Emails show DeVos aides pulled strings for failing for-profit colleges
The Education Department let a megachurch with questionable finances take over a chain of for-profit trade schools. Barely a year later, it went insolvent, dozens...
Safe-deposit boxes aren’t safe, customers learn the hard way
When Philip Poniz opened Box 105 at his Wells Fargo, he discovered it was empty — and that he was totally unprotected by federal law....
Equifax reportedly near $650 million settlement in massive data breach
The breach, revealed in September 2017, included Social Security and driver’s license numbers that attackers siphoned out over months. Most of the money will go...
A college chain crumbles, and millions in student-loan cash disappear VIEW
Barely a year after a Christian nonprofit bought a troubled chain of for-profit colleges, dozens of campuses are nearly out of money, some (including one...
Federal watchdog guts rules for payday loans
The agency’s new director reversed course on regulations intend to prevent borrowers from being caught in an endless cycle of short-term, high interest loans.
IBM takes cybersecurity training on the road with classes in a semi
IBM has created a mobile version of its cyber training range to go on the road to businesses and communities that need to develop skills,...
Banks and retailers are tracking how you type, swipe and tap while browsing online
Biometrics are moving way beyond fingerprints: To fight fraud, companies are building databases on people’s behaviors and movements.
Nike will raise wages for thousands after outcry over inequality
Nike, based in Beaverton, Oregon, said the changes would affect about 10 percent of its 74,000 employees worldwide.