Amazon is rumored to be planning a physical store to be located in Seattle, the online giant's home base, according to the website Good Ereader. And "Amazon sources close to the situation" have reported that we can expect this move to occur within the next few months.

The Federal Trade Commission today warned marketers of six mobile applications that provide background-screening apps that they may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

The medical device company Smith & Nephew has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice over payments it made that were in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Department of Justice said today.

A bill introduced in the Senate would jeopardize nearly $900 million in estimated health insurance refunds or lower premiums for consumers, says Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports.

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The New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, has brought suit against several big banks accusing them of deceit and fraud in how they used a mortgage electronic registration system, or MERS. Schneiderman says the banks' actions put homeowners at a disadvantage during the foreclosure process.

The Super Bowl is just two days away, but you still might be considering buying a new TV for the Big Game. Consumer Reports TV expert Jim Willcox has a list of "can't-miss" televisions to recommend, in every price range—from high-end flagship models costing up to $2,000 to budget recommendations. Take a look at our video for tips.

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FICO has introduced a new Spanish version of its website, including credit scores, reports, analysis and more, for the some 34 million native Spanish-speaking consumers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The most frequently reported scam of 2011 involved bogus prizes and sweepstakes, with fake check scams and fraudsters posing as loved ones, according to the National Consumers League's report of the top scams reported to its national Fraud Center.

If you own a smart phone or tablet, you've no doubt explored the enormous world of mobile apps, both free and paid. And if you're unhappy with a free app, nothing's easier than uninstalling it. But if you paid for an app that doesn't live up to its description, or has performance issues, or that you just don't like, you don't have a whole lot of recourse.

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Several marketers of prepaid calling cards will pay $2.32 million as part of a settlement to resolve charges that they made false claims about the number of minutes on prepaid cards they advertised to immigrant communities, the Federal Trade Commission said today.

The Federal Communication Commission voted yesterday to overhaul the national Lifeline program, a means of providing low-cost home land-line telephone service to low-income families in the U.S. The pending changes are intended to cut $2 billion in federal costs over the next three years, as well as modernize the federal program—adding low-cost home broadband Internet access to the mix, for one thing.

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