Top stories on this blog for 2015
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Baby boomer bloggers write about Valentine’s Day and finances
It’s been a busy week here as a consumer journalist. Thursday I wrote about Moneygram agreeing to pay $13 million
Uber agrees to pay $28.5 million to settle class-action lawsuits charging it misled customers on safety
Photo: Alexander Torrenegra Urber has agreed to pay $28.5 million to about 25 million riders to settle two class-action lawsuits.
Morgan Stanley to pay $3.2 billion to settle charges over mortgage securities fraud that led to 2008 financial crisis
Photo: Jenix89 Morgan Stanley will pay a $2.6 billion penalty to resolve federal claims over its sale of residential mortgage-backed
Feds take steps to improve access to checking accounts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking steps to improve checking account access because the bureau is concerned that consumers
Super Bowl ads still violent this year, but less sexist and ageist
In the past, I’ve been critical of violent, ageist, and sexist Super Bowl ads, for example, Betty White being slammed
Morgan Stanley settles mortgage securities charges with FDIC for nearly $63 million
Photo: Jenix89 Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $62.95 million to settle charges related to the sale of residential mortgage-backed
Barclays, Credit Suisse to pay record $154.3 million to settle charges with SEC, New York over ‘dark pools’
Barclays and Credit Suisse have agreed to settle federal and state charges that they violated federal securities laws while operating
Computer, health, sales firms lead in offering telecommuting jobs
What’s the policy on telecommuting where you work? Do the bosses encourage it or fight it? A list of the Top