Standard & Poor's announced this morning that the Case-Shiller 20-city home price index is up 5.5 percent year-over year for October, up from 5.4 percent y-o-y in September. The accelerating strength in housing prices is attributed to strong job growth, lean inventories and low mortgage...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a consent order in federal court yesterday that would close the books on a year-old legal action against a Georgia-based debt collection lawsuit mill. The CFPB started legal proceedings against Frederick J. Hanna & Associates in July 2014,...
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In a sign of confidence in the job market, 21% of employees say they are planning to ditch their current employers sometime in 2016, according to a new survey by the job website CareerBuilder. That represents a 5% increase over a year ago when just 16% of workers said they planned to find a better...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its monthly consumer complaint snapshot last week, which put the spotlight on consumer complaints about money transfer services. The CFPB finalized rules for international money transfers in 2013 which provided new protections for consumers such as...
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Running a business can be risky. You never know when an accident or problem will come up and damage your store, put you in legal trouble, and leave you in a really tough spot financially. Restaurants, for example, are particularly prone to damage by fire or liability claims over food poisoning. A...
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