From today’s New York Times: After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show their messages only to people of…
From today’s San Francisco Chronicle: 57 years ago, President John F. Kennedy made an impassioned pitch for stronger consumer rights. “If consumers are offered inferior products, if prices are exorbitant,…
From today’s New York Times: How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Tara Siegel Bernard, a personal finance reporter, discussed the…
From today’s ABC News Online: The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the longest-running government shutdown in U.S. history came at a price. It cost the economy $11 billion, with…
From today’s Los Angeles Times: If all goes according to Republican plan, this is the week a person with no experience in consumer protection will take over the consumer watchdog…
From today’s Wall Street Journal: Credit scores for decades have been based mostly on borrowers’ payment histories. That is about to change. Fair Isaac Corp. FICO -4.72% , creator of…
From today’s ABC News Online: The Senate passed a measure Wednesday that would give airline passengers new rights and should help make an often frustrating experience easier. But the bill,…
From today’s New York Times: Consumers will soon be able to freeze their credit files without charge. So if you have not yet frozen your files — a recommended step…
From today’s CNN News: A federal judge ruled that the Betsy Devos-led Department of Education improperly delayed implementing a rule to give some student loan borrowers relief. U.S. District Judge…
From today’s Wired Magazine: VENMO, THE POPULAR payment app owned by PayPal, has become the default way millions of Americans settle a check, pay a friend back for coffee, or…