Crains Chicago Business Gregory Meyer April 27, 2006 State agencies and government pension funds are pondering their next moves after receiving letters from Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan asking them to shun business with nationally chartered banks unless the...
American Banker Barbara A. Rehm April 27, 2006 WASHINGTON – Large financial companies with operations in Illinois – including Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings PLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Wells Fargo & Co. – are under political fire at...
Malcolm Bush and Jonah Katz This alert analyses a variety of measures of debt to provide an overall sense of changes in U.S. household debt levels and the impact of those changes on different groups of families. Read more...
For Immediate Release U.S. Household Debt Levels Are Worrying No Matter How You Look at Them Today Woodstock Institute released a report (Reinvestment Alert #30, May 2006) that shows a variety of debt measures agree on a disturbing phenomenon:...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Dan Stockman April 11, 2006 For almost two years, Nicole Gaunt has been on a mission. Shes filed complaints. Shes hounded public officials. Shes pushed for investigations, written letters, searched for a lawyer and met...
April 6, 2006 Editorials, Featured Letter, pg. 34 An article on April 2 describes the abusive practices of Bob Wolfberg, the owner of 40 payday loan branches. State regulators alleged that four of...
News Star Lorraine Swanson Contributor March 30, 2006 They’re called tax Refund Anticipation Loans or RALs, but in reality, they’re high-interest, high-risk loans that prey upon consumers, especially low- to moderate-income wage earners who qualify under the federal Earned...