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Banks tightening terms to skirt credit card legislation

credit lines on borrowers with good credit scores. About 40 percent said they were imposing higher fees. The banks also said they were demanding higher minimum credit scores and tightening other requirements. Banks are struggling to make money in the ...

From ANDREW MARTIN AND LOWELL BERGMAN, TwinCities.com,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Federal Reserve,  Pew Charitable Trusts,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. House of Representatives,  U.S. Senate

A Squeeze on Customers Ahead of New Rules

Banks are struggling to make money in the credit card business these days, and consumers are paying the price. Interest rates are going up, credit lines are being cut and a variety of new fees are being imposed on even the best cardholders. Senator ...

From ANDREW MARTIN AND LOWELL BERGMAN, The New York Times,  9 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Christopher J. Dodd,  U.S. Senate,  PBS,  Federal Reserve,  Pew Charitable Trusts

Andrew Bergman: Clarence Thomas Stands Up for the Right to Strip Teenagers Naked

Hats off to Justice Clarence Thomas for his courageous stand on behalf of school officials' right to strip teenagers naked in an effort to find prescription pills. This great man has more than justified George H.W. Bush's faith in his character, ...

From ANDREW BERGMAN, Huffington Post,  25 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Clarence Thomas,  Andrew Bergman,  U.S. Republican Party

Andrew Bergman: Dr. Jazz

The emergence of Obama and consequent submergence of Senator Clinton brings to mind Jack Kennedy's 1960 primary beat-down of Hubert H. Humphrey. Hubert had been the faithful liberal shepherd for so long and then here came this force -- this gorgeous ...

From ANDREW BERGMAN, Huffington Post,  8 Jan 2008
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Warren Beatty,  Big Joe Williams,  Ronald Reagan

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