Consumer Fair, Edition 5: March 2006

Articles from this edition

• Statement read by President John F Kennedy, Thursday, 15 March 1962
• Cell phone provider jumps on bandwagon of never-ending-contracts
• What happened to good old business ethics?
• Getting you out of debt
• Motorists and passengers to pay the price for lead-phase-out bungle
• Consumers in poor countries get raw deal from copyright laws
• Why trade matters to consumers
• Watch the fine print when applying for finance
• Credit Bill insists on ‘plain language’
• A word against different levels of language
• New credit law should make homeowners’ insurance cheaper
• World Consumer Rights Day
• Another bizarre year for AIDS policy
• How the world can save 36 million lives
• US lobby attacks bottled water claims
• Water purifiers: Apology
• Advertising Standards
• School fees