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• Loan Modification Scam PSA #2

  
  CVN Money — Authority: 136
  California Department of Real Estate Loan Modification Scam PSA. Beware of home loan modification scams and foreclosure fraud. Loan modification advice and loan modification tips. Call 888-995-HOPE for more information.
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• CDD/USPIRG to FTC: Self-Reg is a Failure (and should be investigated for “unfair and deceptive” complaint!)

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 117
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• Citi Bucks the Trend, Raises Rates

  
  Vision Credit Education, Inc. — Authority: 98
  Bank of America, Capital One and Discover have each pledged to avoid interest rate hikes ahead of the Credit CARD Act. Citibank however has begun raising interest rates on many of its cardholders effective December 20, 2009. Poor Timing Citibank began mailing out thousands of notification letters on November 1 to ...
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• FCC Invites Comments On "Text Broadcasting" Proposal

  
  CommLawBlog — Authority: 122
  Another step closer to mobile spam? Back in September we wrote about a petition for declaratory ruling filed by Club Texting, Inc. , which appeared to be anticipatorily seeking a Get Out Of FCC Free Jail card for itself and others engaging in “text broadcasting”.   Deadline alert!!!  The FCC has just ...
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• Consent will be required for cookies in Europe

  
  CyberLaw Blog — Authority: 137
  Consent will be required for cookies in Europe : “EDITORIAL: A law that demands consent to internet cookies has been approved and will be in force across the EU within 18 months. It is so breathtakingly stupid that the normally law-abiding business may be tempted to bend the rules to breaking point.” (Via ...
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• Mountie faces second impaired driving charge

  
  The non conformer's Canadian Weblog — Authority: 418
  but the RCMP had said there are no RCMP alcholics, or less than a handful? He has been a constable in the RCMP for about 16 years, according to RCMP, and has been on medical leave since the first incident. and has been an Alcoholic now for how many years as well? and his supervisors now as well?   RCMP ...
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• Survey shows strong interest in homeownership among Latinos

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  A recent survey conducted by the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP) shows that 54 percent of Latinos have a strong interest in homeownership and plan to buy a home in the next five years. The survey was conducted among Latino renters living in markets with high foreclosure rates, ...
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• San Francisco Gets Picky About Parking

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  In case you haven’t heard yet, the City of San Francisco has decided to start enforcing a law that will make the already bad parking problem even worse. No longer will you be able to block your OWN driveway. The City must be deeply in trouble financially since there will now be fines for parking in the street ...
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• Tax Credit Information – good website reference

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  There are lots of questions as to who qualifies for the extended tax credit. The website www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com has some of the best information. Janis Stone – DRE# 00517072
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• Bravo to Public Voice’s “Global Privacy Standards for a Global World” Madrid Declaration

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 117
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• My Top political posts

  
  Posted at wordpress.com — Authority: 118
  My Top political posts the last few years..   Title     Divorce And Remarriage In The Christian Church   CRTC’s Farcical hearings on Internet speed  Internet   2009 CANADIAN EDITORIAL CARTOONS  Politics   l care.. CANADIAN HEALTH ...
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• Thinking of halting payments on house? Think again!

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  Some homeowners underwater on their houses—who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth—wonder what would happen if they were to stop paying their mortgages. When lenders do not receive payments, the first action taken by the lender is to report the missed payment to the credit bureaus by the first ...
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• Bell’s lies vs reality again

  
  The non conformer's Canadian Weblog — Authority: 418
      Bell spin Bell’s New Network Fastest And Most Reliable  MONTRÉAL – Canadians can now access the country’s largest, fastest and most reliable wireless network with Bell Mobility’s launch this week of its highly anticipated HSPA network and a range of new HSPA smartphones and turbo sticks. ...
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• Waging a property tax appeal hardly a sure bet

  
  It's Only Money — Authority: 125
  I got my tax bill two weeks ago and, perhaps like you, felt more deflated than this economy. My propertys value, the statement alleged, declined 10 percent. Its assessed value, however, climbed 3 percent. And my tax bill increased 7 percent.
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• Does Upromise Keeps its Promise Helping You Save Money for College?

  
  Identity Theft Blog at Identity Theft Secrets — Authority: 110
  Upromise participation is unlikely to pay for four years of college but many consumers want to know, is it worth my time at all? How much will it help me save? How hard is it to do? Even before the current economic downturn, many families were already concerned about how they could save enough money for ...
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• NEARLY $3 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR HOUSING DISCRIMINATION

  
  San Francisco Real Estate Blog — Authority: 138
  The U.S. Department of Justice has obtained a record $2.725 million settlement against Los Angeles apartment owners for alleged rental discrimination.  In a lawsuit brought in August 2006, the Justice Department claimed that Donald T. Sterling and others engaged in discriminatory practices, such as refusing to rent ...
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• Memo to Wall Street: Its simple, put pregnant women and children first.

  
  Denise Richardson — Authority: 421
  While pregnant woman, children and those with weak immune systems wait in long, long lines to get a dose of the H1N1 vaccine, we learn that Wall Streets wants -once again comes before Main Streets needs. They not only get to move to the front of the line -they dont have a line at all.    As the below ...
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• Congress proposes extension and expansion of home-buyer tax credit

  
  Consumer Reports Home & Garden Blog — Authority: 501
  Legislation to extend and expand the federal home-buyer tax credit , which is scheduled to expire on November 30, passed by a 98-0 vote in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday . The U.S. House of Representatives could vote on the measure as early as today. Under the proposed legislation, first-time home buyers or those who ...
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• Sell Unwanted Gold Without Getting Ripped Off [Saving Money]

  
  Lifehacker — Authority: 814
  There are many, many merchants who want to offer you cash for gold these days, and many of them are rip-offs . Consumer Reports took the time to shop around some jewelry and record which methods give real returns for gold. The not-for-profit consumer group shopped identical 18k pendant jewelry to three of the more ...
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• Elizabeth Warren; A not-so-secret weapon for consumers fighting predatory financial practices

  
  Denise Richardson — Authority: 421
  It turns out that the biggest weapon we as consumers have to wield against financial predatory practices (the one that scares big banks the most) is one of my own personal heroes Harvard Law Professor and Chairman of the TARP Oversight Committee -Elizabeth Warren. (See video below) While the financial industry ...
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