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Friday, February 10th, 2012

Posts Tagged consumer protections

Obama to Veto Notarizations Legislation That Might Impact Foreclosures

By | 10.07.10 | 6:59 pm

Today, President Obama announced he will not sign H.R. 3808, the Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010, quietly passed through the Senate with no debate on Sept. 27. Instead, the president will return the bill to the House, effectively killing the legislation. White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer More…

Don’t Be Fooled by New Credit Card Laws; Citi Still Raising Rates

By | 07.01.09 | 3:18 pm

If you’ve got a credit card, you can’t be blamed for thinking that the landmark legislation recently passed by Congress to curb abuses by card issuers would mean the end of things like arbitrary interest rate hikes. That was supposed to be the point, after all, of Congress’ belated More…