For immediate release Tuesday, July 27, 2021
WASHINGTON – Representatives of several leading U.S. consumer and traveler groups, including representatives from U.S. PIRG, today met with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg to urge action on the most pressing consumer protection priorities affecting consumers flying commercial airlines. It was the first time representatives of consumer groups were granted a meeting with a U.S. Secretary of Transportation in nearly five years.
The representatives found Secretary Buttigieg keenly interested in the important issues currently affecting travelers, and were impressed with his transformational vision for protecting consumers’ rights, increasing airline competition and safeguarding passenger health and safety while flying on commercial airlines through U.S. airports. Representing PIRG at the meeting were Consumer Watchdog Director Teresa Murray and Consumer Watchdog Associate Jacob van Cleef.
Does America Want to Invest in Broadband?
Submitted on April 9, 2021
Friday, April 9, 2021
Does America Want to Invest in Broadband?
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On March 31, President Joe Biden traveled to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to unveil his American Jobs Plan, and what he touts as a once-in-a-generation investment to rebuild the country s infrastructure. The plan calls for investing $100 billion to ensure everyone in America has access to high-speed broadband infrastructure. In a White House fact sheet outlining the American Jobs Plan, the Biden administration recalls the national effort to bring affordable access to electricity to all through the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. In 1936, nearly 90 percent of farms lacked electric power becau
HUAWEI ACCOMPANIES THAILAND ON ITS DIGITAL JOURNEY
published : 2 Apr 2021 at 16:51
By Mr. Kevin Cheng President of Thailand Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
The world is waiting, with both optimism and caution, to see what 2021 will bring. On top of everyone’s wish list are vaccines that could help us “go back to normal,” and recovery for individuals and businesses strongly impacted by the pandemic. It will certainly take a long time to recover, but during this pandemic, the world has come to understand better the role of digital technology, because it has become more reliant on it.
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Before the global financial crisis, Jacob wanted to develop his then property in the Tweed Valley into a tourist lodge but the bank repossessed it.
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He wanted to develop his then property in the Tweed Valley into a tourist lodge.
But in November 2009, he had a serious accident on the farm tractor and could not work.
He asked his lender at the time who he had taken a high-risk low-doc loan from to let him defer mortgage repayments until he could resume work.