Sorkin: So Where’s Consumer Protection?
The fate of the proposed consumer protection agency remains the biggest question mark in the proposed overhaul of the finance industry, The New York Times's Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in his latest DealBook column.
Read more News Source - New York Times
Publish date - 08:31:02 03/09/10

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So Where’s Consumer Protection?
Should a consumer protection agency have true independence, as many Democrats believe it should, so that it has real power to act on its own?
Read more News Source - NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 13:37:18 03/09/10

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FDIC Chairman Questions Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said mortgage interest is one of the problems for the nation's banking crisis.
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Publish date - 23:23:19 03/08/10

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Bill to ban state taxes on forgiven mortgage debt goes to Gov.
A political showdown is on between the Legislature and governor regarding a bill to ban the state from taxing forgiven mortgage debt.
Read more News Source - The Sacramento Bee
Publish date - 23:54:39 03/08/10

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FDIC Chairman Questions Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction
WASHINGTON--Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair came close to the third rail of tax policies Monday, citing the federal tax deduction for mortgage interest as one of the causes...
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Publish date - 00:23:07 03/09/10

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So Where’s Consumer Protection?
Should a consumer protection agency have true independence — in effect, its own street address — as many Democrats believe it should, so that it has real power to act on its own?
Read more News Source - New York Times
Publish date - 03:32:49 03/09/10

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Get Consumed in Your Protection
Consumer Protection Week is here and the FBI doesn't won't you to forget it
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Publish date - 00:03:58 03/09/10

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Senators Are Close To Bank Reform Deal
WASHINGTON -- Legislators have "about reached an appropriate balance" on the creation of a controversial consumer protection unit for mortgage and credit card products, a key senator said Tuesday. "W...
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Publish date - 15:54:55 03/09/10

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Fixed-rate mortgage? Homeowners should consider all alternatives
You may pay over the odds if you panic-buy a fixed-rate mortgage when rates start rising, warn brokers Borrowers who stampede for fixed-rate deals as soon as the base rate starts rising could end up paying over the odds for their loans, mortgage brokers warn. Although the Bank of England last week kept its base rate at 0.5% for the 13th month in a row, economists and mortgage market watchers are ...
Read more News Source - Guardian Unlimited
Publish date - 20:53:58 03/09/10

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CPB warns about mortgage scams
the New York State Consumer Protection Board last Thursday as a part of its annual Consumer Action Day. The agency collaborated with NeighborWorks America, the Empire Justice Center, the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Department of Labor, Department of State and the state Banking Department to promote the campaign.
Read more News Source - Legislative Gazette
Publish date - 17:01:08 03/08/10

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