Consumer Debt News

In response to Beverly Lawyer’s Sept.

Janet wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the question below.

Record shows focus on bright future East Valley Tribune, AZ - 1 hour ago Lane spoke in favor of payday loan -type businesses. To prevent the proliferation of pawnshops and payday loan stores, I successfully proposed that …

Collapsing with Wall Street, the New York Sun newspaper printed its final edition Tuesday - leaving more than 100 staffers without jobs.

Payday loans Q&A Peoria Journal Star, IL - 2 hours ago The Department of Planning & Growth Management has been working since June on an ordinance regulating convenience cash businesses, such as payday and title …

Asian stocks kicked off the fourth quarter an upbeat note Wednesday, although gains were relatively shallow compared to the overnight rally on Wall Street, with investors in Japan taking a cautious stance after a business sentiment survey found the mood among large companies turned negative for the first time in five years.

New York is rolling in pumpkins this fall thanks to great weather that created bumper-crop growing conditions - but they’re still gonna cost you more.

Finally. The stock market did it

John Bruno sells cars for a living, and he has been feeling the credit squeeze every day on the showroom floor.

The mood among Japan’s large manufacturers has turned negative for the first time in five years amid concerns a looming global downturn threatens export markets and as high commodity strain profit margins, the Bank of Japan’s quarterly tankan survey of business sentiment showed Wednesday.

Congress was closing in on a bipartisan deal to save the financial bailout package Tuesday - but not without more finger-pointing and blame.

The credit crunch is making it much more difficult to get a loan, especially if past debt has put a dent in your credit history. But consumer counselors say there are ways to rebuild your credit and raise that score.

Get Out Alive: Surviving college credit crises Royal Purple News, WI - 50 minutes ago “There are also consumer credit counseling services available that provide debt counseling.” Personal finance issues are a common setback for many college …

The $700 billion Wall Street bailout that crashed and burned will be resurrected Wednesday night when the Senate votes on a tweaked version.

All the elected and appointed officials who hold the life of the country in their hands parade in front of us and not only can’t explain how to get us out of this, they can’t even explain how we got here. At the head of this parade is President Bush.