Education Department pulls student debt collectors guide off website

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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

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Payday lenders agree to stop 'deceptive and illegal' practices

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Race car driver Scott Tucker drew an elaborate facade around his payday loan businesses

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Stimulus-funded USDA loan program lent to ineligible borrowers

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Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

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Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

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Analysis — The false promise and big profits of ‘mini-med’ health plans

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One of the reasons I left my job as a PR executive for the health insurance industry was because I could not in good conscience be a pitchma

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Analysis – Insurers’ cynical calculations on the cost of doing business

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Insurers are punished for misbehavior all the time, but almost no one notices and the firms see the penalties as the cost of doing business.

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ANALYSIS: The staying power of junk health insurance

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Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

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ANALYSIS: Health insurers cheered last week when profits soared; consumers left in lurch

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ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

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Broad reach of new consumer financial agency may fall short in some areas

By David Heath

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that opens on July 21 faces Republican lawmakers who want to chip away at its power, companies that

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Borrower Nightmares: $700 dormitory fee costs family its car

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

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

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As IRS crusades against Americans hiding money offshore, Latin American tax cheats flock to U.S. banks

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Secret documents expose offshore’s global impact

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Bank-backed House lawmakers try to kill IRS plan to identify $1 trillion in foreign accounts

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Gimme shelter (from taxes)

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Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

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Under attack, credit rating agencies turn to the First Amendment

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Hedge funds bet heavily on Republicans at end of election

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A small network of hedge fund executives pumped at least $10 million into Republican campaign committees and allied groups in last year’s el

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