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Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD) of 2009
On May 22nd, 2009 Barack Obama signed new legislation into law called the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit CARD Act). The law was supposed to force credit card companies to become more transparent with their fees, interest rates and other provisions, and create a more consumer friendly environment. Whether or not that will actually happen is still up for debate. As of yesterday, February 22nd, 2010, the law is now in effect.
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How To Pay Your Price On Your Next New Car Purchase - Part Two This is part two of my posts on buying a new car and paying the price you want. Part one of this series can be found right here, Part Three can be found here, and Part 4 can be found here. Ok, so here we are, part two on making...... -
Paying Off Credit Card Debt Paying off debt has been in the news a lot with the current economy. Credit card debt is a plague that has stricken countless families. Paying off the excessive debt can stress your monthly cash flow but having too much debt can keep you from getting a good rate on......
Fresh off of a $787 billion stimulus package passed in February of 2009, congressional Democrats are now beginning to talk about passing a second, more modest stimulus package sometime within the next few months – aimed at easing the unemployment crisis. From Reuters:
Congressional Democrats’ push for another U.S. stimulus package got a boost on Tuesday from an analysis that found their earlier effort had blunted the impact of the worst economic downturn in 80 years.
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Stimulus Package - Free Web Tools to Make Your Life Easier There are ten FREE web tools that can make your life better. Those tools are: www.mint.com - This site helps you track your expense because it pulls to a secure site all of your bank information. This makes it easier to get your taxes information together. www.zenbe.com - This site allows...... -
Details Scarce on Compromised Homebuyers Credit When I came home from work tonight I thought about the post I intended to write, about the new details regarding the homebuyers tax credit after the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to a common stimulus package.Unfortunately, the text of this compromise is not available to the public. Instead,......




