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Honda recalling almost 1.7 million vehicles over 'sticky' steering issue Honda and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are issuing a recall affecting nearly 1.7 million cars and SUVs in the United States over a steering issue that may increase the risk of a crash. The recall involves 1,693,199 Honda vehicles of 2022 to

The Daily Money: Lawmakers target shrinkflation Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money. Two members of Congress are calling out Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Mills over shrinkflation – reducing the size of their products, but not the prices – and allegedly price-gouging consumers while avoiding corporate taxes. In letters dated Oct. 6 and sent to the CEOs of those

Breaking the cycle: low-income parents gets lessons in financial planning This article was produced by the nonprofit journalism publication Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Belen Hernandez hit rock bottom in her early 30s. Down and out in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Hernandez and her partner, Henry Verdin, both drug

With new look, the 'Mountain' is back in new Mountain Dew logo PepsiCo is doing a redo on the Mountain Dew brand with a refreshed logo and backdrop its designers say evokes "the refreshing taste of drinking a can of Dew in the sunshine with friends." Your Mountain Dew can is going to look different

Premiums this year may surprise you: Why health insurance is getting more expensive Escalating grocery bills and car prices have cooled, but price relief for Americans does not extend to health care, a new survey shows. The average cost for a family health insurance plan offered through an employer increased 7% this year to $25,572

Victim of fraud? Protections are different for debit, credit cards. Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated where Jared Gibson lives. He resides in Highland Park, Ill.   Jared Gibson is a basketball fan, but he didn't attend the NBA finals game between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks in June. Gibson

Everything you need to know about charging your EV on the road While many of today’s EV owners charge at home most of the time, drive an electric car long enough, and eventually, you’ll need to find a plug in the wild. Yes, that experience can occasionally be fraught with system failures and other headaches

Costco stores selling out of gold bars, survey finds Costco appears to have found a revenue mine with sales of gold bars, as a survey found that some warehouses are unable to keep them on shelves. Bloomberg found that 77% of the 101 stores it surveyed in the first week of October had sold out

'Shrinkflation' in Pepsi, Coke, General Mills products targeted by Democrats Two Democratic members of Congress, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Madeleine Dean, have sent letters to a trio of food CEOs with concerns about shrinking products and corporate tax avoidance. Two members of Congress are calling out Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Mills over shrinkflation –

Got a notice of change from your Medicare plan? Here are 3 things to pay attention to Pay attention to that letter. Its contents are important. Millions of older Americans get health benefits through Medicare. But coverage under Medicare isn't a one-size-fits-all sort of deal. As an enrollee in original Medicare, you have the option

Open season on holiday shopping: How Walmart, Amazon and others give buyers a head start After waiting three years to buy a big-screen television, Lynda Newman says prices have finally dropped enough to afford one. “We’ve had our eye on a 75-inch TV, and so that’ll be our Black Friday purchase for the family,” said

Watch live: Tropicana implosion to bring down Vegas casino in 'breathtaking spectacle' In true Vegas fashion, Sin City is saying goodbye to one of its longest-standing Strip casinos with a bang. Founded in 1957, the Tropicana Las Vegas will be demolished in an implosion scheduled for Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. local time. While safety restrictions