Category: Financial News

Harbor Freight Class Action Settlement

Bought Tools at Harbor Freight? You May Be Due a Refund

The nationwide discount hardware store Harbor Freight Tools is giving customers up to 30% back on all purchases as part of a $23 million class action lawsuit settlement over misleading sales price tags.

/ March 27, 2017
Costco Delivery

Hate Shopping? Now You Can Have Costco Delivered Right to Your Door

Shipt, an online grocery marketplace and delivery service, announced Tuesday that it will be teaming up with Costco to pick up orders and run deliveries to customers.

/ March 23, 2017
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Sex Toy Maker to Pay $10K Each to Customers Over Privacy Violation

Standard Innovation has agreed to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of collecting "highly intimate and sensitive data" from its We-Vibe vibrators without their owners' knowledge.

/ March 14, 2017
Recalled Table Saws

Sears Craftsman Table Saws Recalled

Around 46,000 Craftsman portable 10" table saws were recalled because the stand can collapse unexpectedly. Nine people suffered hand injuries, broken bones, shoulder strains, or amputations.

/ March 8, 2017

Bird Flu Outbreak Hits Tyson Chicken Supplier

More than 70,000 chickens have been destroyed at a farm in Tennessee that supplies Tyson Foods in response to an outbreak of lethal avian influenza.

/ March 7, 2017

Dog Food Recalled After Tests Find Horse Meat

Evanger's and Against the Grain recalls all "chunk beef" dog food after it tests positive for horse meat and the deadly euthanasia drug pentobarbital. One pug is known to have died, and several other dogs got sick.

/ March 2, 2017

Listeria Cheese Recalls Hit Food City, Bashas, Yoke’s, Lipari

As the nationwide cheese recall continues to grow, a new study explains why Listeria infections are so dangerous for pregnant women. It might also explain a lot of 1st-trimester miscarriages.

/ March 1, 2017
Keurig Pays $5.8 Million Settlement Over K-Cup Burn Injuries

Keurig Pays $5.8 Million Settlement Over K-Cup Burn Injuries

Keurig pays a tiny settlement with the government after making hundreds of millions of dollars in profit off K-Cup MINI coffee makers that it knew were burning people by exploding hot water and coffee.

/ March 1, 2017
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Lawsuit Claims Automakers Knowingly Installed Faulty Airbags: Find Out if Your Vehicle is Affected

A new lawsuit alleges that five leading auto manufacturers were aware of defects that caused Takata airbags to explode and kill motorists, but continued to use them so they could save money.

/ March 1, 2017
SodaStream Recall

SodaStream Recalls 50,000 Bottles for Explosion Risk

A manufacturing defect forced SodaStream to recall blue-tinted carbonating bottles due to the risk of explosions and serious injuries.

/ February 28, 2017