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Website helps consumers file credit card complaints

Website helps consumers file credit card complaints

In a move to protect consumers, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will try to make sure the financial products and services market is fair, transparent and competitive.

As of July 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers a one-stop place for credit card holders to resolve complaints they may have with a credit card issuer.

The agency's new Web-based Consumer Response Center allows credit card holders file complaints online or via a toll-free number.

Created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, the new agency will serve as "a cop on the beat” to enforce the laws on credit cards, mortgages, student loans, prepaid cards, and other kinds of financial products and services, according to the website.

Photo courtesy Flickr user Images_of_Money.

National Career Fairs job fair

National Career Fairs job fair

National Career Fairs is holding a job fair in Memphis. 

This event will offer job seekers an opportunity to meet face to face with dozens of employers who are hiring today!  Companies such as The Paradies Shops, Dish Network Services, LLC., Devcon Security Services Corp, Family Dollar and many others will be at the event.

Mississippi's largest companies paying no state taxes

Mississippi's largest companies paying no state taxes

Mississippi's top businesses are under fire -- for not paying taxes.

According to research from the PEER committee -- nearly 70 percent of the state's largest companies paid no state corporate income tax from 2006 to 2009.

When it comes to all corporations operating in the state, the number is about 80 percent.

Insiders say it's all legal.

"There's a number of reasons for that," says Ed Sivak of the Mississippi Economic Policy Center. "Some of them don't have profits that will be taxable. Others are shifting income earned in Mississippi to lower states and others may have their income tax liability reduced from different tax breaks."

Leaders in education have something to say about this revelation as well.

Original equipment vs. aftermarket auto parts

Reliable and reputable Mid-South automotive sources will tell you:  when it comes to structural parts, the ones that contribute directly to the structural integrity of a vehicle, using aftermarket structural parts can be risky and dangerous (please read my investigation from last November by clicking here).

But aftermarket cosmetic parts, like fenders for example, are fair game. A report by web resource AutoMD.com cited what it called the top four myths of buying auto parts:

Miss. adds 4,900 non-farm jobs in April

Miss. adds 4,900 non-farm jobs in April

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The federal Labor Department says Mississippi added 4,900 non-farm jobs in April.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the state's jobless rate rose from 10.2 percent in March to 10.4 percent in April.

The number of those officially listed as unemployed rose 137,000 in March to 139,300 in April. There also was a rise in the civilian labor force, indicating that more people are actively seeking work.

Kroger donates to storm and flooding victims

Kroger donates to storm and flooding victims

As flooding continues in many communities and others try to assess damage by some of the most devastating weather in history, Kroger is committing $250,000 in cash and in-kind contributions to assist storm and flood relief efforts in areas across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and other affected areas in the Southeast.

“We hope that by providing food and water to local food banks and financial support to the Red Cross we will help our associates and customers rebuild their communities in the aftermath of the floods and devastating storms,” said Joe Bell, Kroger Delta Marketing & Public Affairs. “Right now so many people would like to get involved and help others.

Game 6: SOLD OUT

Game 6: SOLD OUT

Hundreds of Memphis Grizzlies fans lined up outside FedExForum this morning to get their hands on tickets for game 6 of the NBA Playoffs.  Tickets sold out in five minutes, the fastest in franchise history.   The team leads the series with San Antonio 3-2.  If the team wins Friday night at FedExForum, they will win the series.