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Obama's financial reforms: Too much or too little?10 comments

Penelope Wang wrote 15 hours ago: Ever since President Barack Obama proposed his wide-ranging financial reforms last month,  investors … more →

Tags: Money's Two Cents, Congress, Government, Investing, obama

Get A Medical Privacy Check-UP

legallyinformed wrote 16 hours ago: GET A MEDICAL PRIVACY CHECK-UP How private is your medical information, and is it insulated from nef … more →

Tags: legal and consumer, health, Law, Legal, Medical, Privacy

Imagine buying a home and understanding your contract1 comment

Rick Claypool wrote 1 day ago: Okay, it’s not exactly a line from John Lennon’s utopian activist anthem “Imagine,” but it’s a … more →

Tags: product safety, Arbitration

Consumer rights 'could be lost' under new EU directive

ispystrangers wrote 1 day ago: A House of Lords Committee has asked the government not to agree to the European Commission’s … more →

Tags: Lords, Committees, european union, EU, European Commission, Lord EU committee, european directive, EU directive

The AEI Versus the Real World26 comments

James Kwak wrote 2 days ago: Peter Wallison of the American Enterprise Institute accuses the Consumer Financial Protection Agency … more →

Tags: Commentary, regulation

Software Consumer Bill of Rights

multiven wrote 2 days ago: As more and more of our day-to-day life migrate to the Internet, we are reminded that our sole mode … more →

Tags: software bug fixes, Software Bill of Rights, cisco, Juniper, Alcatel Lucent, HP, Avaya, foundry, Microsoft

FTC to Stop Fraud and Help Distressed Homeowners

Fahz NMSU wrote 2 days ago: This is based on an e-mail I received from Employee Benefit Research Institute.  The Federal Trade C … more →

Tags: housing

"Top Tampa Bay-Area Law Firm and Major Real Estate Group Form Partnership to Help Clients with Mortgage Difficulties"

tampabankruptcylawyer wrote 2 days ago: Tampa Bay, Florida – Yesner & Boss, P.L., one of Central Florida’s top real estate law firms, … more →

Tags: foreclosure, bankruptcy, Lawyer, attorney, attorneys, short sale, Lawyers, Tampa, St. Petersburg

Consumers are Suing Debt Collectors

Chandler Bankruptcy Attorney wrote 3 days ago: Yes, you read that correctly.  Consumers are suing debt collectors for violations of the Fair Debt C … more →

Tags: FCRA, FDCPA, Suing debt collectors

Speak Softly and Carry a Strong Message3 comments

Curley & Pynn - The Strategic Firm wrote 3 days ago: by Elizabeth Buccianti The Federal Communications Commission in conjunction with Congress began wo … more →

Tags: Industry Musings, Federal Communications Commission, Loud commercials

Starhub and Singtel sports channels charges

rogerpoh wrote 3 days ago: SAY NO TO COSTLY SPORTS CHANNELS CHARGES BY STARHUB AND SINGTEL. CONSUMERS HAVE THE POWER. USE THE P … more →

Tags: StarHub, Singtel, singapore telcos, SPORTS CHANNELS

Traditional Media Are Faster than Bloggers and *Everyone* Is Faster than the FTC

Tein wrote 4 days ago: A couple interesting articles about online media ran in the New York Times. In one article, research … more →

Tags: Marketing, media, New York Times, hot air, Talking Points memo, FTC, Federal Trade Commission, aaaa, AAF

Medicare liens are a pitfall for elderly plaintiffs

Jeffrey Roy wrote 4 days ago: A few years ago, we wrote about the evils of subrogation from health insurance contracts any impact … more →

Why does Starhub keep raising its charges for sports programmes?

rogerpoh wrote 4 days ago: I have been a Starhub cable TV customer since the advent of cable TV in Singapore. As a sports fan, … more →

Tags: cable tv, StarHub, tv sports programmes

Waiting For The Big Push: Selling The Consumer Protection Agency For Financial Products36 comments

Simon Johnson wrote 4 days ago: In mid-March, the administration proposed that toxic assets could and would be safely removed from b … more →

Tags: Commentary, safety commission

DBS Bank2 comments

rogerpoh wrote 1 week ago: This morning I got a call from someone using a private phone number (i.e. phone number not shown if … more →

Tags: dbs bank, private phone number, telemarketers

The Finest of the Flavors29 comments

James Kwak wrote 1 week ago: Richard Thaler has a simple argument for plain-vanilla financial products. Mike at Rortybomb deals w … more →

Tags: Commentary, External perspectives, Mortgages

POSB-why long queues all the time?

rogerpoh wrote 1 week ago: The annoying thing about POSB is the perennial long queues in its banks. Sometimes the queue can sp … more →

Tags: POSB, Singapore Banks

Big Business Fights Consumer Protection

wisconsumerchoice wrote 1 week ago: From PRWatch.org (7/1/09) Key to the Obama administration’s proposal for financial industry re … more →

Tags: Big Business


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