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“Cooling-off” periods for purchases made in high-pressure selling situations like door-to-door sales don’t help consumers, research shows. image from shutterstock.com

Cooling-off periods for consumers don’t work: study

Customers who make purchases under pressure don’t use the usual 10-day cooling-off period given under law, new research finds.
Thousands protest against the proposed expansion of a chemical factory in Ningbo, Oct. 28, 2012. AP

As incomes rise in China, so does concern about pollution

China has the world’s second-largest economy, powered by cheap labor and cheap fossil fuel. But now Chinese urbanites want greener, healthier lifestyles. Can the government deliver them?
If consumers don’t like the way their mortgage brokers operates, they can shop around. Mick Tsikas/AAP

Mortgage brokers: ASIC goes fishing

The ASIC inquiry into how mortgage brokers are paid won’t do much to change an already competitive system.
Is Black Friday already a relic? Reuters

Is Black Friday a thing of the past?

‘Christmas creep’ is pushing the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier. Has Black Friday – its traditional start – lost its luster?

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