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Credit settlement spurs refund for cardholders
If you have a credit card, watch closely. About 6 million credit card users are going to receive money back on their cards. And it doesn't matter if you have a rewards card or not. The reward you are about to get is unique. It's supposed to make up...
Tags: American Express Company, Finance, Richard Cordray, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance
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Kevin Hunt: A Credit Card Quiz: What's Legal?
The Hartford CourantReaders of The Bottom Line pride themselves on their credit-card discipline (please say it's true), but how many of you watch the people watching you spend your money? Do you know the most, by law, you will ever pay on an unauthorized charge to your...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Consumers, Caribbean Vacations, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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American Express ordered to refund $85 million to consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced this morning it has ordered three subsidiaries of American Express to refund about $85 million to about a quarter of a million consumers. According to the agency, an investigation found “that at...
Tags: American Express Company, Finance, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Discover Financial Services
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Impact: Dodd-Frank Act Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has industries flustered
WASHINGTON (AP)— The new federal agency charged with enforcing consumer finance laws is emerging as an ambitious sheriff, taking on companies for deceptive fees and marketing and unmoved by protests that its tactics go too far. In the 14 months...
Tags: Finance, Consumers, Richard Cordray, Economy, Business and Finance, Capital One Financial Corporation
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Bill Clinton fires up Democrats with Obama nomination speech
Los Angeles TimesCHARLOTTE, N.C.— Sounding at times like a college lecturer and others like a revival speaker, former President Bill Clinton delivered a thumping endorsement Wednesday night of incumbent Barack Obama, saying his policies were slowly healing the...Tags: Finance, Government Health Care, Chuck Schumer, Antonio Villaraigosa, Mitt Romney
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Bill Clinton Touts Obama, Warns Against Romney
Los Angeles TimesCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Declaring that "America is better off" than it was when Barack Obama became president, former President Clinton lauded the record of his Democratic successor and skewered his Republican rival, depicting the choice before voters as one...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Chuck Schumer, Economy, Business and Finance, Government, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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Senior advocates urge more help to stop financial exploitation
Baltimore police arrested five people last week accused of impersonating city tax collectors and going to the homes of elderly residents to rob them. These are disturbing allegations. But apparently, scam artists who pretend to have ties to the...Tags: Finance, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Personal Finance, Laws
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Students finding out what it means to be underwater
How long can you hold your breath? It's bad enough millions of U.S. homes are underwater, worth less money on the real estate market than needed to pay off the outstanding mortgage balance. The prospect of millions of Americans dragged under by...
Tags: Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Federal Reserve, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance
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Not so golden years for some older homeowners
Prior to 2008, many baby boomers assumed they were set for retirement. They would fund those golden years by tapping into their homes if they hadn't saved enough in their 401(k) plans. But home equity no longer looks like a safe Plan B for a fast-growing...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Finance, Consumers, Mortgages, Economy, Business and Finance
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Is your financial aid being eaten up by debit-card fees?
Students across the country are headed back to college, and millions of them will get financial aid disbursed on a debit card. The cards are convenient and save money for the schools. But these debit cards can be expensive for students, who could see...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Banking
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Elder financial abuse in Illinois on rise
Downers Grove retiree Robert Govenat was on the computer every day, watching prices of his stocks go down. It was November 2007, and a bear market was threatening. "He was about to have a nervous breakdown or a heart attack," recalls his wife, Jan, a...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Rentals, Services and Shopping, Nursing
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New Website Shows Complaints About Credit Card Companies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a new website Tuesday showing consumer complaints against credit card companies. It will eventually include complaints about student loans and mortgage companies. Since last July, the bureau has...
Tags: Consumers, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Credit and Debt
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