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The giant tornado that tore across the Oklahoma City area recently, killing dozens of people, is a sobering reminder that we can never be fully prepared for a natural disaster. With tornado and hurricane season underway and summer’s heightened risk for brush fires just around the corner, it’s a good time [...]
Fri, May 24, 2013
Source: Credit.com
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Posted by: John KiernanSay what you will about the NRA and the AARP, the most powerful lobby around might be that of motherhood.  Just think:  public pressure from women’s groups in the interest of stay-at-home mothers actually led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to go back and tweak the landmark [...]
Fri, May 24, 2013
Source: Card Hub
10 U.S. Cities with the Lowest Credit Scores | Credit Karma Blog
Here at Credit Karma we enjoy analyzing data every month. This allows us to get the pulse of how Americans are doing when it comes to their current debt and credit. Last month we took a look at which U.S. cities have the lowest mortgage debt. This month we decided to [...]
Thu, May 23, 2013
Source: Credit Karma
These Money heroes devote their energies to supporting the careers and economic health of those with disabilities. [...]
Thu, May 23, 2013
Source: Personal finance news - CNNMoney.com
This skip-tracer turned skip-maker charges $42,000 minimum to help people disappear. He doesn't take credit cards. In fact, his first move will be to destroy yours [...]
Thu, May 23, 2013
Source: CreditCards.com
Mortgage experts predict what will happen to rates over the next week -- and why. [...]
Thu, May 23, 2013
Source: Bankrate
Today, we issued a final rule clarifying and making technical amendments to the 2013 Escrows Final Rule issued by the Bureau this past January. This is the first final rule in connection with our planned issuances to clarify and provide additional guidance about the mortgage rules we issued in January. [...]
Thu, May 16, 2013
Source: Comsumer Finance