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To help Americans for Financial Reform kick off of the National Senate Call-In Week that ends tomorrow, March 4th, Ron Howard created the below skit that reunites all the actors who portrayed "Presidents" on "Saturday Night Live" including Will Ferrell...
Join the National Call-In Week and Call Your Senator Today!The process is easy and the message is clear: Congress must rein in the reckless greedy behavior of Wall Street and create an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency! More than a...
This week the Federal Trade Commission launched "Operation Bottom Dollar" and a new video announcing their effort to crack down on con artists who are preying on the unemployed with job-placement and work-at-home scams, promoting empty promises that they can...
Identity theft has many damaging effects, and one of the most problematic for consumers is the reporting of false or fraudulent information on their credit reports.  One would logically assume that US banks would be legally accountable to consumers for...
Harvard Law Professor and Chairman of the TARP Oversight Committee, Elizabeth Warren made another appearance on The Daily Show last night. When sharing her knowledgeable viewpoint on CEO's, banks and people in power she declared, "They get it. And they...
A UPS scam is circulating throughout the web in the form of an email that lands in potential victims mailbox. It can be dangerously convincing, especially to those who often receive packages from UPS. (See email below)Victims are lured into...
With the beginning of a new decade, the 2010 census is in place to gather information for the Census Bureau regarding housing, economic, and demographic information. This data is used to determine the number of Congressional representatives each state gets...
For lots of us, the goal for 2010 is to make it as little like 2009 as possible. And for millions of Americans, that means trying to get a fresh start on their mortgages after Wall Street ravaged the economy.But...
They say a picture says a thousand words. In this case a picture may win you a thousand dollars. Do you have an image that sums up your feelings on the big banks and the dangers of debt?  If so,...
I hear story after story from homeowners who feel that their pleas for help fall on deaf ears. Many have filed complaints with their State Attorney General's office, various federal and state agencies, and of course their mortgage servicing company...

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