Sep 21, 2009
In today’s world, the most effective way for the FBI to serve the American people is to be intelligence-led and threat-driven. That means not only investigating violations of federal law after the fact, but also seeing potential threats and crimes on the horizon and being positioned to prevent them.
It’s for that reason that the FBI and the Department of Justice are working now—in concert with our federal, state, and local partners, including the Inspector General community—to get out in front of possible ... Read More
Sep 10, 2009
Debit card overdraft fees are helping to pay banks’ bills in the recession—and they're hitting customers hard, the New York Times reports. “Banks will let you overspend on your debit card in a way that is much, much more expensive than almost any credit card,” says an analyst. Spending money you don’t have can result in massive fees—the Times calls out one shopper who was slapped with seven $34 fees in one day: Banks are set to make $27 billion this year ... Read More
Sep 7, 2009
The video introduces an independent media platform like SleptOn Mag as the key to getting alternative perspectives and information critical to gaining a more sober understanding of the world that we live in.
Short video clips featuring Amy Goodman, Michael Moore and Reverend Lennox Yearwood as they highlight the failures of America's corporate "mainstream" media. "You have to go to the internet, you have to go to alternative sources..." -Howard Zinn (Author/Historian)
And this one of the main reasons corporateabuse.net was started. Watch as ... Read More
Sep 6, 2009
Boeing employee posed as an independent blogger to decieve Northrop Grumman duriing a recent trade show. What is great about this whole issue is, no consumer was affected by a corporate giant. However, to see two mass entities act as children would, shows just how low the corporate world really behaves.
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Sep 4, 2009
Many credit cardholders find their interest rates rising, minimum payments spiking and credit limits plummeting, says Consumer Action, which today releases its 2009 Credit Card Survey.
The results of the new Credit Card Survey confirm widespread cardholder complaints that even excellent customers who carry a balance are subject to costly, unilateral increases in their credit card bills.
Consumers are seeing increases in purchase rates, cash advance rates and in some cases default rates. Some issuers are using the new credit card law coming next ... Read More
