For years, the "have an affair" website Ashley Madison threatened to send paperwork to users' homes if they disputed their bills -- potentially revealing cheaters to their spouses.
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CFPB Orders Auto Lenders to Pay $24.5 Million in Restitution for Deception, Other Wrongs
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced its supervisory actions in the first four months of 2016 revealed illegal auto finance and payment activity that led to close to $24.5 million in restitution to more than 257,000 consumers.
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“We’re all paying a high price for drug company profiteering”
TThe drug companies are ripping us off, pill by pill, shot by shot. Instead of working to earn reasonable returns by relieving our suffering and saving lives, they now focus on profits above all. Their main targets are insurance companies. But when insurance companies take a hit, they bump up premiums to employers or the government. So we all pay — in taxes, reduced take-home pay, copayments and deductibles.
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Coal Ash Plague In OK Town Exposes Weakness of EPA Regulatory Efforts
Delayed and full of loopholes, EPA attempts to regulate coal ash offer little relief to residents of ash-covered towns like Bokoshe, Oklahoma.
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Do Corporate Executives Intentionally Mislead Investors for Personal Gain?
A new working paper suggests that the sins of omission that occur during the corporate "cheating" season, as it was dubbed by Societe Generale Global Head of Quantitative Strategy Andrew Lapthorne, are far more insidious.
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Did Fiat Chrysler Conceal Fatal Shifter Defect?
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV issued a recall in April for 1.1 million cars and SUVs worldwide, most of them in the United States, because the vehicles could roll away after drivers exit them. The recall applies to 811,000 vehicles in the United States, covering 2014-2015 model years of the Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle, and 2012-2014 Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans.
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Oregon Seeks to Ban Oil Transport by Rail in the State
Oregon has called for federal regulators to ban trains carrying oil in the state, ramping up pressure for more stringent safety checks weeks after an oil train derailed near Portland, the first major oil-by-rail accident in a year.
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Why Are Automakers Continuing to Sell Cars With Recalled Takata Airbags?
A number of manufacturers also are using defective Takata inflators as replacements for older airbags in about 2.1 million recalled vehicles. Federal regulators have approved that move as a temporary measure due to a shortage of replacement parts using newer, safer designs.
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