A national auto loan company will pay New Jersey residents more than $2.5 million in restitution after a multi-state investigation into its allegedly predatory lending practices, the state Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday. A committee of six states, including …
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Contrary to the U.S. retail market results ending Q1, down 2.9% for the 13 weeks ending May 2, there was solid performance by Walmart driven by grocery, essential goods and strong digital commerce. Walmart’s net sales increased by 10.5% with …
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Johnson & Johnson is discontinuing North American sales of baby powder made with talc, a product at the center of nearly 20,000 lawsuits filed by cancer patients. The company said on Tuesday that it would wind down sales over the next few months, …
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The financially strapped City of Fairfield filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, citing millions of dollars in debt. Fairfield, a city of just under 12,000 residents west of Birmingham. filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the federal bankruptcy code in the U.S. Bankruptcy …
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SALEM, Ore. — The unemployment rate in Oregon has topped 14 percent after massive job losses that began in March due to the state’s coronavirus restrictions, according to the Oregon Employment Department. “Today’s release shows that 266,600 jobs …
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