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Debtor's Revolt: Woman Refuses To Pay Off Bank Of America Credit Card (VIDEO)
Business  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, finance, investments, money, ethics, economy, abuse, banks, credit, cards, revolution, bailout, bofa, arrogance, greed, society, debt )

Tom
- 73 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The credit card industry made a villain of itself this year by benefiting from billions in taxpayer bailout dollars and then thanking taxpayers by raising interest rates and minimum monthly payments, even on their good customers. It's time to fight back!
23 comments
$$$ Crisis Analysis: Few Expect Boom After Global Bust
Business  (tags: federal reserve, financial crisis, business, money, economy, stock market, global crisis, globalization, investors, investments, banks, government, politcs, society, employment, credit, americans, consumers, finance, news, world )

SirRobert
- 103 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
A financial recovery and economic comeback may be weakened following the current breakdown within the global financial system.
15 comments
Credit Card Firms Try End Run Around New Federal Rules
Business  (tags: obama, business, banks, credit, cards, reform, law, corruption, crime, abuse, lies, greed, bailout, americans, dishonesty, government, economy, corporate, ethics, finance, money, politics, investments, consumers )

Tom
- 143 days ago - latimes.com
Banks are quietly changing the terms of millions of credit card accounts as they brace for a tough new law that will limit rate hikes. The law will restrict interest rate hikes unless a card has a variable rate, so banks are doing away with fixed rates.
6 comments
Credit Card Issuers Getting In Their Licks Ahead Of Reform
Business  (tags: obama, business, banks, credit, cards, reform, law, corruption, crime, abuse, lies, greed, bailout, americans, dishonesty, government, economy, corporate, ethics, finance, money, politics, investments, consumers )

Tom
- 149 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Chase has recently increased the monthly minimum payment on select accounts that have carried balances. Effective August 2009, impacted cardmembers will have their minimum payment increased from 2% to 5% of the statement balance, said a Chase spokeswoman.
18 comments
Sign Petition: End Credit Card Financing of Mail Order Brides
Business  (tags: women, trafficking, abuse, mail-order, brides, poverty, crime, sadness, rape, sexual, assault, credit, cards, banks, intrernet, business, corruption, ethics, finance, economy, money, society )

Tom
- 168 days ago - change.org
The facilitating of payments used in the recruitment and sale of mail-order brides is unregulated. The major credit card companies are involved and have been for years. It opens the door to an increasing class of criminals to buy and exploit these women.
84 comments
Sign Petition: Tell Congress You're OUTRAGED By Predatory Lending!
Business  (tags: americans, consumers, business, corporate, dishonesty, corruption, debt, abuse, finance, foreclosures, money, marketing, government, law, lies, society, lenders, banks, mortgages, credit, cards, loans, unfair, devious, predatory, ethics, economy, cover-up )

Tom
- 169 days ago - change.org
Predatory lending practices must be stopped. Loans and other financial products are complex. They are potentially helpful and also potentially extremely destructive. Accordingly, loan products and contracts should be regulated by the government.
10 comments
Majoring In Debt
Business  (tags: ethics, consumers, business, credit, abuse, americans, debt, dishonesty, economy )

Cal
- 281 days ago - newsweek.com
Despite the crunch, credit-card companies keep targeting undergrads.
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Blaming the Victims: Heroic American Consumers
Business  (tags: Borrowing Money, Consumer Spending, Consumption, Credit, Debt, Easy Money, Financial Crisis, Food Stamps, Foreclosure Crisis, Great Depression 2.0, Unemployment, Wages, Business News )

Blue
- 291 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
High levels of debt and consumption were not the result of millions of individual decisions by consumers. They were the result of a deliberate economic 'regime change' in the 1970s.
6 comments
That Back Massage Could Cause You More Financial Stress
Business  (tags: credit, money, spending, spying, "credit score", "spending habits" )

Clever
- 461 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
Most borrowers know a late payment or high outstanding balance can hurt their credit. But what about frequenting a massage parlor, retreading a tire or visiting a marriage counselor? Such activities count, too, according to a suit filed June 10 by the FTC
7 comments
THE BUSH BATTERED DOLLAR
Business  (tags: Credit, Crisis, Meltdown, Money )

Barry
- 566 days ago - opednews.com
With 4-6 trillion dollars of rich tax cuts, Bush caused more deficits than all before. Since he began, the dollar has dropped 47%, 8% in just a recent 5 weeks-halving the value of trillions of $ foreign investments. For expat Americans the sickening
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The Fox Is in the Hen-House
Business  (tags: Banks, Congress, Congress, Credit, Dollar, Economic, Gold, Government, Justice, Money, Money, Money, Monopoly, Power )

Barry
- 601 days ago - opednews.com
"Hey brother, can you spare $75 billion?" loan program for international investment banks. FED asks for oversight of all financial markets: part of a sweeping overhaul of the government's regulatory structure. Scroll down for the article.
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A New New Deal
Business  (tags: Banks, Credit, Debt Consumer, Economy Recession, Economy-Economics- US, Federal Reserve System, Money )

Barry
- 616 days ago - opednews.com
Reshaping the U.S. economy so that it actually benefits Americans won't be easy. But it must be done. The American economy over the past three decades has been powered by ever more ingenious extensions of credit to a people whose incomes were going nowher
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Inflation Hits the Poor Hardest
Business  (tags: Commodities, Credit, Crisis, Economy Recession, Families, Gobal Financial Panic 2007, Inflation )

Barry
- 616 days ago - opednews.com
Inflation is walloping Americans with low and moderate incomes as the prices of staples have soared far faster than those of luxuries.
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Inflation; The Silent Robber:
Business  (tags: Bailout, Banks, Credit, Crime, Dollar, Economic, Government, Inflation, Money )

Barry
- 625 days ago - opednews.com
Inflation robs more Americans of their money than all of the crooks combined. The government bailouts currently being employed have huge consequences for Middle America.
3 comments
Credit Cards Becoming More Affordable
Business  (tags: finance, money, debt, loans, credit )

Harun
- 708 days ago - thriftyscot.com
There has been a new collection of credit cards introduced by suppliers
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