2007 Oct 05
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Pitfalls You May Not Know About Credit After Bankruptcy - An editorial in the New York Times applauds Congress for finally trying to rein in predatory credit practices like increasing your interest rate for ......
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Pitfalls You May Not Know About Credit After Bankruptcy - An editorial in the New York Times applauds Congress for finally trying to rein in predatory credit practices like increasing your interest rate for ......
2007 Sep 11
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Credit Card Companies Target Bankruptcy Filers - Law professor at the University of Iowa, Katherine Potter's recent text Bankrupt Profits: The Credit Industry's Business Model for Post-Bankruptcy Le......
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Subprime Credit Company Socked for Deceptive Marketing - Some good news for those bankruptcy filers who have fallen prey to the credit card companies targeting debtors mentioned on this blog.
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2007 Aug 31
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Bush To Offer Proposals for Subprime Mortgage Crisis - As recently as a week ago, George W. Bush was touting the "liquidity" of the economy in the face of the ongoing subprime mortgage crisis in the Unite......
2007 Aug 30
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Durbin to Propose Legislation to Protect Families from Foreclosure? - The New York Times recently reported that Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) would propose an amendment to the bankruptcy code that would offer more optio......
2007 Aug 01
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Bankruptcy Court Gives Goldman Proceeds From Simpson Book - For all of us waiting anxiously to read the O.J. Simpson's cancelled book, "If I Did It," we may yet get the chance. A Florida bankruptcy court awar......
2007 Jul 09
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Indiana Bankruptcy Filings for First Half of 2007 Up from a Year Ago - Perceptions about the 2005 bankruptcy law making it impossible for people to file for bankruptcy seem to be changing. Nearly two weeks ago, The Bankr......
2007 Jun 28
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Bankruptcy Filings Up in United States during First Quarter - Bankruptcy filings in the United States increased by 66 percent during the first quarter of 2007. An Associated Press story detailed government data......
2007 Jun 27
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Marion Jones Sprinting towards Bankruptcy - The Los Angeles Times recently reviewed court records for Marion Jones and found that the Olympic star who won five medals seven years ago in Sydney ......
2007 Jun 22
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Email Bankruptcy for Those Wanting Out of Their Inbox! - For most people nowadays, it is quite common to maintain a couple of email accounts. With the requirements that come with work and everyday life, it ......
2007 Jun 21
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New Federal Mortgage Comparison Calculator Aims to Educate Prospective Homebuyers - With foreclosure levels reaching scary heights in the United States, it has become more and more common to hear about horror stories of mortgage frau......
2007 Jun 18
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Boy-Band Producer Brought Back to USA to Face Bankruptcy Charges - Music Producer Lou Pearlman, who created the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync is being transferred from Guam to the continental United States to face fede......
2007 Jun 13
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Former NFL Wide Receiver Andre Rison Tackled by Court-Ordered Bankruptcy - Affectionately nicknamed “Spiderman” for his end-zone celebrations in which he pretended to shoot spider webs out of his wrists after scoring a touch......
2007 Jun 11
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Bankruptcy May Stop Angry Creditors, Collection Agencies and Now Pornography? - You may have heard how some people have found that filing for bankruptcy has allowed them to get the fresh financial start they needed and stop livin......
2007 Jun 08
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Lost Track of Who Owns Your Mortgage? Chances are You're Not Alone - Florida attorney April Charney, Forbes magazine tells us, noticed that a lot of the mortgage foreclosure cases she saw involved affidavits of lost no......
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New Colorado Mortgage Foreclosure Laws Address Serious Problem in the State! - Just one week ago, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter took a major step to try to stop the mortgage foreclosure problem in the state by signing five forec......
2007 Jun 06
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Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Schemes Banned in Massachusetts - Just five days ago, Massachusetts banned mortgage foreclosure rescue schemes with an emergency measure that will last for 90 days as the foreclosure ......
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Subprime Mortgage Crash Hurts More than Just Borrowers - This spring alone, several subprime mortgage lenders have filed for bankruptcy protection, closed their doors, or announced substantial reductions in......
2007 Jun 04
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Insurance Companies Charge More if You Have Poor Credit - The United States Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case about insurance companies notifying you that you’re being charged more for insurance because ......