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I know Clintsays is great, but come on people!!!

TomSelleck — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:26:09 PDT

Yeah, Tom Selleck and the Clintsays team have taken a two month break from our personal finance blog for some well deserved rest. (I know, you are all glad to be back in communcation with the great...

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Payday Lending, Congress Acknowledges Need

TomSelleck — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:20:57 PDT

On Thursday, April 2, 2009 members of the House subcommittee on Financial services addressed the issue of payday loans. At issue is whether Congress should effectively prohibit such loans by placing...

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Clemson Study: Payday Loans do NOT lead to Bankruptcy

TomSelleck — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 08:44:13 PST

As more statistics are gathered regarding payday loans and payday advance providers, we learn more about the realities of these short-term products and fortunately for policy makers have to rely less...

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Checking Account Fees Reach Record High in 2008

TomSelleck — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:51:20 PST

Financially strapped consumers certainly aren’t catching a break from their banks [...]

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British Airways credit card is UK’s most expensive - after hiking interest charge to 46%

TomSelleck — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:29:01 PST

A story about the increasing cost of credit for consumers courtesy of the MailOnline website. -TS ================ American Express has increased the cost of borrowing on one of its credit cards to...

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Payday Lender Hopes to Dodge Rate Cap: You Can’t Kill Consumer Demand

TomSelleck — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:10:00 PST

Thanks to Lauren Dorgan for this story: This shows that as long as consumer demand is in place for short-term credit, lenders will find the means to provided it. Payday Lender Hopes To Dodge Rate...

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Cash4Gold Update

TomSelleck — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:17:36 PST

Yeah, as many readers of ClintSays know, we are big fans of the cheesy Cash4Gold commercials. We’ve noticed that recently an uptick in the number of commercials they are running this...

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