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<title>Finance Industry Today: Credit Counseling News</title>
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<title>Service Agency Refund</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192794034</link>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 07:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  complaints at Ripoff-dot-com, many of them similar to Mrs. Crawford&apos;s. Tracy Johnson at Consumer Credit Counseling says in this particular case, sometimes it&apos;s BETTER to pay with a credit card  ...
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<title>ROAD TO STABILITY</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192777831</link>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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...  so good though, and I think we have to keep looking.&apos; &quot; Robinson received credit counseling to come up with a payment plan and attended the required financial fitness classes  ...
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<title>Economy takes a big toll on personal credit cards</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192774996</link>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 05:24 GMT</pubDate>
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...  economy; things really have started to slow down,&amp;rdquo; said Chris Lombardo, director of the credit counseling firm&amp;rsquo;s Western region. &amp;ldquo;They are starting to realize they might actually need to make  ...
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<title>Credit counseling: Help or hindrance?</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192754758</link>
<pubDate>13 Oct 2008 00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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More bad financial news: there were no venture capital-backed IPOs in the second quarter, the worst quarterly performance since 1978, according to a recent  ...
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<title>The next bailout: Your adult children?</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192749387</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bailouts in a way that fosters accountability. George Merkle, who heads the nonprofit Consumer Credit Counseling Service in San Antonio, Texas, counsels parents to &quot;crack the whip,&quot; get kids on  ...
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<title>Reasonable Doubt: We&apos;re livin&apos; on the edge</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192739429</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 20:43 GMT</pubDate>
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...  There is help available, for those who acknowledge the problem in time -- free credit counseling, and even some intervention and financial assistance. Local leaders formed the &quot;@Risk Coalition&quot; here  ...
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<title>Mortgage last loan people pay, study finds</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192728141</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 18:04 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a default on other common debts. Jeanne Kelly, president of the Kelly Group, a credit counseling service in Danbury, Conn., said: &quot;A late mortgage payment is probably more important than  ...
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<title>Options exist for struggling Miss. homeowners</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192726516</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  phone and called their lender,&quot; said Julie McAdory, the Mississippi education director for Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater New Orleans. &quot;They&apos;re afraid,&quot; McAdory said. &quot;They don&apos;t think there&apos;s anybody  ...
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<title>Nonprofit gives low-income workers a chance for a new ride</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192721543</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 16:22 GMT</pubDate>
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...  sounds so good though, and I think we have to keep looking.&apos; Robinson received credit counseling to come up with a payment plan and attended the required financial fitness classes  ...
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<title>United Way&apos;s 211 Phone Number:&quot; Call It The 911 For Every Day&quot;</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192711049</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 13:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and eligibility for benefits. The organization provides job training, job placement services, and even credit counseling. Last year, 211 handled nearly 10 million calls, with even more callers seeking help  ...
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<title>Agency steers most vulnerable out of debt</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192706525</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 11:43 GMT</pubDate>
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...  so good though, and I think we have to keep looking.&apos; &quot; Robinson received credit counseling to come up with a payment plan and attended the required financial fitness classes  ...
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<title>Ken King column: Money Smart Week</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192704755</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  schedule of the events. Printed schedules are also available at the office of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Sheboygan County, 1930 N. Eighth St., Sheboygan, most financial institutions and libraries  ...
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<title>Money Smart Week events kick off with Monday luncheon</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192704754</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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... Ken King, executive director of the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Sheboygan County, will give an overview of the economic status of this  ...
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<title>Are you Money $mart?</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192704753</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 11:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to help their current financial situation,&quot; said Lisa Arneson, a credit counselor with Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Sheboygan. More than 1,400 people attended Money Smart Week seminars last year,  ...
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<title>It&apos;s still not too late to save some green before Black Friday</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192703414</link>
<pubDate>12 Oct 2008 11:02 GMT</pubDate>
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...  percent less because it&apos;s more psychologically painful to hand over greenbacks, according to the credit counseling foundation. If you usually charge $2,000 during an average seven-week period, you stand to  ...
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