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Entering homeownership with eyes wide open
Sitting down in front of a pile of mortgage loan documents to sign at the closing, with a lending officer and maybe a real estate agent at your side, what do you look at first? The eye typically latches on to the simplest things to read, namely the...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Research, Science and Technology, Psychology, Loans
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MarksJarvis: Financial literacy programs well worth the time
It's Money Smart Week, a collection of free financial literacy programs offered throughout the week, aimed at helping people deal with virtually every money issue imaginable: from how to get out of debt, to buying homes, paying for college, building a...Tags: Politics, George Washington University, Retirement, Central Bank, University of Pennsylvania
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Political kin, and politically dangerous
WASHINGTON -- The regulatory, administrative state, which progressives champion, is generally a servant of the strong, for two reasons. It responds to financially powerful and politically sophisticated factions. And it encourages rent-seekers to exploit...
Tags: Politics, Litigation and Regulation, Conservation, U.S. Congress, Environmental Politics
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Bank overdraft programs may cost you
I've warned before that signing up for overdraft protection from your bank is a waste of money. If you would just balance your checkbook and stop spending when you run out of cash, you wouldn't have to pay overdraft fees. But many people are unable or...Tags: Consumers, Richard Cordray, Allentown, Banking, Media Industry
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Obama Debases Trust In Government
The Hartford CourantLast week was amusing. There was the spectacle of advocates of an ever-larger regulatory government expressing shock about such government's large capacity for misbehavior. And, entertainingly, the answer to the question "Will Barack Obama's scandals...Tags: Politics, Benghazi, Internal Revenue Service, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sebelius
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Dueling dozens
For the past year, left-leaning Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has regularly been trading views on the presidential race with writers from the other side of the political spectrum, looking for trends, points of agreement and areas of divergence. For the last...Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Health Care Reform (2009)
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Consumer protection week begins Monday
For the past 15 years, a coalition has worked to share tips and information about privacy protection, money and debt management and recognizing identity theft, frauds and scams. University of Maryland Extension — Washington County is joining the...Tags: Politics, National Government, Theft, Conservation, Marketing
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The Fed's not-so-golden rule
RICHMOND, Va. -- A display case in the lobby of the Federal Reserve Bank here might express humility. The case holds a 99.9 percent pure gold bar weighing 401.75 troy ounces. Minted in 1952, when the price of gold was $35 an ounce, the bar was worth about...Tags: Politics, Gold and Precious Material, Ben Bernanke, Metal and Mineral, Richard Cordray
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Consumers need better way to fix credit reporting errors
About 10 million consumers, through no fault of their own, have serious errors on their credit reports, raising troubling questions about people's ability to secure loans and the fairness of interest rates they're charged. In the first study of its...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Equifax Incorporated, Federal Trade Commission, Mortgages, Finance
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Credit report errors can cost you
A young Poconos man nearly was in tears when we talked about his credit reports. He said his father's medical debts mistakenly were showing up on his reports, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get them removed. He was trying to get loans to...Tags: National Government, Politics, Consumers, Equifax Incorporated, Credit and Debt
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Equity-indexed annuity sales pitch is too good to be true
Dear Liz: Recently, someone from an insurance company proposed that I stop investing through my 401(k) at work and instead invest in his insurance company contract with after-tax dollars. He claims the funds would be guaranteed so that I would never...Tags: Retirement, 401K, Financial and Business Services, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings
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Court refs intervene in superbrawl
To borrow a football metaphor, a federal appeals court threw the flag last week against the president of the United States for unsportsmanlike conduct. Specifically, a three-judge panel in the Washington, D.C., circuit ruled that President Barack Obama'...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Elections
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