Housing has become a more divisive issue than ever, as rising real estate costs and less job stability make buying a house both harder and more fraught. Renters need better protections, but how to get there?
Read more...The OCC and CFPB imposed $1 billion in fines on Wells Fargo Friday, continuing the kind and gentle treatment of bank transgressions pioneered by the previous administration.
Read more...Some good news on the opioid front is not good enough.
Read more...Why newfangled finance will not have much impact on the banking industry.
Read more...As hard as it may be to believe, health care industry corruption is increasing, as measured by revolving door appointments.
Read more...The Big Four accounting firms desperately need to be reformed. But are UK regulators up to the task?
Read more...Mexico will requires banks to collect biometric data from all their customers this year– a policy that will exacerbate economic crimes committed by hacking databases.
Read more...Federal District Judge Dan Polster pushes parties to the litigation and others concerned to craft a comprehensive settlement to the opioid crisis; attorney general Jeff Sessions’ DoJ seems more interested in fence sitting that rolling up its sleeves.
Read more...Michael Hudson debunks the talking points used to sell the just-passed bank deregulation bill.
Read more...Dissecting the New Yorker’s fawning profile of new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
Read more...Cyrptocurrencies’ wild ride is looking more and more like a skydive with no parachute.
Read more...Could it be that public indignation at the Facebook profile harvesting scandal will lead to new regulation that could impede the value of some tech-based advertising models? Will it lead to a consumer backlash?
Read more...Economists do not have much nice to say about the UK’s Brexit transition deal.
Read more...The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a major plastic accumulation zone located between California and Hawaii, is growing at a rate greater than previously believed, according to a new scientific paper published last week.
Read more...Report documents how the self-regulation fairy proved itself as inept in protecting the public from dysfunctional management decisions that compromised safety and led to the Alito Canyon natural gas disaster.
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