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BBB looks to regain trust with relaunch of Southland branch

2013-05-02 16:15:00

The Better Business Bureau wants you to know that it's cleaned up its act in Los Angeles. The organization reached out to me this week to say that a new operation is up and running after the old BBB of the Southland was expelled in March after years...

Letters: Insurance woes

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Re "Slick questions lead to claim denial," Column, April 23 I am shocked to the bone that travel insurance provider Allianz would deny a claim. We all know how compassionate insurance companies are. They are here to help us with prompt service for...

Lazarus: A roadblock to collecting travel insurance benefits

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Barbara Butkus bought an airline ticket in November to fly from Palm Springs to Washington, D.C., a month later for a family reunion. Just to be on the safe side, Butkus, 80, also bought travel insurance while booking her flight through Orbitz, the...

Almost half of American women fear becoming bag ladies, study says

2013-03-27 07:00:00

Despite making enormous strides professionally and financially, almost half of American women fear becoming bag ladies, even many of those earning six-figure salaries, according to a new survey. Six in 10 women describe themselves as the primary...

Women: The corporate leader/bag lady divide

2013-03-27 13:27:00

You know, maybe women really are from Venus. How else to explain these two recent stories in The Times: “Women make better corporate leaders than men, study finds,” and “Almost half of American women fear becoming bag ladies, study...

John J. Byrne dies at 80; insurance exec turned Geico around

2013-03-16 00:00:00

John J. Byrne, whose turnaround of auto insurer Geico Corp. led billionaire Warren Buffett to buy the company and call him "the Babe Ruth of insurance," died March 7 at his home in Etna, N.H., according to Robert E. Snyder, a family spokesman. He was 80...

Knives on planes: US Airways joins opposition to easing TSA policy

2013-03-12 11:38:00

Another airline executive is speaking out on a plan by federal regulators to allow passengers to bring small knives into the cabin of commercial planes. Doug Parker, chief executive at US Airways, wrote to the head of the Transportation Security...

Saints hire Rob Ryan as defensive coordinator

2013-02-09 18:02:00

New Orleans Coach Sean Payton on Saturday announced the hiring of Rob Ryan as New Orleans' new defensive coordinator. Ryan, the brother of New York Jets Coach Rex Ryan, spent the past two seasons as Dallas' defensive coordinator. He was fired after last...

New ideas for airline fees discussed at local conference

2012-12-02 08:00:00

Anyone who has flown on a commercial airline recently might assume that air carriers have run out of ideas for new passenger fees. After all, the world’s biggest airlines are expected this year to collect $36.1 billion in revenue for food, drinks,...

Americans cut college and retirement savings amid bad economy

2011-10-10 16:34:19

Boomers prize financial certainty over all else

2011-06-24 16:34:48

Greece bailout: What 'selective bond default' means

2011-07-22 04:34:47

Bayern Munich's players attend a training session at the Allianz Arena stadium during the FC Bayern Munich's open media day in Munich, southern Germany, on May 14, 2013.

2013-05-14 00:00:00

Tom Pernice Jr. watches his drive on the 18th hole during the final round of Allianz Championship, a Champions Tour event in Boca Raton, Florida. 2/10/13.

2013-02-10 17:20:00

Larry Mize blasts out of a bunker on the 17th hole during the final round of Allianz Championship, a Champions Tour event in Boca Raton, Florida. 2/10/13.

2013-02-10 00:00:00