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: Caveat EmptorLink roundup, week of July 12
By Sam Glover
Lots of credit card news this past week, plus a few other highlights and great tips:
- Credit card companies are jacking up fees (again) as consumers pay down debt | Alpha Consumer
- Figure out how long you will be in debt (seriously, do it; you may be shocked) | Federal Reserve Board
- Back on the wagon already, Morgan Stanley is selling worthless debt as AAA-rated | Talking Points Memo
- The Federal Reserve Board concludes that banks are lying about loan modifications (they aren’t really doing them) | California Debt Blog
- From Slashfood, a video tutorial on how to send back food and get what you ordered at a restaurant | Lifehacker
- Default rates are still rising, probably leading to more debt collection abuse| Caveat Emptor
Full post as published by Caveat Emptor on July 12, 2009 (boomark / email).
Fosamax
Possible Link with Esophageal Cancer
BPA
New Study Shows Link to Diabetes and Heart Disease
Remicade, Enbrel, Humira, Cimzia
FDA Investigating Link to Cancers
Paxil Birth Defects
alleging link to the birth defect persistant pulmonary hypertention in the newborn (PPHN) and infant death.
Bayer CropScience AG
alleging farmers suffered economic losses after Bayer's biotech Liberty Link rice was released into the food supply and countries banned US rice.
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...









