Consumer

Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect

Consumer / Home and Consumer News / Sep 09, 2026

Nearly 3 million people opened accounts at TreasuryDirect.gov to buy Series I U.S. savings bonds when the rates — based on inflation — made headlines in 2022. Millions more savers have created TreasuryDirect accounts to purchase Treasury bills at the weekly auctions — especially during periods when T-bill rates are higher than bank CDs.

Residents, elected leaders protest proposal to move the White Sox

Consumer / Home and Consumer News / Sep 08, 2026

CHICAGO — Hundreds of residents from Bridgeport, Chinatown and Armour Square gathered at Rate Field Tuesday morning to protest plans by Amtrak and billionaire Justin Ishbia to establish a giant railroad maintenance facility nearby and possibly move the White Sox out of the team’s longtime home on the South Side.

Ald. Nicole Lee, 11th, said ...Read more

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A billionaire was accused of stealing Malibu sand. Now he's donating a new beach to the public

Consumer / Home and Consumer News / Sep 04, 2026

Beachgoers may be the big winners in a high-profile dispute between the California Coastal Commission and Mark Attanasio, the billionaire businessman who owns the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.

In 2024, Attanasio's construction team was accused of using excavators to dig up sand from Broad Beach and carry it back to his property as part of a ...Read more