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Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93

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Rhoda Karpatkin, who pressed for painstaking product testing for safety and quality while promoting comparison shopping for value during more than four decades at Consumers Union as counsel, executive director and president, died on Friday at her home in Manhattan. She was 93.

The cause was brain cancer, her daughter, Deborah Karpatkin, said.

Ms. Karpatkin, a New York lawyer and civil rights advocate, had served for 16 years as the nonprofit organization’s counsel when she was selected in 1974 as

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China Details Plans to Stimulate Consumer Spending

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Chinese drivers who trade in older cars for newer models will be eligible for subsidies, as will rural households that buy insulation and other home renovation materials to improve energy efficiency. Entrance fees at scenic sites will be cut to promote tourism.

Those were a few of a long list of measures detailed on Monday by the Chinese government in an effort to stimulate consumer spending. Attempts by officials in Beijing to juice the economy have taken on greater urgency

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California to review consumer data privacy in cars

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California state regulators will review the data protection policies of car manufacturers as part of the state’s efforts on consumer privacy. The audit will focus on connected vehicles that tie in with drivers’ mobile phones to power popular infotainment features — like Apple Inc.’s CarPlay or Alphabet Inc.’s Android Auto.

“Modern vehicles are effectively connected computers on wheels,” Ashkan Soltani, executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency, said in a statement Monday. “They’re able to collect a wealth of

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FCA Consumer Duty comes into force: How are customers’ rights changing?

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FCA Consumer Duty comes into force: How are customers’ rights changing?

  • Finance firms will now need to prove they’re acting in customers’ best interests
  • It will give consumers a new weapon to fight companies treating them unfairly
  • From fairer fees to easier complaints processes, we look at what might change 

By Adele Cooke

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New rules coming into force tomorrow should make financial firms improve standards and put customers’ needs first.

Under

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Marston’s toasts double-digit sales growth despite consumer squeeze

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Marston’s toasts double-digit sales growth despite consumer squeeze

  • Like-for-like sales at Marston’s for the 16 weeks ending 22 July grew by 10.9%
  • The pub group partly credited the strong performance to June’s hot weather
  • Marston’s has over 1,400 pubs across the UK, employing about 11,000 people 

By Harry Wise

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Marston’s has continued to defy widespread cost-of-living pressures with a resilient trading performance since the beginning of April.

Like-for-like revenues at the

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AV legislation draws criticism from safety, consumer advocates

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Previous legislative attempts have stalled in Congress, with lawmakers generally supportive of a federal framework but divided over various legal and consumer matters.

Ongoing pushback from groups representing consumers, trial lawyers and transportation unions also have impeded legislative efforts.

In an interview Tuesday with Automotive News, Dingell said she and Latta are committed to passing legislation this year, and Wednesday’s hearing is one step toward finding common ground.

“What we really want to do is we want to know

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Consumer Reports weist auf Sicherheitsbedenken bei einigen Bremslichtern von Hyundai- und Kia-Elektrofahrzeugen hin

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Zu den Fahrzeugen, deren Bremslichter bei aggressivem regenerativem Bremsen in Tests nicht richtig aufleuchteten, gehörten der 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL AWD, der 2023 Genesis GV60 Advanced, der 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70, der 2022 Kia EV6 Wind AWD und der 2023 Kia Niro EV Wind.

Andere von Consumer Reports getestete Elektrofahrzeuge von Hyundai haben ihre Bremslichter eingeschaltet, darunter der Hyundai Ioniq 6 SEL AWD 2023.

Regeneratives Bremsen verlangsamt ein Elektrofahrzeug, wenn es rollt oder bremst, gewinnt Energie zurück und sendet

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Ranking der Consumer Reports 2023: Zuverlässigkeit hat BMW über Subaru getrieben

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Consumer Reports gab am Donnerstag auch seine jährliche Liste der 10 Top-Picks für Autos, SUVs und Lastwagen bekannt.

Die Hälfte der Picks in diesem Jahr sind Hybridmodelle, die einen “Sweet Spot” auf dem Markt einnehmen werden, sagte Fisher.

Zu den Top-Hybridmodellen gehören der Toyota Corolla Hybrid, der Toyota Camry Hybrid, der Ford Maverick Hybrid, der Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid und der Lexus NX350h.

Mehr Mainstream als viele EVs – was Fisher sagt, können „Wissenschaftsprojekte“ sein – und sparsamer als viele

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