My last post describes how five disgraced Wall Street bankers, who are largely responsible for the Great Recession, are living lives of “quiet luxury.” An article by The Center for Public Integrity describes how the five enjoy their mansions and playing golf, skiing, and tennis. One hires players to help... Read more →

As a consumer journalist, I post articles frequently about government actions against banks and those that caused the Great Recession. I was dismayed to read a Huffington Post article about how five top Wall Street bankers who were largely responsible for the disaster are now juggling their free time between... Read more →

I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #324. The boomer blog roundup is a collection of like-minded blogs cooperating to share their best stories of interest to the Baby Boomer Generation. As the kids go back to school and we expect to be seeing those fall leaves... Read more →

Target is recalling about 25,000 white two-bulb floor lamps in the United States and 540 in Canada. The lamp can short when a standard one-way bulb is fully tightened in the lamp’s three-way socket, posing a fire and shock hazard to consumers, said the company and the U.S. Consumer Product... Read more →

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting creditors and other companies that supply information to consumer reporting companies on notice that they need to improve their practices. The companies, called furnishers, investigate consumer disputes forwarded by the consumer reporting companies. If consumers have errors in their credit reports, they can... Read more →

On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency withdrew two proposed rules on toxic chemicals. One would have designated three classes of chemicals – bisphenol A or BPA, a category of phthalates, and a category of polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs – as “chemicals of concern.” With this listing, EPA could... Read more →

A company that markets video cameras designed to allow consumers to monitor their homes remotely has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that its lax security practices exposed the private lives of hundreds of consumers to public viewing on the Internet. The charges The FTC’s lawsuit alleges that TRENDnet marketed its... Read more →

Photo: Trounce The U.S. Food and Drug Administration should warn patients and doctors that taking the widely prescribed drug Plavix or clopidogrel for more than a year after having a drug-eluting stent implanted can lead to major bleeding, which can kill, Public Citizen said in a petition to the agency.... Read more →

Photo: Les Black (CC) Recently, Brian Trota from GlassesonWeb.com asked me if I’d be willing to include a guest article on my blog about buying eyeglasses online Since I’ve been curious about this topic, I said yes. Trota sent me the following article written by Daria Patrunjel, who contributes to... Read more →

Laura Lee Carter of Midlife Crisis Queen is the host of this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #323. The boomer blog roundup is a collection of like-minded blogs cooperating to share their best stories of interest to the Baby Boomer Generation. As we put Labor Day behind us and the... Read more →