Jim Puzzanghera
writer
Jim Puzzanghera covered business and economic issues from the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau. He joined The Times in 2006 and won the paper’s Editor’s Award in 2009 for coverage of the financial crisis. He has worked in the nation’s capital since 1998 and is a two-time National Press Club award winner for Washington coverage. A Northwestern University graduate, he previously worked for the San Jose Mercury News, Newsday and the St. Petersburg Times. He left The Times in 2019.
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President Trump said Friday that he planned to nominate Stephen Moore, a conservative economist and commentator who served as a Trump campaign advisor, to a seat on the Federal Reserve board.
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The nation’s new consumer financial watchdog came under fire from House Democrats on Thursday for an industry-friendly shift under her predecessor that she has appeared to continue since taking office three months ago.
Wells Fargo & Co. will receive $240 million from insurers that will settle several lawsuits by shareholders in connection with the unauthorized-accounts scandal that rocked the San Francisco financial institution.
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