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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau orders cut in credit card late fees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Tuesday announced a rule to cut credit card late fees. The rule will curb fees that cost American families more than $14 billion a year, a release stated. The rule is of more than passing interest in Delaware, the headquarters of Chase's credit card operations. Other issuers also have operations...

Bank of America to move 500 jobs out of downtown Wilmington by late 2025

Bank of America plans to phase out its presence at the Bracebridge complex in downtown Wilmington by late 2025. B of A spokesman Andy Aldridge said the move to company sites on Paper Mill Road and near the ChristianaCare campus does not represent a staff reduction, with positions downtown moving to the two Newark area sites. Bank of...

Capital One plans to acquire Discover in $35 billion deal

 Capital One Financial Corporation and Discover Financial Services announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Capital One will acquire Discover in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion. The deal is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. Capital One is headquartered in northern Virginia, with Discover based in a Chicago suburb. Capital One is a hybrid bank with branches, credit...

Bloom Energy finishes 2024 with improved results, lower 4th quarter revenue

Bloom Energy Corporation reported improved results in the fourth quarter and 2024. The San Jose, CA-based company that operates a site in Newark reported a record $1.3 billion in revenue for 2024. However, the fuel cell maker saw a sharp drop in fourth quarter revenue and the departure of its chief financial officer. The company's results missed analyst estimates...

PNC adds mobile bank in Delaware as company announces $1 billion in renovations and new branches

PNC has added a mobile bank in an area outside Wilmington as part of a branch expansion and renovation program. The nationwide plan includes spending about $1 billion to open more than 100 new locations and renovate more than 1,200 existing locations by 2028. PNC spokesman Jason Beyensdorfer said no new branches are planned in the First...

From WHYY: The failed taxpayer-funded quest to restore Wilmington’s Gibraltar mansion

By Cris Barrish This investigative report was supported by a statehouse coverage grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Two men wield video cameras as they trudge through thorn bushes and high weeds on the hilly, rocky terrain to Gibraltar. They’re not on the slopes of the mammoth, majestic limestone slab at Europe’s southern tip, however. These guys are exploring the last walled...

Cost of popular weight loss drugs for state employees races ahead of budgeted figure

By Jacob Owens This story was produced by Spotlight Delaware, a community-powered, collaborative, nonprofit newsroom covering the First State. Learn more at spotlightdelaware.org When Gov. John Carney announced last week that his Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal included more than $93 million in additional spending for health care plan costs for state employees and retirees, he didn’t mention that a significant portion of that...

UD, facing a $20 million to $40 million budget gap, freezes hiring, halts pay reviews, curbs capital projects

The University of Delaware has taken steps to reduce costs, including staff hiring, a pay freeze, and curbs on capital spending as it deals with a budget shortfall. "Recently, however, despite meeting our enrollment targets for FY24, further increases in scholarship needs and education delivery costs, especially escalating health care expenditures, have accelerated budget pressures," UD President Dennis Assanis wrote...

DuPont reports 4th quarter loss and lower earnings in 2023

DuPont reported a loss in the fourth quarter as the destocking of customer inventories continued and China markets remained soft. The company is based just outside Wilmington. The red ink was reported before the earnings release, leading to a decline in the company's stock price. The loss was triggered by a write-down of the value of its Protection reporting unit,...

Chase opens branch near Rehoboth

Chase this week opened a branch near Rehoboth Beach at 19068 Coastal Highway. The opening increased the number of Chase branches to 10 at a time when other banks have been consolidating locations as more people do their banking via mobile devices and receive pay or retirement checks via direct deposit. Parent JPMorgan Chase is the...

Delaware to benefit from two opioid settlements

Two opioid settlements were announced on Thursday by the office of Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. The $350 million national settlement with Publicis Health resolves investigations into the global marketing and communications firm’s role in the prescription opioid crisis. Delaware will receive over $1.5 million from the settlement to address the opioid crisis.The company will disclose on a public website thousands of internal...

Carney outlines proposed $6.1 billion state budget

Gov. John Carney unveiled his final proposed budget Thursday. The $6.1 billion budget continues to set aside more than $400 million in stabilization funds to be used leaner economic times. The fund has not been propular with the progressive wing of Carney's party which has blocked efforts to enshrine budget smoothing in the state Constitution. The...

State jobless rate stays at 4.2%

Delaware’s jobless rate in December remained stuck at 4.2%, unchanged from November 2023. The number of unemployed Delawareans was 21,700 compared to 23,000 in December 2022, the Delaware Department of Labor reported. The nation's jobless rate was 3.7% in December 2023, unchanged from November 2023. In December 2022, the US unemployment rate was 3.5%, while Delaware’ came...

Lyons, UD economic forecast coming on Feb. 22nd

Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker will again be a part of an annual economic discussion sponsored by Lyons Companies and the University of Delaware. The former UD president just finished a one-year term on the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee, which raised interest rates in response to high inflation. Harker will return to the committee in 2026....

Bill introduced that would increase military pension tax exclusion

State Sen. Eric Buckson, R-Dover, is the lead sponsor of a bill to increase the pension exclusion for military pensioners over three years. If signed into law, the exemption for military pensions from state income tax for military pensioners of all ages would be $25,000 in taxable years on or after January 1, 2026. A fiscal note puts the cost...
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