With mass layoffs expected, judge to weigh blocking the dismantling of consumer watchdog CFPB
Union members have asked a judge to block the dismantling of the CFPB consumer protection agency, alleging most of its 1,700 ...
US consumer inflation increases at fastest pace in nearly 1-1/2 years in January
Americans are facing higher costs. Trump was elected on promises to lower prices for inflation-weary consumers and high ...
Wall St Week Ahead Walmart to shed light on consumer health as inflation bites, tariffs swirl
Walmart's quarterly report in the coming week will give investors fresh insight into the health of U.S. consumers, who are ...
How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs
While business groups have long lamented actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and his allies want ...
The 5 Worst Things About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The agency—an unelected regulator with a blank check—has spent much of its short life making things harder for the consumers ...
US consumer watchdog broadens layoffs beyond probationary staff, sources say
By Douglas Gillison, Nupur Anand, Chris Prentice and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK (Reuters) - A new category of employees at the U ...
What eliminating the nation’s top consumer watchdog means for home buyers and renters. ‘It’s open season.’
The Trump administration appears to be shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a government agency that has ...
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...
Elizabeth Warren has grave concerns about Elon Musk gutting her consumer watchdog
About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers ...
With Attack on Consumer Bureau, Musk Removes Obstacle to His ‘X Money’ Vision
Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his ...
Are Girl Scout cookies safe to eat? Yes, but 2 consumer groups say they contain toxins
Lab analysis of 25 Girl Scout cookies found trace amounts of five toxic metals and an herbicide, two consumer groups said. Are they safe to eat?