Mutual Funds 101 Part One

Are you a newcomer when it comes to playing the stock market? No big deal at all! This series of articles on mutual funds will make it simple for you to understand what a mutual fund is, what it is all about and whether it is worth your while to invest in one. My first three articles are called “Mutual Funds For Beginners” and they lay down the basics.

$500,000 Awarded To California Couple In FDCPA Case

Last month, Manuel and Luz Fausto won one of the biggest collection awards documented in the last couple of years under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) against Credigy Services Corporation. A California jury awarded the Faustos $500,000 in damages derived from harassment by Credigy collectors. Of the sum, granted $100,000 was for actual damages the Faustos experienced, while $400,000 was in punitive damages, granted for malicious and reckless disregard of the couples rights. According to one of the Faustos lawyers, David Humphreys of Humphreys Wallace Humphreys, P.C., and the case derived from a debt on a Wells Fargo charge card opened in 1992.

FDCPA FAQs And Answers

In order to skirmish the topics associated with harassing debt collectors and debt collection companies, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (also known as the FDCPA) was constructed. The laws and regulations determined by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act not only guard consumers, but they also assist debt collection agencies as well by encouraging them to act in a serious and professional manner when engaging in dialog with supposed debtors.

Town Demands Debt Recovery: Pay Up Or Ship Out

In the town of Stamford, Connecticut, the village is threatening to sue a car dealership, Carriage House so it can get it to pay $7,450 in fines for forty five false burglar alarms over the past six years. There was a grand total of thirty one property owners that got notices on January the fifteenth that were ordering payment for false alarm fines. They were told to pay the money within thirty days or face legal action.