Tyler Foster
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A True World breach settlement pays a no-proof $50 by September 8
True World Holdings is not a household name — it is a wholesale food distributor most people have never bought anything from directly — which...
A settlement is paying Farmers Insurance customers up to $160 over unwanted calls, with a September 14 deadline
Farmers Insurance customers who fielded repeated marketing calls or texts from the company’s agents can file for a payment of up to $160 under a...
Federal prosecutors flew a suspect back from Fiji to face charges in a $165 million crypto Ponzi scheme
Federal prosecutors say Edward Zimbardi, the man accused of running a $165 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme, was deported from Fiji on Aug. 14 and flown...
The FTC warns of “recovery” scammers who target past fraud victims with a fake promise to get the money back
The Federal Trade Commission is warning that scammers are specifically targeting people who have already lost money to fraud once, promising to recover the stolen...
A Missouri credit union failed this month; insured savings moved without loss
The National Credit Union Administration liquidated African Diaspora Federal Credit Union in Saint Ann, Missouri, on August 6, after examiners found the small institution insolvent...
Credit union deposits are federally insured up to $250,000, just like a bank
When a regional bank fails, federal deposit insurance kicks in automatically to make depositors whole up to a set limit. Fewer people realize the same...
Shoppers are buying fewer groceries as high prices, weight-loss drugs and smaller food aid shrink the cart
Grocery shoppers bought fewer items in the second half of 2025, and the decline became more pronounced by February 2026, according to retail data tracking...
Store-brand grocery sales hit a record as families trade down to fight food inflation
Private-label grocery sales climbed to a record $282.8 billion in 2025, as households increasingly swapped name-brand staples for store-brand versions to soften years of elevated...
Electricity bills are set to rise across 13 states after a regional power auction cleared at its price cap
Electricity bills are working their way higher across a swath of the eastern United States after the grid operator PJM Interconnection’s latest capacity auction cleared...
Kroger is slashing prices across thousands of items to chase Walmart and Costco
Kroger has cut prices by about 2% across its stores as new CEO Greg Foran pushes what the company is calling its biggest round of...
The SEC charged 38 firms with faking filings, even forging a certificate, to pose as real investment advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has charged 38 entities with lying on the paperwork that let them pose as legitimate investment advisers, including...
Medicare blocked $1.6 billion in fake lab billing, revoking 157 providers
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says its enforcement actions have stopped more than $1.6 billion in fraudulent or potentially improper Medicare laboratory payments,...
Kettering and Lehigh Valley are dropping Medicare Advantage, pushing patients out of network
Kettering Health in Ohio and Lehigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania have already ended their Medicare Advantage contracts with major insurers, and Becker’s Hospital Review’s...
UnitedHealthcare may exit 34 counties in 12 states for 2027 Medicare Advantage
UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest Medicare Advantage insurer, has floated a preliminary list of 34 counties across 12 states it may drop from its 2027 Medicare...
Providence Health Plan is shutting down entirely for 2027, and more than 64,000 Medicare Advantage members must find new coverage
Providence Health Plan will close its entire book of business rather than simply drop a market, a decision that leaves more than 64,000 Medicare Advantage...
Wellcare is dropping 133 Medicare Advantage plans, forcing 340,000 members to switch
Centene’s Wellcare brand is eliminating 133 Medicare Advantage plans across Oklahoma, Tennessee and Hawaii for the 2027 plan year, a retreat the company disclosed alongside...
