What you should know before you buy a gift card
When you’re at a loss about buying a gift for a partner, friend, or relative, a gift card seems like […]
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Which corporation is your least favorite?
Corporate Accountability International, a group working for the public interest, is offering consumers the opportunity to vote for corporations that
Banks working hard to kill badly needed consumer financial protection agency
President Barack Obama is proposing that Congress establish a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency to regulate consumer financial products such as credit
Credit card reform law ushers in new era of protection for consumers
President Obama signed a credit law on Friday that will help consumers battered by tough economic times by limiting fee
Badly need credit card reforms pass the Senate today
Credit card companies are raking in billions of dollars from consumers in raised interest rates and fees. A bill passed
Bank of America joins other banks in increasing interest rates
Millions of Bank of America customers are being notified that the interest rates on their credit cards are going up.
What President Obama and Congress need to do for American consumers
In my last post, I looked at what President Obama said in his Inaugural address about consumer issues and discussed
Baby boomers hit hard by economic crisis
Losses in the stock market, plunging home values, and the weakening economy are devastating the retirement plans and options of
Baby boomers need to get real about their spending to survive the financial crisis
Financial adviser Suze Orman has said it before, adamantly. Stop spending and get out of debt. Today, on The Oprah