FinanceLawforNotSoDummies

Fiscal Cliff- We Survived the Fall - Now What??

01/14/13
If there was a real "fiscal" Cliff, at least three-quarters (¾) of Congress would have been
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Fiscal Cliff - Who Is Cliff Anyway?

11/20/12

The much discussed fiscal cliff about which will fall over (or not based on Congres

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Student Loans: Legal Loan Sharking

07/23/12

Student Loans: Legal Loan Sharking

Student Loan Sharking. Harsh? NO! Outstanding student loans in this country have exceeded $1,000,000,000.00 (One Trillion Dollars). At least 15% of those loans are "private" loans, meaning not made by a government agency or sponsored lender. So what is the difference.

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Debit Cards and Colleges; An Unholy Alliance

07/10/12
Colleges are courting the Devil - the Debit Card Devil.
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"Too Big To Fail?"; JPMorgan's $9B Loss

07/08/12

  BLACK EYE FOR JP MORGANThe "Too Big To Fail" banks are at the center of the current U.S economic prob

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As the details

03/20/12

As the details of the Mortgage Settlement Agreement, the deal between 49 of 50 states and the U.S. on one side, and BanK of America, Wells Fargo, CitiBank, Ally Financial, and JP Morgan/Chase on the other, become analyzed, it a HUGE win for the Banks. The not only received a "Get Out Of Jail Free" card but are now assured that there will no jail and the cost will not hurt profits.

Quoting from the March 13, 2012 American Banker's article about the agreement

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Mortgage Settlement - Not For Everyone

02/13/12

Hooray! We have a Mortgage Settlement - $26B worth but who gets help and where does the rest of the money go? NO ONE KNOWS yet, and no one know who is covered and will get assistance of any kind!
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