Columbus, OH

The US Sun

AMERICANS have the opportunity to claim a one-time payment from a billion-dollar class action settlement. Visa and Mastercard agreed pay $5.6 billion after consumers paid excessive fees to accept their payment cards. The lawsuit alleged that Visa and Mastercard violated the antitrust laws. Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by […]

Americans to receive one-time payment from $5.6 billion Visa Mastercard settlement – and the deadline has been extended

Capital One credit card merger class action overview:. Who: Plaintiffs Tyler Baker and Lora Grodnick, both Capital One credit card holders, have filed a class action lawsuit against Capital One and Discover. Why: Baker and Grodnick want to halt a merger between the two credit card companies, saying it will...

Capital One credit card holders file class action over Discover merger

Grand Junction, CO

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - One of the largest supermarket chains in the country wanted to expand even more and is suing after being stopped. Kroger was attempting to buy Albertson’s for $25 billion. Now the supermarket chain is suing the federal government after it blocked a proposed merger with one of the chains biggest rivals.

Kroger is suing the federal government

Two key changes to the homebuying process are scheduled to go into effect Saturday, stemming from a settlement that ended a lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors by home sellers. The changes could pressure some agents to offer their services at lower rates than they have in the past.

Starting on Saturday, the Process of Buying And Selling Houses Is Changing

Kroger sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday, pushing back on the government’s authority to stop its mergers with Albertsons (ACI). The grocery giant filed a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio claiming the FTC’s efforts to stop the merger are unconstitutional.

Kroger is suing the FTC for holding up its grocery merger with Albertsons

Ohio State

Kroger has taken legal action to block the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) internal proceedings against its planned $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., arguing that the process is unconstitutional. According to Bloomberg, thismove marks a significant development in what could become the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history. Kroger...

Kroger Seeks to Block FTC Merger Case in Federal Court

Elkhart, KS

A federal judge sentenced a 53-year-old Kansas man to more than 24 years in prison after the former bank CEO abused his trusted position to embezzle $47 million after falling for a cryptocurrency scam that he believed would make him wildly rich. In a press release, the US Attorney's Office...

Ex-bank CEO gets 24 years after falling for crypto scam, causing bank collapse

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Trailer Empire

In a high-stakes ruling, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has mandated over $12 million in refunds for victims of a fraudulent real estate scheme involving prominent HGTV personalities Christina Hall and Tarek El Moussa. The landmark decision highlights the growing scrutiny on celebrity-endorsed ventures and the impact of misleading investment schemes.

Federal Trade Commission Orders $12M Refunds for Victims of HGTV Stars' Real Estate Scheme

Jackson, WY

Axios

Financial markets headlines right now are dominated by talk of Jackson Hole. Why it matters: Jackson Hole is shorthand for an annual gathering of central bankers in Wyoming that inevitably makes big-time economic news. To set the scene, here are the basics you need to know about the event and what makes it worthy of so much attention.

What you need to know about the Fed's big Jackson Hole gathering

Alabama State

There's as much as a nearly 10-year difference in life expectancy between U.S. states, a new report finds. By the numbers: Hawaii (79.9 years), Massachusetts (79.6) and Connecticut (79.2) have the longest life expectancy at birth as of 2021, per a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis. Mississippi...

How long you might live based on where you're born, mapped

The second-largest diamond ever found in a mine has been discovered in Botswana, the AP reports. The big picture: The large 2,492-carat gemstone is the biggest diamond found in more than a century, since the Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905. The diamond's value hasn't been determined yet...

Second-biggest diamond ever found is unearthed in Botswana

Kansas State

NBC News

The former CEO of a small Kansas bank was sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for looting the bank of $47 million — which he sent to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by scammers who had duped him in a “pig butchering” scheme that appealed to his greed, federal prosecutors said.

Cryptocurrency 'pig butchering' scam wrecks Kansas bank, sends ex-CEO to prison for 24 years

Silicon Valley was burning up the socials this week, after learning that Kamala Harris has tacitly endorsed a tax on unrealized capital gains. Lots of what was shared was inaccurate. Reality check: This only would impact a small subset of America's wealthiest people, and most tech founders and investors would...

The reality of Kamala Harris' plan to tax unrealized capital gains

Supermarket chain Kroger is suing a federal agency in a daring move that aims to weaken how Washington fights mergers that threaten to jack up prices on consumers.

‘Seismic shift.’ Kroger’s fight against a federal agency could upend antitrust

Georgia State

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Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Nearly everyone in the U.S. who's ever signed up for a cellphone, streaming service or account on a website, has signed away their right to take a company to court for wrongdoing. Why it matters: Most of us never get confronted with that reality, but this week the issue rose...

Most Americans have signed away their right to take a company to court

Arizona State

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork Thursday to formally withdraw from the ballot in Arizona — one day before a scheduled announcement in Phoenix in which he's expected to end his campaign. The big picture: RFK, his running mate Nicole Shanahan and the 11 electors for...

Kennedy withdraws from Arizona ballot on eve of big announcement

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Two years ago at the annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Fed chief Jerome Powell offered a blunt, succinct declaration that the Fed was ready to tolerate economic pain in order to fight inflation. He wasn't quite as blunt, nor as succinct, in remarks Friday, but the message was similarly hard to miss.

Get ready for rate cuts

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SEC's Kraken lawsuit does not raise \"major questions\"

The Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against the U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken, may proceed, a judge in the U.S. Court's Northern District of California ruled on...

SEC's Kraken lawsuit does not raise "major questions"

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