consumers
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CFPB Turns its Back on Fair Lending Enforcement and Reporting
More than 50 years ago, this nation enacted legal guarantees that fair housing would be available to all Americans. Despite…
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Survey: Firms Optimistic on Hiring, Wages in 1Q
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising sales helped boost hiring at U.S. businesses in the last three months of 2014, and…
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Cyber Monday Shoppers Give Retailers Sales Bump
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday,…
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Surprise Driver of Holiday Spending: Minorities
Bruce Horowitz, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The minority consumer may be the unlikely hero of holiday 2014. With the economy…
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How Google Is Taking Android Development in New Directions
[E-WEEK] SAN FRANCISCO—Google, which already runs the world’s busiest search engine, is mapping/photographing the world and building driverless cars, is…
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Shopping ‘til We Drop
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist I have a black belt in retail therapy, so I was thrilled when I first…
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Overdraft Fees are Still a Problem
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finds that overdraft fees…
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Zero and Counting
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don’t mean restricting the kids’ TV viewing…
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Power at your Fingertips
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Did you know that tens of thousands of new products are introduced to…
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The Way We Were in 2012
By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist Our brand new year is in full swing – full of promise and new…
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