Best Electronics for the Holiday Shopping Season
More than 400 Product Ratings for LCD & Plasma TVs, Blu-Ray Players, Computers, Digital & SLR Cameras, Headphones and More YONKERS, NY — The Annual Consumer Reports Electronics Issue hits newsstands this month with a record number of product reviews...

Ratings Newcomer Vanns.Com among Top-Rated Electronics E-Tailers
Annual Electronics Issue Finds the Best Retailers Are Online; Six Tips For Saving Money On Electronics This Holiday Season YONKERS, NY — For the second year in a row e-tailers continue to outscore walk-in retailers according to Consumer Reports’ latest...

FCC Probes Apple, AT&T after Google App Rejected: Statement by Consumers Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joel Kelsey, policy analyst for Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, made the following statement today about the FCC’s inquiry into why Apple rejected the Google Voice software for the iPhone. The commission sent...

FCC Probes Apple, AT&T after Google App Rejected: Statement by Consumers Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joel Kelsey, policy analyst for Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, made the following statement today about the FCC’s inquiry into why Apple rejected the Google Voice software for the iPhone. The commission sent...

Consumers Union Testifies at Senate Hearing about Text Messaging Rate Increases
Washington, DC—Joel Kelsey, Policy Analyst for Consumers Union, will testify today before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights on the high price of cell phone texting and other cell phone usage charges. Consumers Union is...

Digital Cameras Tests Reveal Four Standout Brands For Point-And-Shoot: Canon, Casio, Panasonic and Samsung
Advice on How to Choose the Best Point-and-Shoot YONKERS, NY — Consumer Reports latest testing of 54 point-and-shoot digital camera models found four brands continue to perform better than others year after year, according to Consumer Reports first ever analysis...

House Approves Credit Card Bill: Statement by Consumers Union
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House voted 361-64 to approve a historic bill to stop credit card companies from arbitrarily raising interest rates on existing balances and prohibit other unfair and abusive practices. The bill, which was approved by Senate on...

Consumers Union hails bipartisan agreement on credit card reform, urges Senate passage
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, today hailed a bipartisan agreement on provisions in the Senate credit card reform bill. The agreement was announced by Senate Banking Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Ct.) and the committee’s...

Consumer Groups Press Congress to Encourage Competition Among Wireless Companies at U.S. House Hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 7, 2009 -- Chris Murray, senior counsel for Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports, will call on lawmakers to encourage competition in the wireless industry at a hearing today to be held by the House...

Consumer Reports: Last-Minute DTV Details
March Issue Features Advice to Help Consumers Sort Out Confusion About the Transition to Digital Television YONKERS, NY — With the digital television conversion just about two weeks away on Tuesday, February 17th, consumers may still be confused about what...