NEW YORK — Buy now, pay later companies must provide consumers with the same legal rights and protections as credit card lenders do, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday in a new rule. “Regardless of whether a shopper swipes a credit card or uses Buy Now, Pay Later, they are entitled to important consumer protections under longstanding laws and …
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal judge on Wednesday affirmed a $5 million arbitration award against MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell in favor of a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proves China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden. Lindell offered a $5 million reward through Lindell Management for anyone …
Australia's top netballers have received some high-profile support in their bitter pay dispute, with Kyah Simon from the Matildas saying the nation's female soccer stars can empathise. Key points: Two of Australia's leading women's teams have called for a lasting improvement in pay conditions for struggling Super Netballers The Matildas and the Stingers — Australia's women's water polo team — …
ASLEF's train drivers are to stage several strikes and overtime bans in December in their long-running dispute over pay. ASLEF says the new walkouts will "ratchet up the pressure" on train companies and the government to give train drivers their first pay rise in more than four years. Image: ASLEF general secretary Mick Whelan on a picket line at Euston …
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