1.   Consumer protection has, in recent years, become more of a preoccupation for governments and pressure groups.

2.   I consider myself highly privileged to have been the first Minister for consumer protection in a completely independent consumer protection Department.

3.   Pharos covers many issues including tax, environment, consumer protection, product standards and health and safety.

4.   And it would force companies to say in their annual reports whether they had broken laws on consumer protection, safety, the environment and discrimination.

5.   And in September, First Alliance agreed to settle the consumer protection lawsuits filed against it in Minnesota.

6.   Antitrust concerns and consumer protection against abuse of monopoly power must play an important role, the report said.

7.   Backed by the study results, NYPIRG is pushing for new state banking legislation to include basic consumer protections.

8.   Backers say the West Coast energy crisis and disclosures about questionable electricity trading tactics by Enron Corp. and other energy firms demand a new level of consumer protection.

9.   Barbara Anthony, a health care consultant who was chief of consumer protection under former Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, agreed with Ruthardt.

10.   Because consumer protection laws do not apply to private, one-to-one sales, many victims may be forced to sue to recoup their money, she said.