By Blair Hickman (iStockPhoto) This week, we launched Nursing Home Inspect, an interactive tool that lets you search more than 20,000 inspection reports from nursing homes nationwide. Below is a sampling of the types of…
Third 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 3, according to Consumer Reports “on Health” is that…
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…
Written by Lisa Chedekel Twenty-three Connecticut hospitals will forfeit Medicare funds in the next year under a new federal policy that penalizes hospitals with significant numbers of patients who are readmitted within a month of…
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…
Facebook Must Obtain Consumers’ Consent Before Sharing Their Information Beyond Established Privacy Settings Following a public comment period, the FTC has accepted as final a settlement with Facebook resolving charges that Facebook deceived consumers by…
Written by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan In a phone call with reporters today, senior FTC official David Vladeck, above, said the trade commission was investigating Google “well before” the company was outed by published…
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…
Written by Suevon Lee ProPublica Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, releases a report flagging high rates of loan default, aggressive recruiting practices and higher than average tuition,…
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…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking information on incidents of exploitation of the elderly, including financial exploitation to include in the Federal Register. The Register is advertising its efforts nationally to create a data…
Written by Lisa Chedekel In 2010 and 2011, Dr. Irene Abramovich of West Hartford was the state’s top prescriber of Invega, an antipsychotic medication marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals. She also was in the top five…
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…
The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has tips for anyone who may want to donate money to the victims and families of the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooting. One opportunity for giving,…
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…
(File photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo) Much like the mortgage market, the market for private student loans has gone through a big boom and a messy bust. Some banks and lenders played fast and loose…
A new report released today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Education outlines the deceptive practices that have found their way from the mortgage industry to the private student loan…
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…