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Video: Heidi Montag Says No to Plastic, Yes to the CFPA
March 9, 2010 – 11:11 am | Comments Off
Video: Heidi Montag Says No to Plastic, Yes to the CFPA

Click here to watch!   Then call your Senators toll free (866-544-7573) and tell them to support financial reform.
Heidi Montag knows a thing or two about plastic.  The star of The Hills recently had 10 plastic …

Video: SNL Presidents Unite to Support the CFPA
March 9, 2010 – 9:21 am | Comments Off
Video: SNL Presidents Unite to Support the CFPA

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Will Ferrell, Fred Armisen, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey and Darrell Hammond, the Saturday Night Live actors …

AIG, Greece, and the Problem with Derivatives
March 5, 2010 – 11:35 am | Comments Off

The New York Times recently posted this editorial about the connection between Greece’s financial problems and Wall Street and the need for better regulation of derivatives trading.
As Greece has tottered on the brink of fiscal …

President Obama Refocuses on Foreclosure Prevention
March 5, 2010 – 11:15 am | Comments Off

A recent editorial in the New York Times talked about new steps that President Obama has authorized to deal with the needs of homeowners dealing with foreclosures, especially unemployed homeowners and those with underwater mortgages.  …