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Welcome to WalletPop's Consumer Ally, where our team of writers is here to help inform you about issues affecting consumers and help you, the consumer, better navigate your way through the perils we all encounter. Consumer Ally is the 2010 winner of the New York Press Club award for best consumer...

Last week we looked at Webloyalty's steps to address the flood of consumer complaints that helped trigger a Senate Commerce Committee investigation in May. This week we'll look at Vertrue, subpoenaed by the committee in late July when it didn't comply with Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W. Va.) request...

If you've struggled with weight loss, it's possible a doctor may have prescribed you the drug phentermine. It comes from the amphetamine family (its name is a composite of phenyl-tertiary-butylamine) and therefore is a Class IV controlled substance, putting it in the same league as Xanax, Valium...

Consumer Reports WebWatch, a well-known watchdog site that detailed web-based scams and schemes and worked to educate consumers about online perils, is being shut down by its parent, Consumers Union, Walletpop,com has learned. WebWatch started eight years ago, and in its early years it was a...