August 19, 2008 Archives


Hillary Clinton dropped out of the Democratic primary race two months ago, but her campaign is still mired in debt. As the deadline to retire her personal loans looms, she is using contests and the upcoming convention to try to raise more money. Obama is getting flack for not providing more aid, but is it really his problem?

New research from media monitoring service Mintel Comperemedia shows that U.S. banks continued to mail fewer credit card offers during the April to June period, for the third-consecutive quarterly decline. Estimated second-quarter acquisition mail volume for credit cards dropped nearly 8 percent from the first quarter, Mintel says.

A federal proposal would force lenders to tell consumers "You're getting a bum deal because of your bum credit."

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