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• Whats wrong -- and right -- about our financial system

  
  CPA Success — Authority: 467
  This financial crisis has been one long headache brought on by deception, confusion and incomprehension. Unless you have a Ph.D. in economics, your eyes probably glazed over long ago at long-winded descriptions of credit default swaps , collateralized debt obligations , mortgage-backed securities and the like. ...
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• EDITORIAL: Consumer destruction–Keep bureaucrats away from our credit cards

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  As if hyperactive Washington politicians havent already grabbed enough power by taking over banks and car companies and trying to control everybodys health care, now they are getting closer to centralized bureaucratic control of the entire consumer credit market. Pending legislation to create a superpowerful Consumer ...
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• Semi-legal Online Poker: the Regulation Paradox

  
  Pokerati | Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas Poker Blog — Authority: 531
  Hmm, you know, it’s what been perplexing me, too … how some of the people who are pushing hardest for “our issue” are the people who stand to lose the most (in the short-term at least) should the Barney Frank or Robert Menendez bill(s) pass. The only explanation I can come up with is religious in nature … ...
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• National Advocates and Attorneys to meet with Consumers at Free Expo in South Florida

  
  Denise Richardson — Authority: 418
  This weekend, South Florida is the place to be! Whether you have questions about fair lending practices, loan modifications, mortgage servicing issues, abusive debt collection practices, bankruptcy, foreclosure defenses, or want to know whats being done about abusive credit card interest rates, need advice about how ...
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• Elizabeth Warren: Prairie Populist

  
  The Ruth Group — Authority: 134
  Now here’s a woman we’d like to see in positions where her full head of steam would haul some really big freight.In Elizabeth Warren’s world, credit card contracts would be so simple a teenager could read and understand them in four minutes. Loans would be as easy to compare as toasters, and online credit scores ...
  2 days ago

• Republicans Block Dodd’s Effort to Protect Consumers from Credit Card Rate Hikes

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 168
  dodd.senate.gov Senate Republicans blocked Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodds (D-CT) attempt to pass legislation to stop credit card interest rate hikes. Dodd went to the Senate floor to ask for consent for the Senate to take up and pass his Credit Card Rate Freeze Act, which would prevent credit card companies ...
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• How to choose a facility for your mammogram screening

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 129
  Years ago, when I wrote about the possible dangers of radiation doses from mammograms, I followed the consumer recommendations to call facilities that offer mammograms and ask about the age of their equipment, equipment certification, and technician training. In recent years, I’ve been lax about this important ...
  3 days ago

• Pay for Engagement Ad Model Raises Consumer Protection Issues

  
  Digital Destiny — Authority: 117
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  Digital Destiny — Authority: 117
  
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• Whose Responsibility is Responsible Finance?

  
  Microfinance Blog — Authority: 120
  Last week CGAP hosted the first of a planned series of discussions on responsible finance in low-income financial services, with panelists Fe de la Cruz, Director of Corporate Affairs for the Central Bank of the Philippines, Denise Dias, CGAP staffer and formerly of the Central Bank of Brazil , and Daryl Collins, ...
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• That Job Offer May Not Be What It Seems – Avoid Becoming A Money Transfer Mule

  
  The Money Well — Authority: 113
  The increase in unemployment due to the recession and the need to find the money to pay credit card debts will make many people interested in the idea of making a little extra money with a part time job. Not all jobs are everything they seem to be and there are warnings today from the website, www.getsafeonline.org ...
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• Competition Authority and National Consumer Agency. A marriage made in hell?

  
  ValueIreland.com — Authority: 423
  I wrote previously, Are the Competition Authority happy to be merged with the National Consumer Agency? , about how it was unlikely that the Competition Authority of Ireland were unlikely to be happy about their proposed merger with the National Consumer Agency. I wonder is that the reason we’ve yet to see the ...
  4 days ago

• The Negative Feedback Loop Begins

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 744
  I wrote on the Tech Liberation Front blog a couple of months ago about the shady practice among a few Internet retailers of handing off customers who accept a “special offer” to a company that charges people a monthly fee for some kind of credit monitoring service. And I argued hopefully that maybe technologists ...
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• EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters (AFP)

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 165
  AFP – European nations have closed down over 50 Internet websites after a crackdown on mobile phone ringtone scams often targeting youngsters. Read the original: (AFP)"> (AFP)">EU shuts down ringtone scam sites targeting youngsters (AFP)
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• The Negative Feedback Loop Begins

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 560
  I wrote here a couple of months ago about the shady practice among a few Internet retailers of handing off customers who accept a “special offer” to a company that charges people a monthly fee for some kind of credit monitoring service. And I argued hopefully that maybe technologists and the Internet community ...
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• No On Oyster Safety

  
  Fallenmonk — Authority: 135
  Just in case you are a raw oyster lover you might want to read Marions entire post over at Food Politics : On November 13, the FDA announced indefinite postponement of rules requiring raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico to undergo postharvest processing to destroy their content of Vibrio vulnificus, a ...
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• Obama Nominates Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez to the FTC

  
  Antitrust Review — Authority: 115
  Reuters reports : U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Julie Brill, North Carolina’s top consumer watchdog, and attorney Edith Ramirez to fill two vacant spots on the Federal Trade Commission, the White House said on Monday. … Brill became the senior deputy attorney general and chief of consumer protection ...
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• Internet Lawyer: Consumer Advocate or Devil’s Advocate?

  
  Internet Law and Business Blog — Authority: 112
  Some cannot understand how one can simultaneously represent some of the biggest Internet info product marketers while attacking others for unethical conduct. A public relations stunt? Loose cannon? What the heck is going on? To understand the what , you’ll need to learn the why I’m about to share with you for ...
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• Federal Reserve Moves to Restrict Fees on Gift Cards

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  The move is the latest response by the Fed after it was accused of not taking a more active role in its duty to protect consumers.
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  Chicago Lawyer — Authority: 127
  
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