Tyler Foster
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Sellers in Salt Lake City and Portland cut prices on about a third of their listings in September, Realtor.com says
Salt Lake City had the largest share of discounted listings among the 50 biggest U.S. metro areas in September, with 33.6 percent of active homes...
FedEx’s residential delivery surcharge rises from $6.95 to $7.35 on January 4, when its yearly shipping rate increase takes effect
FedEx will raise its residential delivery charge for U.S. package services from $6.95 to $7.35 per package on January 4, 2027, the same day its...
The FTC sued Digital Forensics Corp. and CEO Dmitry Belkin, alleging the firm charged sextortion victims $1,499 to $20,000 each and took in at least $60 million
The Federal Trade Commission says a company that promised to stop sextortion threats took at least $60 million from people already in crisis. The agency...
Wyoming will have 8 Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, down from 14, while Montana falls from 32 to 23 and Minnesota from 68 to 53, CMS state fact sheets show
Wyoming will have 8 Medicare Advantage plans to choose from in 2027, down from 14 this year, according to the state fact sheets the Centers...
Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate roles over three years and says the savings will help it lower prices to compete with Walmart and Aldi
Kroger plans to cut roughly 3,000 corporate jobs over the next three years, about 37% of its 8,200 corporate employees, and says the savings will...
Beneficiaries who open a my Social Security account by November 18 can read their 2027 COLA notice online in late November, up to three weeks before mailed letters
Social Security plans to post the 2027 cost-of-living notice in online accounts in late November, and people who set up their my Social Security account...
SSI’s federal payment rises to $1,029 a month for an individual and $1,544 for a couple, and the first larger deposit arrives December 31
Social Security has posted the 2027 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) rates: $1,029 a month for an individual and $1,544 for a couple, up from $994...
Social Security’s 3.6% raise for 2027 reaches about 76 million people, with SSI’s increase arriving December 31 and Social Security’s with January benefits
Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment for 2027 is 3.6 percent, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced October 14, and it reaches about 76 million Americans who...
Florida’s Gulf Winds Credit Union agrees to buy Alabama’s Peoples Exchange Bank, its second bank deal in a month
Gulf Winds Credit Union of Pensacola, Florida, has agreed to buy Peoples Exchange Bank, a one-branch lender in Monroeville, Alabama, with about $98.6 million in...
A bank stopped $158,000 in checks in a romance scam on a 77-year-old; a Georgia man got 33 months and owes $196,500
A 77-year-old woman in western New York was told to mail two checks totaling $158,000 to pay a fine in a romance scam, and her...
Utah prosecutors say a Taylorsville market gave a $315 check for $374 in SNAP charges; its co-owner faces a second-degree felony
A personal check for $315 sits at the center of a felony case against the co-owner of a Taylorsville grocery. Prosecutors say an informant ran...
Prosecutors say a Tucson man kept $104,013 in Social Security payments sent to his late mother’s account
A federal grand jury in Tucson has indicted Ruffin Alford III, 48, on a charge that he kept $104,013 in Social Security benefits deposited into...
A Reno woman faces a December 1 federal trial over at least $15,000 of her late uncle’s Social Security deposits
A Reno woman is scheduled to stand trial in federal court on December 1 on a charge that she took Social Security retirement money meant...
FTC sent 9,419 refund checks to Trend Deploy PPE buyers that must be cashed within 90 days
The Federal Trade Commission has mailed 9,419 refund checks to people who bought masks and other protective equipment from Trend Deploy during the pandemic, and...
The consumer bureau backed a national financial literacy strategy on October 2 that names scams and fraud education one of four federal priorities
On October 2 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its support for the 2026 update of the National Strategy for Financial Literacy, a federal plan...
The SEC says a California adviser kept winning trades and gave clients the losers
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued an Encinitas, California, investment adviser on October 6, saying he kept the winning trades from his clients’ block orders...