Reports

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The Campus Credit Card Trap: A Survey of College Students and Credit Card Marketing

The results of a nationwide USPIRG survey of more than 1500 students at 40 colleges in 14 states, show that students overwhelmingly support limits on campus credit card marketing.

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Total Recall: The Need for CPSC Reform Now

The year 2007 was called the year of the recall. But in 2008, recalls are up, according to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data. Already, as these data show, more toys and children's products have been recalled in the first half of this year than in the first half of last year, a supposed "100-year-flood" period.

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Trouble In Toyland: The 23rd Annual Toy Safety Survey

The 2008 Trouble in Toyland report is the 23rd annual Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) survey of toy safety. This report provides safety guidelines for parents when purchasing toys for small children and provides examples of toys currently on store shelves that may pose potential safety hazards.

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The Small Business Dilemma: How Rising Health Care Costs are Tough on Small Business

When it comes to health care, American small business owners are getting a raw deal. While the current insurance marketplace offers some options to larger employers, it too often leaves small business owners on the outside looking in. They face unpredictable changes in costs, and far too often they are forced to choose between covering employees and the very survival of their businesses.

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The Three Trillion Dollar Question: What Health Care Reform Can Save For Families, Businesses and Taxpayers

Without health care reform, the United States is projected to spend over $40 trillion on health care in the next decade. Experts estimate that thirty percent of that spending – up to $12 trillion dollars – will be wasted on ineffective care, pointless red tape, and counterproductive treatments that can actually harm patients.