Airbnb launches new host registration system in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN)-- Following a lawsuit settlement reached with San Francisco earlier this year, the short-term rental company Airbnb today launched a new registration system that will require local hosts to prove they have registered with the city.

Wells Fargo says 3.5 million accounts involved in scandal

NEW YORK (AP) - The scope of Wells Fargo's fake accounts scandal grew significantly on Thursday, with the bank now saying that 3.5 million accounts were potentially opened without customers' permission between 2009 and 2016. Wells Fargo also acknowledged that roughly half a million of the newly discovered accounts were missed during the original review of the years 2011 to 2015 when the...

Whole Foods prices to dip after Amazon buyout

Amazon will finalize its planned $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Market on Monday and begin work on a plan to make the high-end grocery chain’s goods “affordable for everyone,” the two companies said in a press release on Thursday.

Vallejo's home real estate poised to soar

Vallejo, the former Navy town that fell on hard times when the military pulled up stakes and left several years ago, is poised to become a residential real estate star.