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Pedestrians walk past a branch of Wells Fargo bank in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 3.

Wells Fargo hit with new sanctions following fake-accounts scandal

June 9, 2018 at 12:06 a.m.

A federal regulator has tightened restrictions on Wells Fargo & Co., requiring it to get approval to replace or hire new executives and make other changes, in the latest fallout...

Donald Trump at a news conference in New York in 2005 announcing the establishment of Trump University. A class-action suit filed by former students is set to go to trial this month.

Trump attorneys seek to block testimony from Los Angeles Times columnist

August 21, 2019 at 8:38 p.m.

Attorneys for Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump and Trump University are seeking to block Los Angeles Times consumer columnist David Lazarus from testifying in a class-action fraud case brought...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), right, talks with Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) before the start of the panel's Sept. 20 hearing on Wells Fargo's fake-accounts scandal.

Senator to push bill to let Wells Fargo customers sue over unauthorized accounts

March 28, 2019 at 5:55 p.m.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) said Monday that he plans to push legislation that would allow Wells Fargo & Co. customers to sue the bank over unauthorized accounts opened by employees...

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies last week on Capitol Hill before the Senate Banking Committee.

Wells Fargo could take back more than $50 million from embattled CEO

August 21, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

Outraged senators castigated Wells Fargo & Co. Chief Executive John Stumpf this week for not seeking to take back some of the $100 million awarded to a retiring executive who...

A Wells Fargo branch is seen in Miami, Fla.

Think Wells Fargo ripped you off? Here’s what to do

June 30, 2019 at 4:32 a.m.

The $185 million that Wells Fargo agreed to pay Thursday to settle government allegations over its overbearing sales practices is one big figure. But an equally staggering sum is the...

Tribune Publishing renames itself Tronc as its dispute with Gannett continues

June 20, 2019 at 9:29 p.m.

The owner of the baiduhai has a new name and a newly elected board, but it's still dealing with some old business: dissatisfaction from some shareholders with its decision...

A large shareholder of Los Angeles Times owner Tribune Publishing has questioned the company's decision to turn down a buyout offer from rival Gannett and sell millions of new shares to billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong.

Tribune investor calls Soon-Shiong deal ‘disturbing … distasteful’

June 10, 2018 at 12:54 p.m.

In the wake of Tribune Publishing's blockbuster announcements that it has rejected a sweetened buyout offer from rival Gannett Co. and brought L.A. billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on board as an...

Jason Fritton, the CEO of the crowdfunding platform Patch of Land, left, and David Berneman, with Golden Bee Properties are photographed in the home Golden Bee Properties bought with a loan from Patch of Land.

House flippers turn to crowdfunding platforms for financing

May 20, 2019 at 8:05 a.m.

David Berneman isn't developing an app. His company isn't venture-backed. In fact, his business is about as low-tech as it gets: He buys houses, fixes them up and flips them....

Newspaper boxes outside the Orange County Register in Santa Ana. A $45.5-million bid from Digital First Media for the assets of parent Freedom Communications will be the "stalking horse" bid in an auction Wednesday.

Tribune has possible rival in bid for Orange County Register

June 9, 2018 at 3:08 a.m.

Digital First Media, the owner of the Los Angeles Daily News, has indicated interest in bidding for the Orange County Register and other assets of bankrupt publishing company Freedom Communications....

San Bernardino couple may have used online loan to fund deadly attack

May 17, 2019 at 8:35 p.m.

Could a terrorist organization have funneled money to the San Bernardino shooters through an online lending platform? That question arose Tuesday after Bloomberg News and others reported that Syed Farook...

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