CUB Unveils Phone Customer Protection Law, Plan Would Save Consumers Money, Improve Phone Service.
CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Citizens Utility Board (CUB) Monday unveiled a package of legislative reforms designed to reduce phone bills, protect consumers from the perils of a competitive phone market and improve the quality of phone service across the state. Dubbed the Telecommunications...

Hospital may scrub free calls to nurses.
Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard Sacred Heart Medical Center may kill its popular Ask-A-Nurse program if the Legislature follows through on its plan to stop covering hospital care for a sizeable number of Oregon Health Plan members. McKenzie-Willamette Hospital officials also anticipate making cutbacks, but...

Job scams: ads that don't add up. (Fraud).
The ad in the help wanted section of his local newspaper looked like the opportunity of a lifetime: high-paying wildlife jobs with the Federal government. The Delaware man called the toll-free telephone number listed to get more information about Federal jobs being filled in his area. Instead, he got...

Smart makes communication more accessible, affordable; More Smart Link, SmartTalk and Tawag Centers in 20.
In spite of the advent of wireless communications, many Filipinos are still devoid of telecommunication facilities that would connect them to the rest of the world. The need to bridge the digital divide is what drives leading wireless services provider SMART Communications Inc. (SMART) to install facilities...

Online auction fraud: are the auction houses doing all they should or could to stop online fraud?
I. INTRODUCTION In April 1998, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a consumer alert pertaining to the increasing problem of online auction fraud. The consumer alert notified prospective online auction users that fraud was becoming more prevalent as the number of online auction participants burgeoned. The FTC,...

Swindles in the 1990s: con artists are thriving.
WOULDN'T YOU like eternal youth, a new roof at rock-bottom prices, an all-expenses-paid vacation to Hawaii, and/or a sweepstakes prize worth millions? Con artists always have exploited all-too-human hopes and desires to get something for nothing through such classic scams as pyramid investment schemes, "pigeon drop" and "bank examiner"...

New 800 and 900 numbers for health questions.
Most of us with touch-tone phones know that we can get the status of our bank accounts at any time. We can also check on the weather in most major cities or receive useful information on a host of subjects-- usually at no cost. For those willing...

Police arrest suspected panty thief.
Byline: TRICIA SCHWENNESEN The Register-Guard Eugene police have arrested a suspected panty thief with an affinity for Internet pornography and 1-900 phone sex calls. Police contend the man is responsible for four residential burglaries - and possibly a dozen more. Patrol officers arrested the man...

Election Day - Breaking News.
Pennsylvania AFL-CIO: 6,056 union volunteers turning out union voters today as part of 'Final Four' program in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President William George kicked off one of the largest Get-Out-the-Vote, (GOTV), campaigns in 45 years for mid-term elections with over 6,056...

AirTran Airways to Be Presenting Sponsor of 18th Annual Underground Atlanta's Peach Drop.
- Annual New Year's Eve Tradition in Atlanta Attracts Thousands - ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. , today announced that it will be the presenting sponsor of the 18th annual Underground Atlanta's Peach Drop on New Year's Eve....