Jim Puzzanghera

The data breach at Equifax, whose corporate headquarters, above, are in Atlanta, exposed the Social Security numbers and birth dates of as many as 145.5 million Americans.

Senators want ‘massive’ fines for data breaches at Equifax and other credit reporting firms

May 23, 2018 at 11:56 p.m.

Two senators on Wednesday proposed "massive and mandatory" fines for data breaches at Equifax Inc. and other credit reporting companies, starting at $100 for each consumer whose sensitive information is...

The judge sided with Mick Mulvaney — President Trump's choice for the interim position — over Leandra English, the deputy director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who has said she is the rightful acting director.

Judge denies injunction to remove Mick Mulvaney as consumer bureau’s acting director

December 15, 2018 at 6:07 a.m.

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction to remove Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The judge sided with Mulvaney...

Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner poses with girlfriends Holly Madison, left, Bridget Marquardt, second from right, and Kendra Wilkinson in 2006.

Playboy is considering ending its print magazine, report says

August 22, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Newsstands soon could be stripped of one of the nation’s most iconic publications: Playboy magazine. Playboy Enterprises Inc. reportedly is considering killing the print magazine, which was started more than...

A small group supporting net neutrality protests a plan by Federal Communications Commission head Ajit Pai on Dec. 7, 2017, in Washington.

Here’s who’ll benefit — and who might not — with net neutrality repeal

August 7, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to repeal net neutrality rules Thursday, a move that will likely have major implications for internet service providers, startups and consumers. The hotly contested...

About 60 demonstrators show their support for net neutrality outside a dinner attended by Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Washington, D.C.

Net neutrality’s repeal means fast lanes could be coming to the internet. Is that a good thing?

August 22, 2019 at 6:59 a.m.

With federal regulators poised to repeal net neutrality rules this week, your internet service provider would be allowed to speed up delivery of some online content to your home or...

Jerome H. Powell is President Trump's nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Senate panel OKs Trump’s pick, Jerome Powell, for the next Federal Reserve chief

December 17, 2018 at 10:59 p.m.

A Senate committee has approved Jerome H. Powell's nomination to replace Janet L. Yellen as chair of the Federal Reserve. Tuesday’s 22-1 vote by the Senate Banking Committee clears the...

Mick Mulvaney speaks during a news conference after his first day as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington on Nov. 27

Mulvaney already is putting his stamp on CFPB — and still sparring over its leadership

December 17, 2018 at 10:57 p.m.

Mick Mulvaney is moving quickly to put his stamp on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency he has strongly criticized, even as he continues to spar with the deputy...

Randall Stephenson, chief executive of AT&T Inc., talks in New York on Nov. 20 about the Justice Department suit to block its proposed purchase of Time Warner Inc.

Investors mostly shrug off suit to block AT&T, Time Warner deal

December 17, 2018 at 9:11 p.m.

Investors on Tuesday appeared to shrug off the Justice Department’s suit to block AT&T Inc.’s purchase of Time Warner Inc. AT&T stock was down slightly in early trading on Wall...

People look at a demonstration test sled at a Hyperloop One site in 2016 in North Las Vegas, Nev.

Tech start-ups fight Senate plan to change the way stock options are taxed

December 17, 2018 at 7:41 p.m.

Senate Republicans have touted their tax bill as business-friendly, but technology start-ups — including Hyperloop One, Airbnb, Uber and Vimeo — are fuming over a provision that would make a...

President Trump meets with Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, right, and other House Republicans on Thursday.

The Republican tax bill’s small-business problem — most won’t benefit from the special new rate

December 17, 2018 at 6:24 p.m.

The House Republican plan to cut taxes for small businesses has a big problem: Most apparently won’t benefit from it. The typical small business, whether it’s a sole proprietorship, partnership...

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