Regional Business News

"It’s not just Wells Fargo. Fees are a critical part of the profit model for banks in the U.S."-Lisa Cook

"It is difficult to believe a large-scale, coordinated [scheme] like this took place without knowledge of some higher ups."

The agencies’ "primary duty is to make money," says Chi Chi Wu, a lawyer with the National Consumer Law Center . "The consumer is not their customer. The consumer is their commodity."

Under fire from Hollywood and Big Cable, Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, lost his nerve.

And many of us are going to lose out.

The practice allegedly allowed bank employees to earn bonuses, while customers incurred fees for accounts they did not request.

For years, Wells Fargo employees secretly issued credit cards without a customer’s consent.

In an industry that has habitually struggled to make money, Allegiant’s soaring earnings stand out.

American Redoubt describes a settlement of the God-fearing in a lightly populated territory that includes Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the eastern parts of Washington and Oregon.

Local people, along with many economists and officials, often think these data centers are a key to an industrial revival. But the reality is less impressive.

Three major coal companies have filed for bankruptcy this year.