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• New Credit Card Rules About To Take Effect

  Created: Monday, 08 February 2010 08:26

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCBS) www.KCBS.com The Credit Card Act of 2009, which began its rollout last August, moves into phase two this month, bringing a number of changes for borrowers. Among the new rules is a restriction on creditors from raising interes...

• More consumers just say no to credit cards

  Created: Monday, 08 February 2010 08:22

  By Sandra Block, USA TODAY Emily Maddox, 24, of Knoxville, Tenn., is the kind of customer credit card companies covet. She has a good job as an Internet marketing coordinator, and she lives within her means. But she's never had a credit card, and s...

• Dodd Says Finance-Overhaul Talks Reach Impasse

  Created: Friday, 05 February 2010 16:04

   by: Damian Paletta  February 5, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704533204575047200810889986.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop WASHINGTON—Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd will push legislation to overhaul...

• Beware of Debt Settlement Trap Consumer Groups Offer Debt-Strapped Consumers Advice on Getting Real Relief

  Created: Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:26

  Consumers Union Press Release WASHINGTON - January 26 - As the holiday bills come due and jobs remain scarce, many families are struggling with their finances and looking for help, sometimes in the wrong places. New tips from Consumer Federation of Ameri...

• Damned by Debt Consolidation: Settlement Could be a Trap

  Created: Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:22

  By Kathy Kristof Jan 27, 2010 www.moneywatch.com   Families struggling with overwhelming debt may be tempted to respond to advertisements that promise to settle your bills for pennies on the dollar, but beware. Using a debt settlement company could ...

• Attorney general backs bill protecting consumers in debt

  Created: Thursday, 04 February 2010 14:19

  January 29, 2010 BY FRANCINE KNOWLES Staff Reporter www.suntimes.com   Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is backing legislation to ban debt-settlement companies from charging upfront or monthly fees and that caps payments to firms promising ...

• Facts About The Better Business Bureau You May Not Know

  Created: Sunday, 31 January 2010 18:46

  Mechanic's Responds News - Devoted to Exposing the BBB With The Following BBB News & BBB Opinions & BBB Stories & BBB Subjects - BBB Unfair, BBB Rip-off, BBB Scams, BBB Fraud, BBB harassment, BBB retaliation and BBB Abuses Facts About The...

• Is the Better Business Bureau on the "Take" for Serial Consumer Fraud?

  Created: Sunday, 31 January 2010 18:21

  By: Holly Bentz December 31, 2008 http://www.associatedcontent.com/ When Al Capone and his organization were running the streets of Chicago, many city officials were known to be "on the take." In other words, local authorities, responsible for advocat...