Written by Lisa Chedekel Two physicians, in Norwich and New Haven, have been reprimanded by the state Medical Examining Board for improper conduct connected to errors made during surgeries, while a third physician who had…
The Department of Consumer Protection is alerting consumers today about a voluntary recall of about 91,900 bicycles sold this year at Wal-Mart stores. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Bridgeway International of…
You and I might know Amazon as a place for great bargain, good service and even a solid stock to own. But for many of those working in its Lehigh Valley, Pa., warehouse it’s a…
by Lois Beckett (Rui Vieira/PA Wire, AP Images) As we reported last week, many states have failed to implement simple and effective checks for teacher cheating. Scandals involving cheating by teachers and schools to pump…
A hearing conducted by the state Commission on Aging Monday revealed that like most residents, the state’s elderly may have had a very difficult time communicating with utilities and each other, but nonetheless fared well…
by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Dan Nguyen (iStockPhoto) Eight pharmaceutical companies, including the nation’s three largest, doled out more than $220 million last year to promotional speakers for their products, according to a ProPublica…
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Danielson nursing home faces a heavy fine from the state Department of Public Health after an investigation found that multiple nurses at the facility had withheld medications from patients, including…
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has closed hundreds of public corruption investigations and several high-profile probes of businesses that were launched by his predecessor, Richard Blumenthal, now U.S. Senator who considers himself a consumer champion,…
In the wake of Hurricane Irene and related power-outages, the Department of Consumer Protection is reminding persons who take insulin or other medications requiring refrigeration that proper storage is critical. “Medications must be maintained under…
Look Out CL&P, Here Come the Pitchforks That is the headline on CtNewsJunkie’s top story today: A lot of Connecticut remains in the dark – literally and figuratively. Utilities are predicting several more days without…
Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein is reminding consumers not to hire unknown contractors who come to the door or post notices on bulletin boards or online, offering home repairs in the…
Connecticut’s elderly residents got some heavyweight assistance in their quest for uniform elder abuse laws this week when Sen. Richard Blumenthal chaired hearings in Washington seeking to chart a course for the federal government to…
As an Apple fan – and stockholder – I love iTunes. But now there is a program that makes iTunes look like an old PC: Spotify. The hit music-listening service came from Europe recently and…
Claudette, a nurse in Eastern Connecticut, faces an unenviable choice: Pay as much as $3,000 in an out of court settlement or take a chance that her full identify is revealed if a porn company…
Time share salesmen can be incredibly persuasive. They will show you on paper how you will save big bucks on your vacations by staying in their lovely condos for next to nothing. But what do…
Forty-four home improvement contractors and salespersons face administrative penalties for not being registered with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection as required by the Connecticut Home Improvement Act, or for violating the Home Solicitation Sales…
With property values decreasing in most towns in Connecticut and in the rest of the country, now might be the right time to set up a reverse mortgage for yourself or for your elderly relatives….
Americans are the most generous people on earth when it comes to opening their pocketbooks to charities – somewhere around $300 billion a year. But Americans are also very uneducated and naive when it comes…
Written by Paul Kiel Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they’ve made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They’ve promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are being considered for…
There is no question that real estate sales are in the dump and home owners have little chance of selling. But an interesting article in the Hartford Business Journal sheds additional light on why scores of…