Despite slow job growth, extended benefits may be on the way for the unemployed and consumer spending is boosting economic growth.
Entries from April 14th, 2010
3 Keys to Recovery: Jobs, Spending & “Financial Literacy”
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Budgeting, Career, Economy
Tags: Ben Bernanke·consumer spending·economic recovery·Federal Reserve Chairman·financial literacy·retail sales·Unemployment
FTC Annual Report to Congress Shows Debt Collection Violations Up
April 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Debt Collection
On April 2, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its 2010 annual report on the number of complaints against debt collectors. All of the complaints, if proven to be true, would be violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) by debt collectors. The FDCPA prohibits deceptive, unfair, and abusive practices by third-party [...]
Tags: ACA International·annual report·complaints·Consumer complaints·debt collectors·FDCPA·FTC·third-party debt collectors
FORBES REPORT: Housing Hints for Spring 2010
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Mortgages, Real Estate
Before you buy, sell or rent this Spring, consider the tips offered up in Forbes’ 2010 Spring Housing Special Report.
Tags: buy·Forbes·Real Estate·rent·sell·spring housing
Medical Identity Theft On the Rise
April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Identity Theft
It turns out that credit cards aren’t the only things you need to worry about if your wallet is stolen. You now have to worry about your insurance card, too. As many as 500,000 Americans have been victims of medical identity theft, says the World Privacy Forum. And this crime is spreading fast: The Federal [...]
Tags: FTC·health inurance card·id theft·illegal treatment·lost wallet·medical identity theft·World Privacy Forum
