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Is Your Bank Going Broke?

Posted: March 10, 2010 12:06PM by Eric Fox

A recent government report on conditions in the U.S. banking system for the fourth quarter of 2009 indicates that while the economy may have troughed sometime in 2009, problems in the banking system...

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Filed Under: Banking, Bear Market, Credit, Credit Crunch, Economy, Financial Crisis, Loans, Recession

Credit Cards And Campus: A Rough Break Up

Posted: March 9, 2010 10:15AM by Hans Wagner

"Mom, send money, I need to pay my credit card bill." YourÂ answer? "What credit card?" When your child went off to college, you may not have realized that your child would receive and take advantage...

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Filed Under: Credit, Credit Cards, Regulations, Students

The European Union's Dead Weight

Posted: March 8, 2010 9:21AM by Jonas Elmerraji

As leaders in theÂ European UnionÂ (EU) struggle to reach some sort of agreement over a bailout for Greece, some investors have been left wondering whether the EU's economic structure makes sense....

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Filed Under: Bonds, Credit, Debt, Forex

How Savings Are Saving The Economy

Posted: March 5, 2010 10:32AM by Jonas Elmerraji

Americans are known for a lot of things, but saving isn't one of them. In the credit-fueled spending spree that personified the last decade, the national savings rate dropped to all-time lows â€“ even...

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Filed Under: Budgeting, Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Crunch, Debt, Economy, Home Equity, Loans, Personal Finance, Real Estate, Recession, Savings

How Your Credit Card Is Changing

Posted: March 1, 2010 11:00AM by Eric Fox

Populist rage over the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars doled out to financial institutions like American International Group (AIG) and Citigroup, has led to the passage of laws that change...

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Filed Under: Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Report

Debt Collection: Know Your Rights

Posted: February 25, 2010 10:49AM by Jean Folger

Mortgages, car payments, medical bills, credit card obligations, student loans -Â the bills keep rolling in. But the current economic crunch is finding more and more people the subject of debt...

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Filed Under: Credit, Credit Cards, Credit Report, Debt, Economy, Laws, Loans, Personal Finance, Regulations

Forget Your Bank Account - Use Your Credit Card

Posted: February 24, 2010 9:19AM by Mark Riddix

With the rise in fees that banks are charging, have you ever thought about using your credit card as if it were a bank account? I know it sounds crazy, but it just might work. Banks are charging fees...

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Filed Under: Banking, Budgeting, Credit, Credit Cards, Personal Finance

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