Takata pleads guilty to fraud in air bag case involving 16 deaths
/ February 28, 2017 / 0 comments
Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge and agreed to pay $1 billion for a scheme to conceal a deadly defect in millions of its air bag inflators. ...
Madison biotech firm faces class-action consumer fraud lawsuit
/ February 28, 2017 / 0 comments
Quincy Bioscience, a maker of dietary supplements based in Madison, is the target of a class-action lawsuit over alleged consumer fraud. Attorneys representing a nationwide class of ...
Identity theft, fraud cost consumers more than $16 billion
/ February 7, 2017 / 0 comments
It’s time to keep an eagle eye on your finances. Some 15.4 million consumers were victims of identity theft or fraud last year, according to a new report from Javelin Strategy ...
TV maker secretly tracked consumers’ viewing habits
/ February 7, 2017 / 0 comments
RENTON, N.J. – Television manufacturer Vizio and a subsidiary will pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that they secretly tracked consumers’ viewing habits and sold the ...
OPINION: Groups Sue FTC, Charge Agency Has Failed To Protect Consumers From Used Car Recall Danger
/ February 7, 2017 / 0 comments
By Christopher Jensen Forbes — Five consumer groups are suing the Federal Trade Commission over the agency’s December decision to allow automakers to say “certified” used vehicles ...
America’s Most Hated Companies
/ January 20, 2017 / 0 comments
(24/7 Wall St.) — When Time Warner Cable merged with Charter Communications earlier this year and the new public-facing operation rebranded, changing its name to Spectrum, it was ...