Wednesday, as the Senate rejected an amendment to the financial reform package that would have tightened regulation on loan company, consumer credit sources pulled off a narrow escape. The proposed legislation sought to exert federal restrictions on an industry regulated at the state level. Provisions within the payday loan amendment within the financial reform bill ...

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In April of this year, Wisconsin lawmakers passed the first-ever set of payday loan laws for Wisconsin state. The combined regulations, passed by both houses, are set to become law soon. There is one stumbling block before these bills become law. Governor Doyle has yet to sign the bill. What kind of restrictions will this ...

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The results of the Tennessee flooding of the Cumberland River, especially the Opryland Hotel flooding, have closed the area that is virtually the heart of Nashville. Right across from the Grand Ole Opry itself, is the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, of which the Opryland Hotel is a part. The spiritual home of country ...

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