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A look at the proposed consumer financial watchdog A look at Obamas proposal to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency: ?The agency would oversee products used by consumers such as mortgages, credit cards, payday loans and terms on savings accounts. ?The agency would be in charge of implementing a law passed by Congress this spring that protects consumers ...
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GPS blamed for demolishing the wrong house . Cool just for the synopsis outline of Wall Street II . This one dude didnt like Up , a movie which practically everyone else really enjoyed. Both the review and comments beneath are worth reading just to entertain a contrarian opinion and witness a hostile reaction . If David Lynch directed Dirty Dancing . Another amusingly contrarian opinion: provided you still have a job, the recession is actually a pretty good time to score some gr
Beth Kobliner: Protecting Students From Credit Card Debt
It's that time of year, when we're sending our high school and college graduates off into the next phase of their lives with best wishes for a happy, successful future. But there's a serious threat to that secure future, brought to light by recent legislation, which has been overlooked. Buried in the new law that regulates credit card companies are a couple of rules, called for by President Obama in a town hall meeting in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, "to protect students from getting stuck in debt
LeadPile Announces 61 Lead Verticals Served in past 30 Days
*Phoenix June 30th, 2009* LeadPile, The Worlds Largest Online Exclusive Lead Exchange announced today record results for its MicroClick Form(http://www.microclick.com) in June, 2009. LeadPile reports a record number of Lead Verticals being served by its MicroClick Form with Lead Sellers producing leads in 61 different verticals in the month of June. This makes the LeadPile MicroClick Form the most widely used Multi Vertical Lead Generation Form in the lead Marketplace and Lead Exchange Indu
Master Hacker Pleads Guilty
Infamous hacker Max Ray Vision, a.k.a. "Iceman", a.k.a Max Butler pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud charges. Wired Magazine reports that he "stole nearly 2 million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers, which were used to rack up $86 million in fraudulent charges." Butler started out as a good guy, doing contract security work, but quickly picked up a nefarious sideline. Butler did more than just steal credit card numbers directly from credit card users. He actually
Senate health panel readies government insurance option
proposal. It calls for a public plan that would pay doctors and hospitals using reimbursement rates keyed to Medicare's, which medical providers say are often too low. In an important distinction, the Senate HELP committee's plan would not use Medicare
