http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer RSS Feed for KMOV- News - Consumer en-us Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:09 GMT 2012-02-03T16:13:09Z en-us http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Pew-study-Facebook-users-get-more-than-they-give--138646709.html The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:13:09 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Pew-study-Facebook-users-get-more-than-they-give--138646709.html 2012-02-03T16:13:09Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Illinois-and-Missouri-affected-in-egg-recall-138639969.html A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:39:31 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Illinois-and-Missouri-affected-in-egg-recall-138639969.html 2012-02-03T14:39:31Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Incomes-up-strong-05-pct-consumer-spending-flat-138319369.html Americans' incomes rose last month by the most in nine months, a hopeful sign for the economy after a year of weak wage gains. But consumer spending was flat. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:18:55 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Incomes-up-strong-05-pct-consumer-spending-flat-138319369.html 2012-01-30T14:18:55Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/New-bills-in-Missouri-legislature-could-curb-meth-production-137825923.html The Missouri legislature will be introducing new bills which are designed to inhibit methamphetamine production. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:39:15 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/New-bills-in-Missouri-legislature-could-curb-meth-production-137825923.html 2012-01-22T00:39:15Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Pfizer-recalls-1M-birth-control-packs-after-mixup-138488624.html Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequate dose. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:52:31 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Pfizer-recalls-1M-birth-control-packs-after-mixup-138488624.html 2012-02-02T10:52:31Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/US-auto-sales-rise-in-January-led-by-Chrysler-VW-138491214.html U.S. auto sales are off to a strong start this year, continuing the brisk pace from late 2011. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:21:19 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/US-auto-sales-rise-in-January-led-by-Chrysler-VW-138491214.html 2012-02-01T17:21:19Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Florissant-City-Coucil-to-discuss-radioactive-landfill-137916828.html The Florissant City Council will discuss the radioactive West Lake Superfund Landfill site Monday evening. In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency called for leaving the radioactive waste, which was placed there in 1973. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:34:31 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Florissant-City-Coucil-to-discuss-radioactive-landfill-137916828.html 2012-01-23T21:34:31Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/New-spam-email-steals-bank-information-137926533.html The FBI is warning citizens about a new scam to steal money from bank accounts. The FBI says the phony email appears to be from the Federal Reserve or FDIC, explaining that there is a problem with the user's bank account. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:54:44 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/New-spam-email-steals-bank-information-137926533.html 2012-01-23T23:54:44Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Behind-Obamas-financial-aid-shopping-sheets-138226629.html President Barack Obama wants to make it easier to size up the cost of college. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:11:04 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Behind-Obamas-financial-aid-shopping-sheets-138226629.html 2012-01-27T22:11:04Z http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Report-Electronic-health-records-still-need-work--138217499.html America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:22:51 GMT http://www.kmov.com/news/consumer/Report-Electronic-health-records-still-need-work--138217499.html 2012-01-27T20:22:51Z