The vote by the Senate Tuesday to reject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s new rule that would have allowed consumers to band together in class action lawsuits serves Wall Street and the big corporations well. Edmund Mierzwinski, consumer program director, U.S. PIRG “It leaves consumers, including veterans and servicemembers, unable... Read more →
As I predicted, the Trump presidency and Republican Congress aren’t going to be good for consumers. The Senate leadership is pushing a vote Tuesday on whether to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s arbitration rule. Forced arbitration clauses that are buried in the fine print of take-it-or-leave-it contracts may be... Read more →
It’s fall already. One day it was summer, then boom, it was fall. Laura Lee Carter blogging at the Adventures of the New Old Farts isn’t sure how it happened. Maybe, she muses, it’s that “time flies as we get older” thing. Carter pauses in looking at the beautiful views... Read more →
Your driveway can be a hazardous place where accidents occur. I know a woman who slipped on a pine cone and fractured her hip. Then, there's moss. I fractured my kneecap when I slipped on moss on my driveway, and a friend of mine fractured her ankle when she slipped... Read more →
BSH Home Appliances is recalling about 408,000 Bosch, Gaggenau, Jenn-Air, and Thermador brand dishwashers and about 61,000 in Canada. Previously, 149,000 additional units were recalled in October 2015. The date range has been expanded for previously recalled models. The dishwasher power cord on the dishwashers can overheat and catch fire.... Read more →
With Americans regularly taking more pills than ever, Consumer Reports is asking consumers to get a “medication checkup” with their doctor or pharmacist to help prevent risky drug errors and interactions – and possibly save money. Working with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Consumer Reports has proclaimed... Read more →
Photo: IFCAR Forty-nine states and the District of Columbia have reached a $120 million settlement with General Motors Co. over charges that General Motors concealed safety issues related to ignition switch defects in General Motors vehicles. The states investigated the auto manufacturer’s failure to disclose known safety defects associated with... Read more →
Since diabetes runs in my family, I'm careful about eating sugar. I might eat a cookie or two a week, but never candy. However, Halloween makes avoiding sugar worse. I buy individual boxes of raisins to give to trick or treaters, even though my daughter calls it a lame treat... Read more →
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is ranked the second-best place to retire in 2018 by U.S. News and World Report. Although he’s been blogging for more than seven years, Tom Sightings reports he’s been AWOL for a couple of weeks. He’s had a short-term job and his daughter was married in Brooklyn,... Read more →
Ningbo Litesun Electric and Home Depot are recalling about 42,000 outlet converters. The outlet converters’ front outlet prongs aren’t configured correctly, causing reverse polarity when plugs are inserted, posing shock and fire hazards. The firm has received one report of a consumer who was shocked while using one of the... Read more →