Today on Talk Credit Radio: Friday, June 17, 2011“Student loans have become the most profitable, uncompetitive and oppressive type of debt in our nation’s history,” says Alan Coolinge, founder of StudentLoanJustice.org and author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History–and How We Can Fight Back. He will
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Today’s top news headlines feature the top financial concerns weighing on many Americans’ minds and the impact of the most recent string of natural disasters on the insurance industry. Plus, find out why many high school students are being forced to miss out on their proms.
Natural Disasters Result In Billions In Losses For Insurers Reuters The severity of the recent natural disasters to hit the U.S. has resulted in billions in losses for the nation’s insurance industry. Allstate Corp. reported its $2 billion in losses during April and May are roughly equal to its total losses for the entire year of 2010. Overa
The fallout from the Robo-signing scandal continues, as a dozen Democratic senators sent a letter this week urging federal regulators to go public with their investigation into alleged abuses by mortgage servicers. The companies have been accused of faking signatures on documents in order to cover up massive problems in mortgage paperwork, which in some cases led to homeowners being illegally evicted from their houses.
The current fight concerns the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which is conducting its own investigation into mortgage servicing problems, separate from the one launched by 50 state attorneys general and banking regulators.
Tune in to this week’s installment of The Credit Line, hosted by Credit.com’s chairman and co-founder Adam Levin on Los Angeles’ KFWB 980 AM this Saturday, June 18th, at 9 a.m. PST/Noon EST.
The show is co-hosted by L.A. radio personality Jeff Levy.
One Shopping Day Left for Dad
Still stumped over what to get Dad for Father’s Day? Credit.com credit card expert Beverly Harzog joins us to talk about the most Father’s Day-friendly credit cards. She’ll tel
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