The proposal to guarantee consumer rights for all European Union members is expected to help spur shopping online and across national borders.

The attorney general is preparing a lawsuit against Goal Financial, charging that the lender broke laws by luring borrowers with cash and gifts and that it misled consumers about loan terms.

Ambit Energy has built up its sales by turning everyday people into sellers who promote the energy company to their friends and neighbors.

The bill aims to improve consumer product safety after millions of Chinese-made toys were recalled last summer.

The House voted overwhelmingly to ban lead and some dangerous chemicals from toys and other items that could end up in children’s mouths.

Officials say, last-minute demand for digital converter boxes could be so overwhelming that millions of people — many of them elderly, low-income or disabled — will lose service.

Proposed regulations changes are strongly opposed by the credit card industry, which has long beat back any regulatory constraints.

Strategic word selection can catapult an announcement about a product or a “breakthrough” onto the evening news instead of to the spam folder or circular file.

Complaining about bad customer service is such a sport now that it should be an Olympic event. But how did we get there?

While the moving industry has long been a favorite of con artists because of lax regulation, consumers’ growing reliance on the Internet has made it even easier for the shady operators.