Job fair for Springs workers 
Mike Roddey spent 30 years of his life working for Springs Industries, but got out last year. The Rock Hill resident is now commuting about 30 miles to work each day, rather than the 16 miles he used to commute to the Katherine Plant. He found another textile job at Beal Mfg. in Gastonia, N.C..
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LOCAL YOUTH POSTER CONTEST STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF SAVINGS 
ALBUQUERQUE In conjunction with Financial Literacy Month in April, New Mexico Center for Consumer Education invites area elementary through high school students to participate for the chance to win the nationwide BE MONEY WI$E Poster Contest Award.
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Holiday Hangover 
The holidays are over and the hangover has begun. Its called a debt hangover in the credit counseling industry. It refers to the shock and depression that starts sometime after Jan. 20, when the credit card bills start rolling in with the total charges of all those gifts. Business normally increases by 50 percent this time of year at credit counseling agencies, said Martha Lucey of ByDesign …
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Subprime loan boom sinking 
If it looks like a bubble, smells like a bubble and tastes like a bubble, it must be a bubble. The smart money now says the U.S. housing market, overall, is not in a bubble. But at least one part of the market certainly looks pretty frothy - the mushrooming "subprime" mortgage market for borrowers who can't get standard loans. Now that bubble seems to be bursting.
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Credit Counseling Industry to Convene Panel to Address Problems with the Uniform Debt Management Services Act 
The American Association of Debt Management Organizations (AADMO) will convene a panel of the credit counseling industry to address problems with the Uniform Debt Management Services Act ("Uniform Act"). The panel will meet on February 19, 2007 in Austin, Texas. (PRWeb Feb 10, 2007)
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You Oughta Know: List shows who can offer credit counseling 
Each Monday, The Eagle highlights a government record that is open to the public. The record: A list of registered credit service groups approved to do debt-management counseling with Kansas consumers.
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