Dodging small craters in front of the Ruskin post office has become more than an annoyance. ...more

October 8, 2008

Customers of two banks closed by federal regulators were assured that every penny of their money was protected, preventing lines of angry accountholders from forming Saturday. ...more

July 27, 2008

Police ordered angry customers lined up outside an IndyMac Bank branch to remain calm or face arrest Tuesday as they tried to pull their money out on the second day of the failed institution's federal takeover. ...more

July 16, 2008

A leading cellular phone company declined to charge the government the same expensive fees it charges consumers for canceling their contracts early, acknowledging that "the government will never, never accept such penalty amounts," according to internal corporate e-mail obtained by The Associated Press. ...more

June 12, 2008

The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday that he wants to regulate fees charged to cell phone users who cancel their wireless contracts early. ...more

May 24, 2008

WASHINGTON - The government is quietly negotiating to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies, The Associated Press has learned. ...more

May 21, 2008