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		<title>New Act on Unfair Credit Card Charges</title>
		<link>http://www.moneyfinesse.com/2007/05/19/new-act-on-unfair-credit-card-charges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2007 17:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act of 2007 may be some of the best news consumers have had in a long time. Introduced by Senators Carl Levin and Claire McCaskill, the bill would put legislation in place to halt the most abusive practices of credit card lenders, some of which actually prevent a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scam Offers Saddam&#8217;s Fortune</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[419 scams have been going on for years, emails from deposed heads of state and African princes looking for help to move large sums of money out of the country and into your bank account. Of course, there are no vast sums of money to be transferred, unless you count the billions of dollars these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress Considers Subprime Rescues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a Congressional hearing of the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, speakers explored ways to clear up the subprime mortgage mess. ARMs (Adjustable Rate Mortgages) have fueled the foreclosure increase when, after the initial fixed part of the loan ends, rates balloon into payments borrowers can no longer afford. In addition to setting up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Up, Hybrids Down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Paulsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The price of a gallon of gasoline is closing in on the $3 range over much of the country with prices in five states, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada and Washington, over $3 per gallon. This time around the $3 mark, consumers aren&#8217;t complaining as much and seem to accept the rising prices as normal and [...]]]></description>
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