"Struggling credit card holders are to be identified to providers under a new industry-wide schemeCredit card providers are to begin sharing detailed information about their customers in a bid to identify those who are struggling to repay their debts, it has been reported....
UPDATE; 03rd September 2008After months of continuing gloom on the UK housing front with more repossessions, more banks losing money and buyers waiting for the Government to decide what to do with stamp duty. The...
opinion by liamssoft | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1448 views | 21 recommendations | 13 comments
After a 15-month investigation a massive sting has resulted in the arrest of 35 people on sex trafficking charges in Scotland, identifying 15 women from Southeast Asia who were duped into coming to the UK and then forced into prostitution."FIFTEEN "sex slaves" from south-east...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1213 views | 27 recommendations | 4 comments
We have heard of excesses of loan recovery agents. But in a shocking incident in India's eastern state of West Bengal a man was forced to keep his newly married wife as mortgage after failing to repay loan. "You could call it Bengal’s heart of darkness. Unable to...
created by Sanjay Jha | 1 year ago 400 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
The residents of New Orleans are still trying to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Katrina, and now it seems as if their situation is going to get even worse.The residents who were given a federal grant to...
created by amyjudd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 212 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Not surprising, but an interesting legal case. At what point is a gambling operator liable to the same degree that a bartender is?"A compulsive gambler has lost his bid at the High Court to force bookmaker William...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 251 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"House Approves Bill to Restrict Mortgages
"With home foreclosures skyrocketing, the House on Thursday voted to crack down on mortgage lenders by forcing them to get licenses, making them responsible for discovering whether borrowers can really repay and fining them for...
created by chaz | 1 year ago 338 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Some Gaston and Cleveland homebuyers won’t have to repay nearly $2
million in second mortgage loans after three local builders agreed to
forgive those loans in exchange for avoiding charges of unfair and
deceptive lending practices.
“They were illegally acting as...
Some Gaston and Cleveland homebuyers won’t have to repay nearly $2
million in second mortgage loans after three local builders agreed to
forgive those loans in exchange for avoiding charges of unfair and
deceptive lending practices.
“They were illegally acting as...
This is such a sick practice, it is a pretty simple structure, and the people involved are very connected to whomever holds the political power in the wealthiest countries. It just so happens Mr. Bush could...
created by clorenz1 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 559 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" TOLEDO, Ohio - A former GOP fundraiser convicted of embezzling from a state investment in rare coins must repay the state $13.7 million, a judge ruled Monday. Tom Noe was sentenced last week to 18 years in prison for his role in a scandal that contributed to the Republican...
created by Populux | 2 years ago 219 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments