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Stocks And Consumer Sentiment Rise Amid Financial Overhaul

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Bank stocks shot higher Friday after an agreement on a financial regulation bill reassured investors that new rules won't devastate f...

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Shaft! As New Rules Begin, Credit Card Companies Find New Ways to Bilk Customers

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bancorp, Discover, Bank of America, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Here's what you need to know about the credit card companies: They're out to shaft you. They'll shaft you every chance they get.

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The Big Banks: How Low Will They Go?

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street, Big Banks, Financial Reform, Loans, Payday Lenders, 2009 Financial Crisis, Bancorp, Businessweek, Wells Fargo, Politics News
Mike Lux

Regulate them, prosecute them, and break them up are the only answers to keep big banks, those amoral leeches, from bringing our fragile economy down again.

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Is Your Cash Safe At The Banks?

Smart Money | Aleksandra Todorova | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bancorp, Sivs, Citigroup, Bank of America, Hsbc, Countrywide Financial, Columbia Strategic Cash Portfolio, Business News

You don't have to be an information addict these days to get a sense of the grim realities that the subprime-mortgage crisis and resulting credit crun...

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