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Rent-To-Own Industry, Long Criticized For Preying On Military, Tries A Different Tactic

The Huffington Post | Alice Hines | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Department of Defense, Predatory Lending, National Consumer Law Center, Rent to Own, Rent to Own Military, Aaron's, Joining Forces, Rent a Center, Business News

Rent-to-own furniture stores, once branded as "predatory lenders" by the Department of Defense, are now pledging to hire veterans returning from duty....

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Alice Hines

Rent-A-Center CEO: New Consumer Bureau Won’t Have Authority Over Us

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, Dodd-Frank, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Cfpb, National Consumer Law Center, Rent-to-Own, Aaron's, Super Bowl, Rent a Center, Business News

Ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, many cash-strapped football fans will head to Rent-A-Center, America's largest "rent-to-own" retailer, to look for TVs. ...

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Struggling Americans Avoiding All But Essential Items At Dollar Stores

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Family Dollar, Gas Prices, Personal Finances, Unemployment Rate, Payday Lenders, Encore Capital Group, Dollar Stores, Wal-Mart, Avondale Partners, Consumer Confidence, Bob Strasser, Great Recession, Dollar Tree, Ezcorp Inc, Economic Recovery, Harris Interactive, Dollar General, Rent-a-Center, Business News

Some Americans have become concerned enough about their finances that even a spending spree at the local dollar store now seems excessive. Followi...

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Midterm Choice: Profiteers or Bureaucrats

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Gop, Walmart, Toxic Water, Check Cashing, Repulbicans, Wall Street, Midterm Elections, Water Pollution, John Boehner, Air Pollution, Pollution, Rent a Center, Politics News
Tina Dupuy

When Republicans talk about freedom, they don't mean the freedom to be able to drink clean water piped into your home. When they talk about freedom, they don't mean a job that pays enough to live on.

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Citizens United Is Just the Tip of the Supreme Court's Pro-Corporate Iceberg

Elizabeth B. Wydra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Corporate America, Corporations, Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Justice Alito, Citizens United, Rent a Center, Arbitration, Stolt-Nielsen, Politics News
Elizabeth B. Wydra

The President, the press, and the public have been rightly outraged by the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Citizens United v. FEC to allow corporation...

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We the People v. the Roberts Court

Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Citizens United, Rent a Center, Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, Corporate America, Antonio Jackson, Corporate Personhood, Constitution, Lilly Ledbetter, Justice Stevens, Rent-a-Center, Politics News
Nan Aron

Here we go again. The balance of justice between businesses and citizens is being tested this week in the Supreme Court. If recent history is a guide, this may not end well.

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