Mom and Pop Businesses: Are Lenders Labeling You Too Small to Succeed?

Five Million Americans See an End to Unemployment Benefits by Summer 2010

More Credit Card Legislation on the Way? A Fed Proposal Wants to Limit Late Fees

Our Great Recession 2.0: The 1,000-Mile Commute

Would You Move Your Money (If You Have Any)?

Enabling the Unemployed by Curtailing Employer’s Credit Checks

More Taxing Times for Those Trying to Get out of Debt

Unprecedented Unemployment: “8 Million Jobs Gone and They’re Not Coming Back”

Overworked? Underpaid? Join the Club: The Middle Class

Sacrifice, Selling Memories and Snakes: How Some are Scraping By in Their Own Great Depression

Latest Projection: Jobless Rate Will Stay High For Next Two Years

What it Means to Be “The New Poor”

General Growth Properties, which owns several North Carolina Shopping Centers, is Enduring a Challenging Chapter 11

Apartment Owners’ Potential Bankruptcy Encapsulates State of Commercial Real Estate Market

How New Credit Card Rules Can Help You

Integrity of Film Franchise Gets Terminated in Bankruptcy Auction

Making Home Affordable Program May Push Many into Bankruptcy

Job losses continue to mount, according to latest Department of Labor report. Will bankruptcy numbers be far behind?

Another Way to Get Bill Collectors Off Your Back

More Bad News for the Middle Class and How Bankruptcy Can Help

What Average Americans Can Learn From Lottery Winners & Pro Athletes

“Free credit reports” and Other Common Rip-offs.

Deficiency Judgements Come Back to Haunt Former Homeowners, Often Require Bankruptcy

CitiBank’s Free Checking Charade Gets Revealed by New York Attorney General

Wake County Bankruptcies up Sharply from 2009

If A Wealthy Developer Can Walk Away From The Mother Of All Underwater Mortgages, Why Can’t You?

The State of the Union for Average Americans Facing Foreclosure

Debate begins as San Diego mulls Chapter 9 option

Student Loan Debt is the Biggest National Debt Problem No One is Talking About

Good Morning Bankruptcy: Air America Ends Live Programming as Company Files Chapter 7

Giving to Haiti Doesn’t Mean Breaking the Bank

San Francisco’s Mayor Makes a Personal Plea to Just Say “No” to Payday Loans

Tough Times for Tar Heels: North Carolina Job Losses Reach Record Highs

Can A Bankruptcy Expert Shake Up the Financial World?

On the Eve of the Sundance Film Festival, Recession and Credit Limits are Hurting, and Helping, the Independent Filmmaker

Main Street Unemployment Contrasts Wall Street Perceptions of Improvement

MediaNews’ Bankruptcy is the Latest Example of a Declining Print News Industry

Too Big. Failed. And Back Again: How Bankruptcy Worked for GM (And Can Work for You Too)

Searching for Strength in Numbers: Bankruptcies Jump 32% in 2009

R.H. Donnelley Exits Bankruptcy; Faces an Even Stronger Internet

Will California Declare Bankruptcy in 2010?

“Too Big to Fail” May Spawn Bankruptcy Law Changes

Despite CARD Act, Credit Card Companies Are Finding New Ways to Come After Consumers

Should Private Medical History be Revealed During Bankruptcy? A Tough Case in Wisconsin is Bringing the Issue to Light

Business Bankruptcies Outpace Individual Filings

California City Looking to Come out of Bankruptcy

Newspaper Publishers Choose Bankruptcy Protection

Did debt collections lead to making a Tampa woman a widow. The results of the January trial may have a serious impact on the debt collection industry.

Foreclosure is a common fear for those in debt trouble. It shouldn’t be.

Bankruptcy and Charitable Donations

Can the Law Gag Your Lawyer?

Lenders Still Unwilling to Modify Mortgages, Homeowners Still Facing Foreclosure

Join the Crowd: 46 States Consider Bankruptcy in 2010

Bankruptcy Fears Affecting Japanese Airline

Enrollment in Federal Government’s Making Home Affordable Program Causes Additional Debt Problems

District Court Rules that 61-Year-Old Law Graduate’s Failure to Participate in Loan Repayment Program Must be Included in “Undue Hardship” Analysis in Bankruptcy Proceeding

A Snap Shot of the Nation in Michigan

Make 2010 the year of a debt-free life. Get started today.

Home [Foreclosures] For the Holidays

Media Outlets Suffering in Economy

School Projects in Doubt due to Donor Filing for Bankruptcy

Healthcare Bill Passing Brings Medical Bankruptcy to Light

Credit Card Legislation Won’t Cover Everything. Stay Vigilant on how you Charge

If it was Good Enough for Thomas Jefferson…

Government not as Concerned with Bankruptcy Fraud

The 2005 Bankruptcy Law – A Help or Hindrance to the Economy?

Getting Better With Medical Bankruptcy

Broadcasting Giant Citadel to File for Bankruptcy

Chapter 14?

Mortgage Cram-down Bill Back in Discussion

Food for Thought: Tavern on the Green’s Bankruptcy and You

Federal plan May Change Corporate Bankruptcy Process

The Bankruptcy Code Has its Day in Court

Employment is Key to Beating Debt. But Confusing Employment Stats Offer no Real Help

Personal Bankruptcy Filings Up Nearly 9%; Chapter 13 Filings Common

Supreme Court Considers Student Loan Discharge in Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy North of the Border

The Phoenix Coyotes Bankruptcy Fiasco Takes Another Skate Around the Rink

Make a Deposit That Counts This Holiday Season: Food Banks

A Little about Bonds and Corporate Bankruptcies

Credit Card Company Advanta’s Bankruptcy Not Good for Small Business

Dude, Where’s my Pension?: When Your Employer Declares Bankruptcy

As Incomes Drop, Lower Median Income Figures May Lead to More Chapter 13 Filings

Bankruptcy of Commercial Real Estate Lender Unveils What Lies Ahead For the Industry

Mortgage Packaging and Reselling Has Led to Confusion Over Mortgage Ownership.

Recent Increase in Bankruptcies Reveal Surprising Facts

Bankruptcy Attorney Fees- No Reason to Worry

Recent Fed Report Spells Bad News for Credit Card Companies

Chicago Cubs Sale Gets the Sign From the Bankruptcy Court; Will Sell for Record Price

Credit Card Reward Points Go Away With Missed Payments

Hockey Season is Underway. Even in Phoenix.

Do Medical Bills Cause the Most Bankruptcies?

In Dubai, Debt Can Mean Jail

Florida Widow’s Suit Alleges Debt Collectors Caused Her Husband’s Death

New Credit Card Laws May Come Into Effect Sooner

Government Agencies Are Going After Mortgage Assistance Scams

Four Years after BAPCPA: Bankruptcy Remains a Powerful Tool for Consumers Struggling with Unmanageable Debts

July Drop in National Credit Card Defaults is Misleading

The ABA Weighs In Against BAPCPA In Defense of Bankruptcy Attorneys And Their Clients

Determining When State Income Taxes Are Dischargeable Under Chapter 13

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