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Do political email campaigns put identities at risk?

clock February 22, 2012 13:15 by author Karen Umpierre
States are asking for email identity verification on voter registration cards in order to flood inboxes with unsolicited emails, Fox News reports. [More]

Unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent

clock February 22, 2012 12:00 by author Mike Garretson
Debt collection is one of the more difficult sectors to achieve success during a recession, unlike other consistent industries such as education, food and communications. However, the unemployment rate over the past seven months has declined and while the road to fiscal recovery is only on its heels, experts believe this trend could continue in the... [More]

IRS reports major sweep of ID theft arrests and criminal charges

clock February 22, 2012 10:45 by author Karen Umpierre
The federal government is cracking down on identity theft. The Internal Revenue Service reported this week that officials conducted a comprehensive sweep across 23 states last week, charging more than 100 people with fraud and ID theft related to filing false returns in order to obtain refunds."ID theft is a growing problem all across the coun... [More]

Report: Credit market likely to improve in coming months

clock February 22, 2012 09:30 by author Philip N Burgess Jr Princeton NJ
The credit outlook for the rest of 2012 appears to be improving, as lenders and borrowers alike appear more confident in a capital market recovery, according to National Real Estate Investor's annual Borrower Trends Survey.The report found more than half of lender - 56 percent - and nearly as many borrowers - 44 percent - predict the flow of cr... [More]

FCC closes telemarketing 'loophole'

clock February 21, 2012 12:00 by author Mike Garretson
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a strict clampdown on telemarketers by giving consumers more control over who can call them, the Los Angeles Times reports.Existing attempts by the FCC to control telemarketing robo-calls - specifically, the national Do Not Call Registry - weren't enough to sufficiently protect consume... [More]

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