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Quick answer: Linda Davis has filed a lawsuit seeking a $267,400 arbitration award against TitleMax of Virginia, Inc. to confirm, after an AAA arbitrator found that TitleMax charged her illegal interest rates in excess of 100% on an auto loan, in violation of the North Carolina Consumer Finance Act. TitleMax refused to pay the price. […]
Quick answer: Tiffany Harris has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Cordoba Legal Group PLLC in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, alleging that Cordoba called her phone number – which has been on the National Do Not Call Registry since August 28, 2024 – at least three times using […]
Quick answer: Start with a phone call and then escalate to a certified letter (return receipt requested) identifying all supervisors you wish to contact. Most debt relief companies quietly repay once they see you are serious; they don’t want attorney general complaints or FTC investigations on their files. I’ve been helping people get out of […]
I thought our family budget was watertight. We tracked our expenses, cooked at home and rarely spent money. Yet every month it felt like our checking account was slowly leaking. Out of sheer frustration, I uploaded a rough spreadsheet of our monthly statements to a free AI chatbot and asked it a simple question: “Where […]
If you think paying a few thousand dollars out of pocket for medical care is painful, brace yourself. A proposed rule from the Trump administration could boost that number for families to as much as $31,000. According to a recent report by The New York Times we see a huge shift in what health insurance […]
Paramount Skydance just beat Netflix in a $111 billion bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery to buy. Yes, the company that owns CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Showtime and Pluto TV swallows the company that owns HBO Max, CNN, TNT, TBS, Batman and Harry Potter. A large-scale corporate merger like this may sound like background […]
After ten years, your SRS (Supplemental Retirement Scheme) account continues to grow and you can withdraw money, but timing, penalties and taxes affect how much you actually get. Understanding what happens with SRS after this milestone is crucial to maximizing your retirement savings. This article covers: What are the withdrawal rules for SRS? Who can […]
External asset managers in Zurich are independent professionals or companies that manage client portfolios while simultaneously holding assets with external banks. They provide tailor-made investment strategies, risk management and wealth planning for high-net-worth individuals, families and international investors looking for Swiss stability. This article covers: How does an external asset manager work? Is Zurich a […]
After the Liberation Madness of April 2025, I became increasingly defensive, although my asset allocation is not (yet) at the point where the rule of thumb would advise that your age should equal your fixed income. If that were the case, I would have 28% equities and 72% fixed income, and I’m not that conservative […]
