Consumer Alert: How to Stay on Top of Your Bills and Avoid Late Payment Charges During a Postal Strike OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – 06/03/11) – The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) encourages Canadians to pay close attention to bills that will be due in the weeks ahead, so that they can avoid late payment fees [...]
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Consumer confidence rests on housing market
Consumer confidence rests on housing market Close to 60 per cent of respondents to Consumerology Report survey said their personal finances are in better shape now than a year ago Read more on The Globe and Mail
Republicans say new consumer bureau too powerful
Republicans say new consumer bureau too powerful (AP:WASHINGTON) House Republicans said Wednesday that a new government agency designed to protect consumers from problems with mortgages and other financial products has too much power. Read more on INO News
Starwatch consumer | Average interest rate for 30-year mortgages pushes past 5 percent
Starwatch consumer | Average interest rate for 30-year mortgages pushes past 5 percent The average rate on 30-year mortgages topped 5 percent this week for the first time since April. Higher rates could further hamper the struggling housing market ahead of the spring’s prime homebuying season. Freddie Mac said the average rate rose to 5.05 [...]
Consumer Reports checks out high-interest checking accounts
Consumer Reports checks out high-interest checking accounts KUSA – Interest rates are lower than they’ve been in almost 50 years. So how do you get your money in the bank to grow? Read more on 9 News Denver
Consumer credit companies take hit: New auto title provision in state loan law will hurt them and consumers, lenders say
Consumer credit companies take hit: New auto title provision in state loan law will hurt them and consumers, lenders say RACINE — Charlie Buhler is afraid that Gov. Jim Doyle ’s veto penmay have killed the business that Buhler’s grandfather started morethan a half-century ago. Read more on The Journal Times
Our view on consumer protection: Put brakes on auto dealers’ bid for special treatment
Our view on consumer protection: Put brakes on auto dealers’ bid for special treatment Exemptions for powerful pleaders undermine financial reform bill. Read more on USA Today
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