91.   The booklet outlines basic consumer protections and offers moving tips.

92.   The committee also moved to broaden the scope of Federal Home Loan Banks beyond home mortgages and to increase consumer protections from certain tactics employed by some banks.

93.   The class-action lawsuit, filed in Middlesex Superior Court, charges Equitable Life Assurance Society with breaking state securities and consumer protection laws.

94.   The bill would prevent states from enforcing consumer protections or regulating the new entities to guarantee their ability to pay claims, the officials said.

95.   The bills also include similar consumer protections.

96.   The companies agreed to the ruling out of court and with no admissions of any legal wrongdoing, said Jodie Bernstein, director of consumer protection at the commission.

97.   The Democrats would also more readily impose new federal rules on states with weaker consumer protections.

98.   The Excite Web site offers somewhat more consumer protection through its Certified Merchants program.

99.   The difference, Blumenthal argues, is consumer protection.

100.   The headline should have reflected the calls for increased consumer protections pending an improvement in the system.