NEW YORK — SunTrust Banks Inc. says accounts for 1.5 million clients could be compromised following a potential case of data theft. The Atlanta bank said Friday that it became aware of the potential theft by a former employee and that the investigation is ongoing. Compromised information could include names, addresses, phone numbers and account […]
NEW YORK — Wells Fargo will pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges tied to its mortgage and auto lending business, the latest chapter in a wide-ranging scandal at the banking giant. However, it appears that none of the $1 billion will go directly the victims of Wells Fargo’s abuses. Wells will pay […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (previous month in brackets): — St. John’s, N.L.: 1.4 per cent (1.6) — Charlottetown-Summerside: 2.4 […]
OTTAWA — Canada’s national annual inflation rate was 2.3 per cent in March, Statistics Canada says. Here’s what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 1.6 per cent (1.7) — Prince Edward Island: 2.4 (3.0) — Nova Scotia: 2.4 (2.3) — New Brunswick: 2.5 (2.7) — Quebec: 1.6 (1.5) — […]
The West has been China’s financier and enabler, fecklessly comforting ourselves with the gains gotten from cheaper consumer goods, and putting out of mind the long-term pains that await us