Gary Guthrie

2 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | Mark Huffman |James Hood |Gary Guthrie |Christopher Maynard

The next time something shows up in your email inbox that claims to be from Yahoo!, DHL, Microsoft, Google, or LinkedIn, resist clicking on it. In Check Point Research’s (CPR) latest Brand Phishing Report, those five brands are the ones most frequently imitated by criminals during the last quarter. Yahoo became the top brand impersonated in phishing attacks, climbing 23 spots and accounting for 20% of all brand phishing attempts.

2 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | James Hood |Truman Lewis |Mark Huffman |Gary Guthrie

With wildfires raging in California and elsewhere, millions of Americans are being exposed to dangerous air pollution, even when they're indoors. The most hazardous element is particulate matter -- tiny particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream. Health effects include cardiovascular damage, respiratory difficulties and more general symptoms including eye and throat irritation.

2 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | Mark Huffman |Truman Lewis |Gary Guthrie |Kristen Dalli

The oldest baby boomers turn 79 in 2025 as attention shifts from retirement savings to elder care. That suggests that there will be ever-greater need for professional caregivers in the next decade but currently, these caregivers are in short supply. A UCLA-led study suggests that the solution to the country’s paid caregiver shortage may come not from tech startups or corporate expansions, but from the caregivers themselves — through worker-owned cooperatives.

3 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | Mark Huffman |Dieter Holger |Gary Guthrie

Who else but the consumer, the people who use the products and services, understands which companies are best? In announcing its first-ever Buyer’s Choice Awards, ConsumerAffairs employed an advanced sentence-by-sentence analysis of high-integrity consumer reviews – posted at ConsumerAffairs – to uncover the brands that earned the highest rates of positive feelings from purchasers.

4 weeks ago | consumeraffairs.com | Dieter Holger |Mark Huffman |James Hood |Gary Guthrie

The Trump administration has rapidly halted or dropped lawsuits and other regulatory actions against corporations. There have been 109 enforcement actions against corporations frozen or dismissed, dropped or withdrawn since Donald Trump took his second term in office, according to data from nonprofit Public Citizen. Public Citizen said the data isn't comprehensive but "is intended to highlight significant investigations and cases."Most of the dropped cases are from the Con...