How To See If Home Prices Are Rising Or Falling Where You Live
Home prices have finally clawed their way back to the peak of the housing bubble. That's on average nationally . The story is very different when you zoom in on different counties or cities in...
View ArticleWells Fargo To Pay $142 Million To Customers Hurt By Bogus Accounts
Wells Fargo bank has struck a settlement to reimburse customers who were harmed when bank employees created unwanted accounts in their names. A federal judge has granted a preliminary approval for the...
View ArticleAs Oil Prices Predicted To Remain Low, Energy Firms Seek Ways To Adapt
The CEO of Royal Dutch Shell this week said his company is making a striking shift in its thinking: It now expects oil prices to remain low forever. The global oil glut of recent years shows no sign of...
View ArticleWho Snatched My Car? Wells Fargo Did
Wells Fargo is back in the spotlight for another scandal. This time, for signing up 490,000 auto-loan customers for insurance they didn't need. This comes less than a year after the bank generated a...
View ArticleDespite Proven Technology, Attempts To Make Table Saws Safer Drag On
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq3o0VGUh50 Every day, more than 10 Americans suffer amputations on what is by far the most dangerous woodworking tool: the table saw. Regulators in Washington, D.C.,...
View Article'Words You'll Hear': Trump Administration To Talk NAFTA Renegotiation
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: One more word you'll hear this week - well, it's really an acronym, but it is so familiar, we're going to call it a word - NAFTA, the...
View ArticleTrump's NAFTA Makeover Not So Extreme
The Trump administration on Wednesday will start to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. And despite very tough talk about NAFTA during the campaign, it appears...
View ArticleEquifax Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 143 Million People
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A massive hack of the company Equifax has compromised the personal information of as many as 143 million Americans. Regulators have launched...
View ArticleAmericans' Borrowing Hits Another Record. Time To Worry?
Americans owe more than ever before, with household debt hitting a record of nearly $13 trillion. And auto loans, home loans and credit card debt are all still on the rise , according to the Federal...
View ArticleLondon Officials Say Uber Is Unfit To Operate In City
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: Uber may not be able to operate in London for much longer. The top transportation authority there says it will not renew Uber's license. The...
View ArticleEquifax Continues To Scramble After Massive Breach
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: We have more today from the credit bureau Equifax as it tries to contain fallout from one of the worst cybersecurity breaches ever. As many...
View ArticleWells Fargo, Equifax Officials Left To Answer Tough Questions From Lawmakers
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: On Capitol Hill today, lawmakers laid into top executives from two scandal-plagued companies. They told Wells Fargo's CEO that he was failing...
View ArticleSenator To Ex-CEO: Equifax Can't Be Trusted With Americans' Personal Data
Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith, who stepped down just last week, faced a roomful of angry senators and some tough questions at a hearing Wednesday. It was the second of three congressional hearings...
View ArticleEquifax Help Site Manipulated By Hackers To Push Adware
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit GUY RAZ, HOST: So we've just been hearing from Elizabeth about how easy it is to manipulate memories through the power of suggestion. But what if we could take it...
View ArticleAfter Equifax Hack, Calls For Big Changes In Credit Reporting Industry
This past spring, David Mifflin looked at his credit report online and saw that something wasn't right. There were inquiries from Chase Bank about an application for a credit card that someone was...
View ArticleSenate Kills Rule On Class Action Lawsuits Against Financial Firms
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: Senate Republicans have decided consumers should not have the right to file class-action lawsuits against banks even when they have a good...
View ArticleGrad Students Would Be Hit By Massive Tax Hike Under House GOP Plan
Updated at 12:01 ET Nov. 16 There are a lot of anxious graduate students at universities around the country right now. That's because to help pay for more than $1 trillion in tax cuts for U.S....
View ArticleHead Of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Step Down
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is stepping down. Richard Cordray has led the federal agency since it was created...
View ArticleGOP Tax Law Sparks Confusion And Outcry In Blue States As N.Y. Threatens Lawsuit
The week after Christmas is usually a short and slow one for town officials in New Paltz, N.Y. — but not this time. "When we opened town hall Wednesday we had almost 100 voicemails from people...
View ArticleFitness Superstar Shaun T: Keys To Workout Motivation Include Fun — And...
In the world of streaming workout videos, Shawn T is like Jay-Z or Mick Jagger. He's a superstar. Millions of people have done his workout programs. One is called "Insanity." Another, "Focus T25," aims...
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