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ANALYSIS: Frustrated small business owners among single-payer's biggest fans

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Small business owners among most enthusiastic about single-payer plan

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

By Ben Hallman

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

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"… program, allowing them to charge significantly more in fees. At Mountain America Federal Credit Union in Utah, a five-day $100 “MyInstaCash” loan costs …"

"… enders. An iWatch News investigation found 15 credit unions like Mountain America that continue to offer high-cost loans that closely resemble the payday lo …"

"… t Union in North Carolina to the high triple-digits loans sold by Mountain America. It has become a fast-growing trend in an industry struggling to remake it …"

"… clined to discuss their profitability, but NCUA filings show that Mountain America Financial Services -- which administers the Mountain America credit union …"

Maryland challenges online payday lender owned by tribal member

By Amy Biegelsen

Western Sky Financial’s website features a logo with three teepees and a toll-free number for customers to apply for an overnight loan. A no
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Payday lenders boost spending on lobbying, campaigns as consumer agency takes shape

By Julie Vorman

Payday lenders more than doubled their spending on federal lobbying to $9.2 million in 2009-10, an investment that defeated Congressional at

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"… in in the Congress that ended in December.The Financial Service Centers of America (FiSCA), which represents many payday lenders, even even moved its nationa …"

"… cial role our industry plays in meeting the financial needs of millions of Americans every day. This has become FiSCA’s Number One mission,” the group sa …"

Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul

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"… ight, some high-interest payday lenders have found unlikely allies: Native American tribes.In legal fights in California, New Mexico, West Virginia and Color …"

"… outside state oversight — even when they’re making loans to non-Native Americans living far from Indian lands.State regulators and consumer lawyers say t …"

"… say that the lender-tribe marriages are ruses designed to allow non-Native American companies to skirt consumer-lending laws. The tribes, they claim, are bei …"

"… oles or gaps it can exploit,” Jean Ann Fox of the Consumer Federation of America says.So good that the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wil …"

Limousine liberals? Number of government-owned limos has soared under Obama

By Joe Eaton

The number of limousines owned by the federal government has jumped 73 percent in the first two years of the Obama administration
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Financial reform this week: House panel to question Fed about future loan disclosures

By Julie Vorman

Financial reform this week: House panel to question Fed about future loan disclosures

In setback for corporate lobbyists, whistleblowers can take tips first to government investigators

By Michael Hudson

SEC rules also award generous bounties to tipsters

Financial reform this week: Will SEC's final whistleblower rule require first filing internal complaint?

By Julie Vorman

Your guide to Dodd-Frank law deadlines, hearing and events for the week of May 23

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

By Michael Hudson

U.S. and its banks called "biggest tax haven" in world

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"… hat was forced to admit holding billions of dollars in covert accounts for Americans trying to avoid U.S. taxes.It is also a tactic used by big American bank …"

"… s for Americans trying to avoid U.S. taxes.It is also a tactic used by big American banks to solicit deposits from wealthy citizens in Third World countries, …"

"… evasion experts.Even as the U.S. Internal Revenue Service crusades against Americans using offshore banks to hide money, these tax experts say, the United St …"

"… tax shelters, says U.S. bankers “sell tax evasion to citizens of Central America, the Caribbean, all over Latin America.” The U.S. government hasn’t pu …"

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