Obama administration officials plan to meet with credit card company executives at the White House next Thursday, April 23, 2009. Various reports leave it unclear as to whether or not the President will be in attendance. According to CNBC, which is citing a Reuters report, he will not. Rather, “Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, National Economic [...]
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If we do not make an example out of Chase, card companies will follow Chase’s example.
Jim Cunningham is a freelance writer based in Washington, DC. One of his research and writing areas has been corporate responsibility and ethics. I learned of Jim’s work because he was interested enough in Alessandro Machi’s site, Daily-Protest.com, to write an article for the Examiner.
Jim’s piece, entitled “Exclusive: Lone protester takes on corporate giant,” highlighted Alessandro and his efforts to [...]
The Consumers Union Action Fund site has a customizable form that allows you to easily communicate your wishes regarding credit card reforms (S. 414 and HR. 627)
The Consumers Union Action Fund site has a customizable form that allows you to easily communicate your wishes regarding credit card reforms (S. 414 and HR. 627), assuming that you are in favor of ending the abusive practices of credit card companies. The site provides some suggested text, but you can also write your own message.
Unfortunately, [...]


