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"… s college, directs students to an ad for the “Grove City College Student Loan.'' The ad, which resides on PNC Financial Services Group's website, promin …"

"… Just below the greeting, PNC discloses: “The Grove City College Student Loan is not being offered or made by Grove City, but by PNC Bank, National Asso …"

"… lobbyist and general counsel for the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, which represents lenders, Loan servicers, collection agencies, a …"

"… ons for the lender,” Winfield Crigler, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, said in an e-mail obtained through a Freedom of Inform …"

Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

By Ariel Wittenberg

June 16, 2010

Students who defaulted on a college loan have one less tool to help them negotiate with collections agencies now that the U.S. Education Dep

Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

February 8, 2011

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

SEC extracts fines, but not confessions

Federal judge scolds SEC for routinely letting businesses and executives settle civil lawsuits without admitting any guilt....

Bankers, consumer groups clash over IRS plan to crack down on foreign tax cheats

By Michael Hudson

May 18, 2011

US banks say they shouldn't have to report foreign deposits

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"… orate Transparency Coalition, which describes itself as a network of small business, consumer, grass-roots, financial policy, faith-based, labor and governmen …"