Social Security checks come early for Coast residents
August 30, 2008
Coast residents who receive benefits from the Social Security Administration are getting their checks or deposits early because of Hurricane Gustav.
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Telford man pleads guilty to identity theft
August 30, 2008
A Telford man admitted on Thursday to ringing up $350,000 in credit card debt on credit cards he took out in the names of unsuspecting family members.
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Fannie, Freddie fall as Bank of China sells
August 30, 2008
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell Friday after Bank of China Ltd., that nation’s third-largest bank, said it pared its holdings of the mortgage-finance companies’ debt as they faced growing losses and the …
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FHA mortgage insurance fee will increase to 1.75 percent
August 30, 2008
WASHINGTON Borrowers who take out government-insured mortgages will have to pay higher fees under new rules announced this week.
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Reynoldsburg City School District reports student data on stolen laptop
August 29, 2008
COLUMBUS - School officials were alerting parents Friday that a laptop stolen from a school employee’s car contained personal data on thousands of students.
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Smithsonian to slash executives’ pay
August 29, 2008
At least 17 Smithsonian Institution executives with six-figure salaries will see pay cuts, many in the tens of thousands of dollars, under reforms adopted by the museum complex.
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Young workers show a lack of commitment to save
August 29, 2008
It could be a major problem. Workers in their 20s and 30s using their retirement funds to pay credit card debt and home mortgages instead of leaving it alone to accumulate.
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Mortgage approvals tumble as consumers shun debt
August 29, 2008
The economic downturn has seen a dramatic reduction in the number of mortgages approved as consumers show an increasing reluctance to take out loans and a determination to tackle their credit card debt.
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30-year mortgages fall
August 29, 2008
Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for the second straight week, declining to the lowest level in more than a month.
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Pa. sends ID info of 1,200 to wrong addresses
August 29, 2008
State officials are hoping to contain any worries about identity theft after more than 1,200 mailings containing the Social Security numbers of state welfare recipients were sent to the wrong addresses.
The mix-up happened at a state printing plant, where a paper jam on a mail inserter threw off the operation and caused some recipients’ paperwork to be stuffed into envelopes labeled with the addresses of other welfare recipients.
More than 2,800 packets were mailed Aug. 18 to the wrong addresses, including 1,284 that contained Social Security numbers. Recipients began calling county welfare offices several days later to report the mistake, a Department of Public Welfare official said.
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