High Interest Rates stories:
House committee backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Oct 22nd, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington -- A House committee voted today to create a federal agency to protect consumers from predatory financial products, such as subprime mortgages and payday loans with extremely high interest rates.
Pinnacle's La. casino likely opening in late 2011
Oct 20th, 2009 - Boston
BATON ROUGE, La.—After nearly a year of delay because of the national freeze in credit markets, Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.'s proposed riverboat casino in Baton Rouge has been put on a schedule that could see the games begin in late 2011.
GAO: AIG Stabilizing, but Full Recovery Uncertain
Sep 21st, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK -- American International Group Inc.'s former Chief Executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg has presented a proposal to restructure the government's bailout of the...
Stanford in U.S. court Friday in massive fraud case
Jun 19th, 2009 - Reuters
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Allen Stanford will appear in federal court in Virginia on Friday to answer allegations he orchestrated a massive fraud through his Antigua bank that bilked investors out of millions of dollars.
Credit-card bill passes US Senate
May 20th, 2009 - bizjournals
The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday banning abusive practices by the credit-card industry. The bill, approved by a 90-5 vote, restricts high interest rates, requires...
High Interest Rates videos from YouTube:
3:497. High Credit Card Interest Rates
There are reasons which make credit card interest rates so high. High credit card interest rates make having this kind of debt a bad idea especially if it compounds very quickly after we bought things that quickly lose their value.
8:52Rep Jeb Hensarling Defends High Interest Rate Credit Cards
Texas Rep Jeb Hensarling went on Lou Dobbs on May 5, 2008 and made a fool of himself telling Americans that it is absolutely great that credit card companies can start an agreement at 9% and then change it to 40% the next month without warning ...
5:24High interest rates hurting margins: SBI
All the stories that hit the headlines in one definitive bulletin.
5:57High interest rates for longer
Panel 1 Big Bailout fails What now for us? High interest rates for longer Longer recession Lower house prices But not a depression And no NZ banking collapse Panel 2 High rates for longer Bank funding costs up Will be passed on ...
