Today, the Consumer Federation of America congratulated the House and Senate conferees on passage of landmark pro-consumer and pro-investor provisions in the financial regulatory reform bill. “This bill marks the biggest transformation of financial regulation in this country since the Great Depression,” said CFA Legislative Director Travis Plunkett. “The conferees are to be commended...
While Courant columnist Rick Green and I vehemently disagree about state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal's continued suitability to be Connecticut's Top Legal Officer after his lies about Vietnam military service, Green and I are on the same page when it comes to Martha Dean, the Avon attorney who is making another run at the...
Tens of thousands of Apple fans, myself included, lined up throughout the nation this week, eager to be among the first get their hands the latest iteration of the iPhone. And while the phone arrived to much fanfare Thursday morning, the reception (or lack thereof) it received when customers brought it home left much...
Mortgage brokers and lenders will often caution borrowers against charging up their credit cards or changing jobs before the closing date on a home loan. Now that advice seems especially prudent. On June 1, Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored company that establishes the underwriting standards for most of the nation's mortgages, started requiring lenders to recheck a borrower's finances shortly before...
