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March Madness: 5 Tips to Keep Your Credit Score From Looking Like Your Busted Brackets

Adrian Nazari | Posted 05.30.2012

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This year Duke and Missouri were the culprits for obliterating my brackets. So in the spirit of March Madness, I thought I would share a few lesser known tips for keeping your credit score from looking like this year's busted brackets.

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7 Final Lies About Credit Scores That Can Cost You

Laura Adams | Posted 05.29.2012

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Federal law allows government agencies and businesses that have a legitimate need for your credit information to access your credit report before doing business with you or after you become a customer -- even without your permission.

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New Free Credit Report Advertising Rule

AP | CANDICE CHOI | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Now that it will be easier to find your free credit report, you may be curious about who else can see it and how it can be used. Start...

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FTC Takes On Credit Monitoring Services Like Freecreditreport.com

New York Times | RON LIEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Trade Commission is not amused. It has long believed that the company that owns freecreditreport.com is deliberately diverting people from...

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State Department Gone Wild (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The good folks at the United States consulate in Merida have created a helpful, rock music-filled Spring Break video for the Cancun-bound. The messag...

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FTC Parodies FreeCreditReport.Com Ads (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Trade Commission is hoping to go viral. On Tuesday the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection uploaded some funny videos to YouTube -- paro...

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Free Credit Report: How The Ads Soak Consumers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Commercials for FreeCreditReport.com have reached a saturation point in the consciousness of the television-watching public. The affable, scruffy youn...

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Ed McMahon Gets Job Rapping About Credit Woes

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Ed McMahon has an unexpected new job title: rapper. The 85-year-old former "Tonight Show" sidekick will star in two viral rap video...

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Songs For Sale: The Era of the New Megahit

David Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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As in any ecosystem, a new and parasitic mutation is coming to fill the void, giving us the tunes that will become part of our lives, our history, our shared cultural identity. I speak, of course, of the jingle.

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FreeCreditReport.com Unveils New Ad: A Rap Song (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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FreeCreditReport.com has finally unveiled a new ad. The previous ads, songs about marrying a girl with bad credit, being forced to work as pirate in a...

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How To Clear Mistakes From Your Credit Report

MSNBC | Laura T. Coffey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Have you ever been horrified to discover errors on your credit report? Such inaccuracies can and should strike fear into any conscientious consumer's ...

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"Free" Credit Reports Sometimes Aren't Free

USA Today | Byron Acohido, Jon Swartz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Like many consumers, Wendy Temple's first step shopping for a mortgage was to go online to get a sense of where she stood as a prospective borrower. ...

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