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James R Hood

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warnings for Breast Implants

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warnings for Breast Implants

Plastic surgeons will have to provide patients with a checklist of safety risks before performing breast implant surgery, an action the agency has been considering for years – too many years, according to some critics. “It’s better than nothing, but it’s not as good as it could be,” said

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warnings for Breast Implants

FDA Orders 'Black Box' Warnings for Breast Implants

Plastic surgeons will have to provide patients with a checklist of safety risks before performing breast implant surgery, an action the agency has been considering for years – too many years, according to some critics. “It’s better than nothing, but it’s not as good as it could be,” said

Walmart Welcomes Chinese Sellers Booted Off Amazon

Walmart Welcomes Chinese Sellers Booted Off Amazon

Immigration is a hot topic these days, and not just in politics. Online retailers are also staking out competing positions, with Walmart opening its platform to many Chinese sellers recently jettisoned from Amazon. Walmart announced in March that it would be expanding its borders, so to speak, and as the

Online Trading Academy Customers In Line For Debt Forgiveness

Online Trading Academy Customers In Line For Debt Forgiveness

A large group of Online Trading Academy customers will have their debts erased under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. It’s the second shoe to drop in the OTA case. In September 2020, OTA was ordered to pay refunds of more than $10 million to consumers who

Forget the Car - Crooks Busy Boosting Catalytic Converters

Forget the Car - Crooks Busy Boosting Catalytic Converters

You wouldn’t leave a gold watch lying on the sidewalk. But you leave your car parked in plain sight on public streets all the time, its precious catalytic converter just hanging there waiting to be harvested by anyone with a hacksaw or wrench. For a consumer with an older

Reverse Mortgage Ads Misled Consumers, Complaint Charges

Reverse Mortgage Ads Misled Consumers, Complaint Charges

An Irvine, California, company is being accused of using inflated home estimates to lure consumers into taking out reverse mortgages. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) leveled the charges against American Advisors Group (AAG). “American Advisors Group violated consumers’ trust by advertising reverse mortgages with inflated and deceptive home-value estimates,

Mortgage 'Rescue' Makes a Bad Situation Worse

Mortgage 'Rescue' Makes a Bad Situation Worse

[Updated 5 p.m. 10/13, to add the company’s response] Falling behind on your mortgage is bad. Falling in with companies that claim to offer “mortgage relief” services can be even worse, leaving cash-strapped homeowners like Paul of South Carolina in even worse shape than before they signed