U.S. Supreme Court won't hear Zillow's bid to escape investor class action.WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by real estate platform Zillow Group to escape a class action that accused it of misleading investors about its failed home-flipping venture. The court turned away Seattle-based Zillow's appeal of a lower court's decision that allowed the 2021 lawsuit to move forward in federal court…Spokane Spokesman-Review21h agoWhole story →CommerceEconomy
Trump just canceled the swamp’s credit card. GoodUsing pocket rescissions to cancel $1 billion in unspent NGO spending asserts executive authority and ends federal spending waste.Washington Examiner8d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomytrump pocket rescission
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureaus’ Business-Friendly MoveDebt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.ProPublica13d agoWhole story →CommerceEconomycfpb complaint database change
US Senate panel votes to advance Trump pick for consumer watchdogA U.S. Senate panel on Thursday voted along party lines to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of Capital One executive Brian Johnson to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a vote by the full Senate.Reuters19d agoWhole story →CommerceGovernmentcfpb nomination vote
Texas lawmakers consider action against sports prediction marketsA certain kind of online wagering is drawing scrutiny from Texas lawmakers. They are now considering whether the state should take action against prediction markets.FOX 4 News21d agoWhole story →CommerceTechnologytexas prediction markets hearing
JCPenney credit card identity theft scheme leads to prison sentences for North Texas womenThree North Texas women face federal prison and probation after pleading guilty to an identity theft scheme using JCPenney credit cards to purchase and resell merchandise on social media.FOX 4 News22d agoWhole story →CommerceCultureidentity theft sentencing
23-year-old Georgia mayor removed from office after city alleges improper contact with teen, misuse of fundsLawmakers in an Atlanta suburb removed the city’s young mayor, accusing him of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, officials said Sunday.NBC News22d agoWhole story →CommerceTechnologygeorgia mayor removal
Republicans want to reform Elizabeth Warren's consumer protection agencyThe bill would put the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau through the regular congressional appropriations process, among other reforms.Washington Examiner1mo agoWhole story →CommerceEconomyElizabeth WarrenHR 10184cfpb reform legislation
