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| Alberta announces new rules for payday loan companies - CBC.ca | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| CBC.ca- Alberta announces new rules for payday loan companies- CBC.ca, Canada- Payday loan companies that operate in Alberta will soon have to follow new rules announced by the province Wednesday to protect consumers from high borrowing costs. Starting in September, businesses will be prohibited from charging more than $23 in ...- Payday loans capped Alberta Daily Herald Tribune- Province slashes payday loan fees Edmonton Journal- Province to regulate payday loan business Lethbridge Herald- Canada NewsWire (press release) - StarPhoenixall 41 news articles - | |
| Payday loan 'conspiracy' broke law, court told - Edmonton Journal | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Payday loan 'conspiracy' broke law, court told- Edmonton Journal, Canada- The defendants are alleged to have charged fees to customers between 1997 and 2007 on payday loans that added up to an effective annual interest rate of more than the 60 per cent allowed under the Criminal Code. There are more than 240000 plaintiffs ...- Supreme Court refuses to hear payday loan case appeal Edmonton Journal- all 4 news articles - | |
| Region forced to take... - Oshawa Express | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Region forced to take...- Oshawa Express, Canada- Those accounts total $1925, which will be written-off. However, these accounts are still registered with a collection agency for future action. The region has companies, which they use for debt collection. Councillor John Henry suggested staff look ... - | |
| Century Mining reaches shares for debt settlement with certain ... - Can... | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Century Mining reaches shares for debt settlement with certain ...- Canada NewsWire (press release), Canada- BLAINE, WA, June 3 /CNW/ - Century Mining Corporation (CMM: TSX-V) announced today that it has received signed letters from 39 trade creditors who have agreed to accept shares of Century Mining Corporation in final settlement of amounts owed by the ... - | |
| Competition Bureau cracks down on fraudulent telemarketing businesses - ... | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| CBC.ca- Competition Bureau cracks down on fraudulent telemarketing businesses- CBC.ca, Canada- They are often pressured into the sale with promises of reduced prices and when payment is not received, they are told they will be reported to the credit bureau. Rosen said they are led to believe they are buying space in the Yellow Pages, ... - | |
| Province to regulate payday loan business - Lethbridge Herald | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Province to regulate payday loan business- Lethbridge Herald, Canada- While secured loans are close to an all-time low ? and bank cards may be charging 20 per cent interest per year ? he notes the Alberta government will allow a $23 fee on every $100, even if the loan runs just a few weeks. ?That's not 23 per cent? per ... - | |
| More private sector involvement in health care advocated. - Canada.com | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Massage Today- More private sector involvement in health care advocated.- Canada.com, Canada- The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association released a policy statement with a series of recommendations that it says should be implemented to address rising health-care costs, human resource shortages and other issues that are dragging the ...- Insurers call for health-care reform Globe and Mail- CLHIA releases policy recommendations for health care reform Investment Executive- Policy recommendations for reform of the public health care system ... Canada NewsWire (press release)- Daily Gleaner - Canada Free Pressall 174 news articles - | |
| Still the same old auto game - National Post | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Still the same old auto game- National Post, Canada- In which case, the only way to cover costs at a unionized Magna-Opel plant is to get government on board with new dollops of subsidies, loans, training grants -- all the old scams worked by the auto companies over many decades to overcome their ... - | |
| Supreme Court refuses to hear payday loan case appeal - StarPhoenix | As of: 2009-06-03 |
| Supreme Court refuses to hear payday loan case appeal- StarPhoenix, Canada- By Sarah Schmidt, Canwest News ServiceMarch 6, 2009 The payday loan industry took a major hit Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a bid to review a case that could have quashed lawsuits against high-interest lending companies. ... - | |
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