, Gastronomy, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information, Consumers

2:27 AM EDT
6/8/2011 Scottish Power hikes energy bill by almost $250 a yearCustomers in the United Kingdom of Scottish Power would have to pay an extra $250 (GP 200) more yearly. The utility firm announced on Tuesday that its 5 million customers would have to pay 19 percent more on their gas bills and 10 percent more on their electric bills beginning Aug. 1.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Energy And Resource, Electricity Production And Distribution, Lifestyle And Leisure, Consumer Issue, Company Information, Consumers