Consumer Tips News 26 September 2025

California Vega Farms Egg Recall: 63 Sick, 13 Hospitalized in Salmonella Outbreak—How to Identify Affected Eggs

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 15, 2025) — A Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in California has been linked to recalled Vega Farms in-shell brown eggs, with state health officials reporting 63 illnesses and 13 hospitalizations (and no deaths) tied to the outbreak strain

16 December 2025

Pennsylvania Electric Bills Spike After December 1 Rate Hikes: How Much PECO, PPL and Other Utilities Now Charge

As Pennsylvanians switch on their furnaces for the first major cold snap of the season, millions are also waking up to higher electric bills. Effective December 1, 2025, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved new “Price to Compare” (PTC)

2 December 2025

Consumer Tips · Electricity Rates · Energy · NYSE:EXC · NYSE:FE · NYSE:PPL · Pennsylvania · Utility Companies

Goodbye to the Penny: How America’s Final One‑Cent Coins – and a Looming Nickel Fight – Could Change Your Wallet

Published: November 16, 2025 A 232‑Year‑Old Coin Finally Stops Making “Cents” On November 12, 2025, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia struck the final circulating penny, closing the book on more than 230 years of one‑cent coins in American pockets and

16 November 2025

Consumer Tips · Economic Policy · Money History · Personal Finance · U.S. Currency

Visa–Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement 2025: How Credit Card Checkout and Rewards Are About to Change

If you’re used to tapping the same rewards credit card everywhere without thinking, that habit is about to be stress‑tested. Over the past few days, Visa and Mastercard have unveiled a revised $38 billion “swipe fee” settlement in a 20‑year

14 November 2025

Consumer Tips · Credit Cards · NYSE:MA · NYSE:V · Payment Processing · Personal Finance · Rewards Programs

Free Shipping Frenzy & 60% Off Wellness: Inside GMA’s Latest ‘Deals & Steals’ Bonanza

GMA’s Steals of the Week: From Free Shipping Bonanza to Wellness Bargains “Deals & Steals” has become a beloved fixture on Good Morning America, and this week’s editions pulled out all the stops. Tory Johnson, GMA’s resident deals maestro (celebrating

23 October 2025

Consumer Tips · Discounts · Online Deals · Shopping · Wellness

Spectrum Meltdown Freezes North Texas: Thousands Offline in Dallas—What Happened, How It Compares, and How to Stay Online

What we know now Scale and geography. By mid‑afternoon Friday, outage trackers showed tens of thousands of reports tied to Spectrum—nearly 25,000 in Dallas alone—suggesting a broad service hit across the metro area. Local reporting cited Dallas, Plano and Frisco as the most-affected cities,

26 September 2025

Consumer Tips · Dallas News · Internet Outages · NASDAQ:CHTR · Technology · Telecommunications

Consumer Tips News 26 September 2025 - 16 December 2025