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STUDY: Single Women Of Color Age 36-49 Have Median Wealth Of Just $5
  March 12, 2010 By: The Huffington Post According to a report released by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development this week, there is a vast discrepancy in wealth between single women of color and single white women. The study, "Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color, Wealth, and America's Future," found that while the media...
Dodd's Quarterback Sneak
 March 12, 2010 By: Forbes Is the financial reform effort in the Senate doomed? For the second time, talks on a bipartisan bill in the Senate Banking Committee collapsed, with members divided over the same sticking points that have festered since a bill was first introduced in November, including the details of a consumer fin...
Small businesses still not hiring. Tax credits won’t help.
 March 12, 2010 By: Christian Science Monitor In almost every previous recession it has been small businesses that created the job growth that pulled us out of high unemployment. According to the latest poll of small business owners taken by the NFIB, small businesses are not yet moving into job creation mode.
Households recovering from economic freefall
 March 12, 2010 By: CNN Money NEW YORK-- The net worth of American households increased slightly during the final three months of 2009, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. Household net worth, the difference between assets and liabilities, rose to $54.2 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2009, up from $53.5 trillion in the third q...
Rein in payday lenders - editorial
March 12, 2010
By: Milwaukee Daily Sentinel
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Taxpayers: Beware of anticipation refund loans Study shows people seeking quicker refund through loan pay big fees, save little time Economic & Social JusticeEconomic & Social Justice STUDY: Single Women Of Color Age 36-49 Have Median Wealth Of Just $5 Dodd's Quarterback Sneak States tap stimulus as more U.S. families seek aid Economy & YouEconomy & You STUDY: Single Women Of Color Age 36-49 Have Median Wealth Of Just $5 States tap stimulus as more U.S. families seek aid Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly in Freddie Mac Weekly Survey NCRC in the NewsNCRC in the News STUDY: Single Women Of Color Age 36-49 Have Median Wealth Of Just $5 Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years Senators wrestle with Fed bank oversight issues Stakeholder NewsStakeholder News Dodd's Quarterback Sneak Small businesses still not hiring. Tax credits won’t help. Citigroup Shares Spike Higher After Speech Washington WatchWashington WatchSeptember 6: The House Financial Services Committee will hold a field hearing on California's Central Valley and the foreclosure crisis. - 12 noon, Stockton Arena, Stockton, CA. September 7-9: The Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado host a bank directors seminar in Coeur d’Alene, ID. September 8: Congress returns from August recess. September 15-17: The National Association of State Securities Administrators holds its fall conference in Las Vegas, NV. September 17: The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on mortgage industry compliance to delay home foreclosures. - 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building. 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