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FDIC Awards GE Coverage For Up $139 Billion In Debt

Last week representatives of the FDIC closed a deal to award General Electric Co.’s lending group GE Capital Corporation as much as $139 billion in insurance coverage for debt protection. This marks the second time in a month the finance company has sought aid from the federal government.


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Written on December 20th, 2008

As of November 14, Freddie Mac, the mortgage-lending giant taken over by the federal government only two months ago, requested an additional $13.8 billion from the US Treasury. The move was an effort to stabilize the company after it suffered record quarterly losses. The amount was authorized and the company will begin receiving [...]

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Wanna Get Out of Debt? Stop Using Credit

Written on December 12th, 2008

People who are faced with immense debt often panic and wonder what they can do to remove it from their lives. Making payments only seems meaningless when being challenged by the enormity of the task. If a student owes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, or a home was recently purchased, then effectively managing [...]

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Written on December 8th, 2008

As we go through life, we’re all faced with important financial decisions. For better or worse, one of the ways in which our country operates economically is by means of credit, and it is with credit that we can find ourselves in debt. This isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, it can be beneficial [...]

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Start Saving Before You Start Paying Off Debt

Written on December 8th, 2008

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The Debt Mentality and How To Stop It

Written on December 4th, 2008

Today, more than ever, Americans are truly in debt. Millions of the nation’s citizens are struggling to make their lives work amidst a sea of growing financial concerns that leave them strapped. Strange to say, this is true especially for people who make more money. How is it that the more income a person has, [...]

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Sitting on Debt Creates Problems

Written on December 1st, 2008

It’s difficult trying to face debt. This is something everybody who suffers from debt knows for a fact, and it is because of this that they often put their debt to the side and think about taking care of it later. This behavior only creates more debt in the long run, because some people don’t [...]

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