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May 19, 2025
Capital One to Pay $425 Million to Settle Claims Over Savings Accounts
Capital One has agreed to pay $425 million to settle nationwide litigation accusing it of cheating savings account depositors out of much higher interest rates by not telling them they could move their money to higher-yielding accounts. A notice desc...
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May 19, 2025
EnergyAustralia Apologizes to Customers After Greenwashing Case
CLP Holdings Ltd.’s EnergyAustralia — one of the nation’s “big three” energy companies — apologized to customers for the marketing of its carbon offsetting products. The apology was part of a settlement with advocacy organizat...
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May 19, 2025
UK’s Anglian Water Fined £1.4 Million Over Drinking Water Failures
Britain’s Anglian Water was fined 1.4 million pounds ($1.9 million) over drinking water contamination, in the latest scandal in an industry which is facing a public backlash over environmental failures and rising bills. The government has launc...
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May 19, 2025
Crypto High-Rollers Go Big on Bodyguards to Deter Kidnappers
Even before Coinbase Global Inc. disclosed that hackers had stolen the home addresses and account balances of its customers, Jethro Pijlman was seeing an uptick in interest from concerned clients with large crypto holdings who were looking for bodygu...
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May 19, 2025
Estonia Says Russia Detained Tanker in Baltic Sea
Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies to the incident. The Liberia-flagged ship Green Admire was leaving Sillamae port using...
