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More than half of European websites selling consumer electronics were misleading or cheating online shoppers, the EU consumer watchdog said yesterday after checks on 369 sites in 26 EU countries plus Iceland and Norway. National regulators would force them to amend their selling practices and could close such sites if they fail to comply. The checks showed that 55 percent of the sites investigated – including 200 of the biggest – were misleading buyers about their consumer rights or shipping costs, or gave incomplete contact details. – Reuters