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  • A Great State Of Carbon Caches March 16, 2010
    When it comes to storing carbon, no national forest in the United States does more than the Eugene-based Willamette, according to a survey released by an environmental group. […]
  • City’s Bail Collections Jump After New Jail Opens March 16, 2010
    SPRINGFIELD — The city collected more in bail money from misdemeanor defendants in the first three weeks that its new jail was open than in the last six months of 2009. […]
  • Frat Theft 911 Call Released March 16, 2010
    The phone call that eventually led to the suspension of the University of Oregon’s star quarterback left no doubt about who had walked out of a campus fraternity house with a stolen laptop under... […]
  • Sheldon Graduate Killed In Iraq March 16, 2010
    The U.S. Army specialist died in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the U.S. Air Force said. The particulars of her death were unavailable Monday. […]
  • Oregon Worker Deaths Decline March 16, 2010
    Workplace deaths in Oregon fell by about one-third from 2008 to 2009, to 31 last year, according to the state Department of Consumer and Business Services. […]

RSS NYT > Payday Loans

  • The Places They Go When Banks Say No January 30, 2010
    As traditional banks have spurned small businesses, many have turned to firms that provide a relatively expensive alternative: purchase-order financing. […]
  • These Rates Would Shock a Loan Shark November 24, 2009
    At consumer debt court, high interest rates are the norm, but they are not illegal. That could change, though, if a new effort bears fruit. […]
  • Banks Balk at Agency Meant to Aid Consumers June 30, 2009
    The administration’s proposal for the new agency marks the first shot in a battle over how to regulate home mortgages, credit cards and other forms of lending. […]
  • Pay Pals June 9, 2009
    Senator Christopher Dodd should go after, not cozy up to, the payday-loan industry for its egregious exploitation of people’s desperation. […]
  • Lenders Thwart Ohio Law Intended to Limit High Interest on Payday Loans April 15, 2009
    Despite a law capping the annual interest rate for short-term loans at 28 percent, some lenders are using different laws to charge up to 680 percent interest. […]
  • 391 Percent Payday Loan April 12, 2009
    Congress should resist an ersatz reform that would allow lenders to continue to charge exorbitant interest rates on payday loans. […]
  • LETTERS; Check Cashers, Redeemed November 22, 2008
    Four letters on Douglas McGray's Nov 9 article on check-cashing services and payday loans; writers are Jose Cisneros, treasurer of city and county of San Francisco, Joseph Coleman, chairman of Financial Service Centers of America, Liana Molina of California Reinvestment Coalition and Donald M Seib […]
  • Check Cashers, Redeemed November 8, 2008
    Many low-income Americans were wary of banks even before the latest round of failures and takeovers. Is a semi-reformed payday lender the right guy to bring the urban poor into the banking system? […]
  • Mailing Our Way to Solvency October 5, 2008
    The United States should go back to using the one government institution that is found in most neighborhoods the post office as local savings bank. […]
  • Some States Set Caps to Control Payday Loans September 7, 2008
    To aid borrowers, Ohio lawmakers push for new regulations capping payday loans. […]