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News Category: AFR in the News

NJ.Com: New Jersey Citizen Action protests bonuses, pickets AIG offices in Jersey City

By Michaelangelo Conte/The Jersey Journal November 06, 2009, 4:00PM Members of New Jersey Citizen Action picketed in Jersey City outside the Exchange Place offices of AIG today protesting bonuses already paid and those promised to workers at the company that was central to the financial industry meltdown. “We urge AIG to stop paying bonuses and

In the News: Banks Fall Short on Mortgage Help

Banks Fall Short on Mortgage Help Govt. Report Shows 15 Percent of Eligible Borrowers Offered Help; Bank of America, Wells Fargo Lag Behind Other Big Banks By MATTHEW JAFFE and ALICE GOMSTYNAugust 4, 2009 Fewer than one in five homeowners eligible for the Obama administration’s loan modification program…  (/ABC News/AP Photo) The Treasury Department today