Second of a series If you want to save on your prescriptions, you have to first know the games drug firms and retailers play. Rule number 2, according to Consumer Reports “on Health” is that…
First of a series If you want to save on your prescriptions, you have to first know the games drug firms and retailers play. First rule, according to Consumer Reports “on Health” is that during…
Divorce is painful. In addition to the emotional and familial challenges, divorce can also affect your finances. How does divorce affect your credit? Divorce itself does not have a direct effect on your credit, credit…
The arraignment for three Shelton condo owners accused of stealing financial documents from the property manager of their complex whom they were investigating for incompetence and double billing was delayed Thursday until later in the…
“This is one area where market forces don’t seem to be working, but a totally neutral second opinion might. HCA, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States with 163 facilities is being accused of…
In connection with the Federal Trade Commission’s settlement with Reebok International Ltd, a settlement administrator is mailing approximately 315,000 checks to consumers who bought allegedly deceptively advertised toning shoes and apparel from the company. Ads…
Standing on principle is an admirable trait. But it’s a losing strategy when you use it as the reason to withhold payment of your condo maintenance fee or fine. Let’s just say it’s like playing…
May Kay is not a business I am familiar with, but the August issue of Harpers magazine gives a new view of the underside of the Pink Cadilac written by investigative reporter Virginia Cole-Smith. Here…
CtWatchdog.com is one of 21 websites chosen by a panel judges as the best consumer internet sites in the world reporting on consumer and health issues. “I am pleased to inform you that CT Watchdog has…
BBC is reporting that the super rich in America and other countries now have $21 trillion hidden in tax havens, enough to wipe out all of America’s debts. “The Price of Offshore Revisited was written…
A Washington, DC, funeral home and its owners will pay a $25,000 civil penalty to resolve charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule, which helps to ensure that people have the information…
Now that we have firmly established that major international banks rigged the Libor rates which hundreds of trillions of dollars in mortgages, credit card debt, and loans use as the base for rates, we have…
After having written about how some property managers and boards of association have taken advantage of unit owners, I was thrilled when the new leadership of the Connecticut Condo Owners Coalition (CCOC) asked me to…
“No 1. home lender Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to pay at least $175 million to settle federal allegations that it systematically overcharged minorities during the frenzied housing boom, including steering African Americans and…
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy Friday vetoed House Bill 5511 that would have given more power to unit owners at the Heritage Village complex over their annual budget because he said the legislation would have taken…
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy has signed a bill that requires condo property managers to be certified, and blocks associations from prohibiting owners from placing religious symbols on their doors. The bill, 5536 requires condo…
For those of you who have not had your regular fix of Dan Lovallo’s insightful radio broadcasts, you are in luck. After weeks of working out the kinks, Dan is ready to go live with…
The Sunday New York Times is chuck full of great information which I read weekly – especially since the Wall Street Journal doesn’t publish on Sundays. There were three items on health which I found…
When politicians and unions representing state employees tell you that pension and retirement liabilities are under control – don’t believe them. Why? Because by changing one variable on how the liability is calculated, the liability…
Consumers Who Bought Shape-ups, Other Toning Shoes Will Be Eligible for Refunds If you got sucked into buying a pair of Skechers Toning Shoes believing that they would help you lose weight, strengthen and tone…