Written by Cora Currier (Getty Images) Last week, the British bank Barclays was slapped with $450 million in fines and penalties for manipulating information used to set a critical interest rate. Settlements filed by government…
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…
J.P. Morgan Chase is following Bank of America’s lede to settle class action lawsuits for improper debit card overdraft fees. “The case, brought in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, revolves around…
Not only is ethanol expensive to produce, it is also likely adding to world food shortages and rising prices of food, which in turn is causing social unrest in poor countries. A recent investigative story…
by John Sullivan, Special to ProPublica A recent hearing held by the joint investigation board for the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 4, 2011. At the December hearings, New York Times investigative reporter David Barstow…
The Better Business Bureau really knows how to lose credibility. For two years the Connecticut BBB chapter had given Aiello Plumbing of Windsor Locks, Ct., an A rating despite numerous complaints to the BBB as…
One of the largest and most expensive plumbing and cooling companies in Connecticut has agreed to pay $35,000 in fines to avoid legal action following consumer complaints. Over the past 10 years 47 consumers had…
Another reason why our health insurance goes up by double digits every year: Doctors performing unproven surgeries that could hurt patients more than help. Bloomberg News tells the story of truck driver Mikel Hehn, who…
Dear Doctor Kathleen, I am so sad. My husband of 40 years died 5 months ago and I feel so lost. I’m in counseling and taking an antidepressant. Both help, but there are days when…
Thanks to CNN for its interviews with former and present debt collectors, giving us a clue to what makes these people tick. Check out the story of these people. Like, Mel Harsh, a debt collector for…
We all had an opportunity to watch how both Ct Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the media handle an explosive political hot potato as the New York Times revealed Monday that on numerous occasions the enforcer of Connecticut laws lied when he either indicated or flat out said he served in Vietnam.
The New York Times had him cold with a video that Blumenthal was unaware was being shot at a gathering two years ago where he told the crowd he had been in Vietnam, newspaper clips where he said the same on other occasions, and a fellow politician saying he heard Blumenthal tell the same tale so often he too was convinced that Blumenthal had worn his Marine uniform in Saigon.
For several days I have been wondering about why the Hartford Courant and other daily newspapers are so worked up about the possibility of losing money from municipal public notices. Neither the Connecticut Council Of…
I have no idea what is going on with Courant editor Naedine Hazell – who not long ago was a well respected journalist by many of the staff at the oldest continuosly published newspaper in…