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Toyota is recalling 228,367 Sienna Hybrid minivans from model years 2022–2026 — the 7-passenger versions — because the second-row seatbacks may fail to stay secured in a crash. The dealer fix is free, and owner letters are expected December 7.
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida warned today that fraudulent emails posing as court ADR notices are circulating — the case numbers do not exist and the emails are not from the court. Researchers say the campaign targets more than 100,000 companies and installs password-stealing malware.
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After Wednesday, October 28, ID.me is the only way to sign in to TreasuryDirect online. Your savings bonds and investments stay safe either way — but without ID.me you cannot sign in, buy, or download tax forms online.
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The rupee ended Monday at 95.1850 to the dollar, down 0.3% on the day and about 0.8% over three sessions, as importer dollar demand, oil near $115 a barrel and foreign outflows weighed, Reuters reported.
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The Romance Scam Prevention Act, signed October 20, requires dating services to notify members who received messages from an account later banned for suspected fraud — but the alerts do not start until October 20, 2027.
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The FTC and 20 states, including Florida, sued Dollar General on October 26, alleging the discount chain routinely charged more at the register than the prices on shelves, tags and ads — and kept doing so after tens of thousands of complaints.
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Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed mortgage at 7.32% on October 22, down from 7.40% last week — the first weekly decline since late August, though still well above last year's 6.19%.
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In an October 22 alert, the FTC says scammers posing as FTC officials claim a phone registered in your name is being used for scams abroad, threaten to deactivate your number, and later demand money — a real FTC employee will never do any of that.
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The October 22 Condo Assessment Stress Index found 4.9% of 26,366 condos listed across five South Florida counties disclose a special assessment, milestone inspection or reserve item without saying it is paid or complete — highest in Broward at 6.0%, lowest in Palm Beach at 3.0%.
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Attorney General James Uthmeier's office has subpoenaed Velocity Risk Underwriters over policy endorsements that bar homeowners from hiring public adjusters, as a related civil suit proceeds in Miami-Dade court.
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FLHSMV says a malicious actor accessed driver license and motor vehicle records, including document images, on September 4 — letters, free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance are now going out, but former Florida holders may not get a letter.
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The county's Investment Policy Committee voted October 15 not to raise the Israel bond cap from 15% to 20%, so proceeds from $135 million in bonds maturing November 1 must go into other securities.
