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Marivic Cabural Summers
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Marivic Cabural Summers

Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. For her, integrity is everything. Readers deserve to know that real story. She previously worked as research analyst and editor at Lombardi Financial and has written for various websites including The Motley Fool, ValueWalk, IcannWiki and was a news writer/radio program producer at Nation Broadcasting Corporation. Marivic holds a BA in Mass Communications.

Wells Fargo

New York News October 22, 2018

Wells Fargo to pay $65 million for misleading investors regarding its cross-sell strategy

Wells Fargo & Company agreed to pay New York State $65 million in penalty due to its misconducted related to…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

MoviePass

Financial Investigations October 19, 2018

New York Attorney General launches Fraud Investigation into MoviePass Parent Company

The New York Attorney General’s office launched an investigation into Helios and Matheson Analytics (NASDAQ: HMNY), the parent company of…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

StarKist canned tuna

Investigates October 19, 2018

StarKist Faces $100 Million Fine for Fixing Prices of Canned Tuna Fish

StarKist is facing a penalty of up to $100 million after admitting its role in a conspiracy to fix prices…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Pennsylvania October 18, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly launched an investigation into the allegations of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

trump

California News October 18, 2018

Trump says California’s incompetence to prevent wildfires is “hurting our country”

President Donald Trump once again condemned California and its leaders during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday.…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Arizona Border Patrol Agents Continue to Arrest Large Groups of Immigrants

Arizona October 17, 2018

ICE says only 2 percent of immigrants who entered U.S. illegally as family units were deported

A very small percentage of arrested immigrants particularly those family units who entered the United States illegally were deported, according…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Andrew Cuomo New York Governor

New York News October 16, 2018

New York Provides Nearly $1M in Funding to Support People with AIDS/HIV

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that seven non-profit organizations received $982,000 in funding to support New Yorkers with AIDS/HIV.…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania October 16, 2018

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to Sign Anti-hazing Legislation

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf praised the state legislature for passing the anti-hazing legislation. He is “proud” to sign it. Last…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Electric power plant

California News October 12, 2018

Certain California Residents will See Increases in their Utility Bills

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decided to revise the fee for certain utility customers across the state. On Thursday,…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

Rep. Martha McSally of Arizona

Arizona October 12, 2018

McSally Fires Back at Sinema, Calls her Opponent’s Record “Radical”

The tight race for the U.S. Senate in Arizona is driving Republican Rep. Martha McSally and Democrat Kyrsten Sinema to…

By Marivic Cabural Summers

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