The day before Linda Wetzel closed on her retirement home in Southport, N.C., in 2012 — a cozy place where she could open the windows at night and catch an ocean breeze — the bank making the loan surprised her with a fee she hadn’t expected. Ms. Wetzel scoured her mortgage paperwork and couldn’t find…
PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump has dismissed Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in the latest move to remove Biden administration holdovers. Chopra, a significant regulator from the previous Democratic administration, had remained in his position since Trump took office on January 20. During Trump’s first term, the Republican had picked Chopra…
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, was fired on Saturday, prematurely ending a five-year term that was scheduled to run through late 2026. “With so much power concentrated in the hands of a few, agencies like the C.F.P.B. have never been more critical,” Mr. Chopra wrote in a letter he posted…
File photo: Ola co-founder Bhavish Aggarwal (Picture credit: Reuters) Ola Electric Mobility Ltd. announced opening of 3,200 new stores in a single day, as India’s biggest e-scooter maker seeks to expand its local footprint and address customer frustration related to shortcomings in service.The Bengaluru-based Ola Electric has increased the number of showrooms and service centers…
National Consumer Day 2024: देशभर में ऑनलाइन शॉपिंग करने वाले करोड़ों उपभोक्ताओं को धोखाधड़ी से बचाने और उनके हितों की सुरक्षा सुनिश्चित करने के लिए उपभोक्ता मंत्रालय ने नेशनल कंज्यूमर डे के मौके पर तीन नए मोबाइल ऐप लॉन्च किए हैं. ये ऐप्स उपभोक्ताओं को ऑनलाइन शॉपिंग में भरोसेमंद प्लेटफॉर्म चुनने में मदद करेंगे और…
Sri Lanka’s consumer price index fell 2.1 per cent year-on-year in November after dropping 0.8 per cent in the previous month, the statistics department said on Friday. The Colombo Consumer Price Index, a leading indicator for broader national prices, tracks inflation in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city. Prices in the food category slipped to 0.6…
The United States economy grew at an annual rate of 2.8% in the third quarter, driven by strong consumer expenditure and increased exports, according to data released on Wednesday.Additionally, the commerce department’s report mentioned that the US gross domestic product (GDP) decreased from the 3% rate recorded in April-July. The GDP of the world’s largest…