Monday, September 8, 2008

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Sunday, September 7, 2008

creditors' collection practices scrutinized

"Faced with rising food and gas prices and little income growth, fewer resources have been available to manage debt."

As many people struggle to pay for necessities, they skip making debt payments. Many creditors in turn are seeking relief by taking borrowers to court. But in some cases the actions of the financial institutions in carrying out court orders are of questionable legality, according to a new report out by the Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General.

The inspector general found that some financial institutions are apparently violating federal law by garnisheeing accounts that receive electronic deposits of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, and/or Supplemental Security Income payments. These funds are supposed to be protected from creditors except under certain conditions.



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Friday, September 5, 2008

A DEBT TO FEMINISM

When I turned 5, my parents signed me up for soccer. I later added basketball and softball and, in high school, alpine ski racing.

This may not sound particularly remarkable for a kid from 1980s suburbia, and it is not. What is remarkable is the ease and unremarkableness of my pursuing all of these sports. Those sports, 20 years prior, had been so dominated by men that average female athletes like me would have had zero options to participate.

My mother never received any specialized athletic training beyond PE until she started taking Pilates classes as an adult in 2002. That didn't mean that she wasn't active -- she grew up in New Hampshire, where she hiked, camped, ice skated and played pickup softball. She took swimming lessons as a child and became a lifeguard when she was 16.



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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

A Surprise About Gender And Saving Money

Also, check out the Women Institute for a Secure Retirement site which is chock full of practical advice.

So start saving. You will be grateful you did when you retire.

Tips from Beth Kobliner, author of Get A Financial Life:

Meet your match. Contribute at least enough to your 401(k) to meet your employer's match. Many companies will match up to 6 percent of your contribution, offering, on average, 50 cents for every $1 you put in. That's a great deal.
Go with a Roth. Once you reach your company's matching limit, consider opening a Roth IRA. As long as you make under $101,000 as a single person or $159,000 as part of a married couple, you can put away $5,000 a year ($6,000 if you are 50 years old or older). If you make more, you might still be able to save at least some money in a Roth.




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Monday, September 1, 2008

Rising Debt Cases Reveal Erratic System

The debt-collection caseload has swollen with consumers' increased use of credit cards and has expanded further in the past 18 months on the rise in home foreclosures, unemployment and household costs. While there aren't any recent state statistics on the lawsuits, attorneys and court officials agree they're seeing the surge.

"We are blamed for clogging the courts with cases, yet at the same time we are not receiving the resources that we are paying for," said Robert Markoff, a creditors' attorney in Chicago at Baker, Miller, Markoff & Krasny who argues that the courts are collecting more filing fees, but aren't reinvesting that money in handling the cases.

Creditors' attorneys mainly want statewide court standards for dealing with the cases, making clear what is required in the way of attorney appearances, documentation and proof for reaching a default judgment, which is the most common outcome for such lawsuits.



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Saturday, August 30, 2008

BWUCCUL carefully managing loan portfolio

Although seeking to move forward with caution, the Credit Union will still continue to pursue consumer and vehicle loans, debt consolidation and unsecured lines of credit, as these continue to be the major components of their short- to medium-term lending.

The report stated that in the earlier part of the financial year, the BWUCCUL limited its loans for mortgages to one per month in order to control the risk of using short-term deposits to lend long term.

In addition, the Board sought other alternatives to ensure that funds were available for long-term lending, it added.

In seeking to accomplish this, they successfully negotiated a loan from the Housing Credit Fund via the Central Bank to lend to lower income members, so as to aid them in realising their dream of owing a piece of the rock.



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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Insight: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's . Supernat

He will want quality advice on something, and he will want proper information before making a decision." Impartial civil servants also declare that they are better directed and better managed than before. Many SNP figures, Salmond included, trace their strength in government to the moment the Lib Dems refused to go into coalition with them last year. "It was the best thing that could have happened to us," Salmond has said. As a result, he and his team have been able to run an organisation on their own terms, with a direction and a focus that, they believe, is being noticed by the public at large.And as for the wider political picture, Salmond and his allies only see it getting rosier. The Conservatives are now nailed on to win the General Election in 2010 – handing the SNP the perfect chance to demonstrate to Scots that they are being ruled by a party not of their choosing.



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