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Revenue. $241.7 million (2017) Employees (2019) 592. Website. www .consumerreports .org. Consumer Reports ( CR ), formerly Consumers Union ( CU ), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector.CFPB's jurisdiction includes banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief services, debt collectors, for-profit colleges, and other financial companies operating in the ...
U.S. Const. amend. Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc., 466 U.S. 485 (1984), was a product disparagement case ultimately decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The Court held, on a 6–3 vote, in favor of Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, ruling that proof of "actual malice" was necessary ...
CFA members include national organizations such as Consumers Union and U.S. PIRG, state and local consumer organizations, state and local protection agencies, credit unions, rural electric cooperatives and public power groups. Members pay dues ranging from under $100 to $20,000 per year, elect the board of directors and vote on policies. [5]
ConsumersEnergy.com. Consumers Energy is an investor owned utility that provides natural gas and electricity to 6.7 million of Michigan 's 10 million residents. [ 1 ] It serves customers in all 68 of the state's Lower Peninsula counties. It is the primary subsidiary of CMS Energy. [ 2 ] The company was founded in 1886 and is currently ...
Consumer Reports WebWatch, a well-known watchdog site that detailed web-based scams and schemes and worked to educate consumers about online perils, is being shut down by its parent, Consumers ...
This is a list of credit unions in the United States. A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative , democratically controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members. [ 1 ]
National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) National Consumers League. National Council Against Health Fraud. Organic Consumers Association. Public Citizen. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Quackwatch. TURN (The Utility Reform Network) Underwriters Laboratories.