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Hawaii BBB warns of credit repair companies - Bizjournals.com

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Hawaii's Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about companies taking advantage of the credit crunch by fraudulently promising credit-repair services. ...

Auto repair shops seeing uptick in business - Dallas Morning News

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Tighter credit restrictions have also affected the auto repair industry. Customers nationwide are struggling to buy new vehicles with insufficient credit, ...

FTC cracks down on credit repair companies - Los Angeles Times

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By David Colker In a nationwide crackdown on credit repair companies, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that 30 firms were being targeted, ...

Florida AG takes legal action against credit "repair" agencies - Hartford Courant

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... "were purportedly offering debt relief services including credit counseling, credit repair, debt management, and credit card rate reduction services. ...

Credit Repair Companies Can't Fix Everything (NPR)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 05:45 AM CST

As the economy sours and credit remains tight, consumers with poor credit scores are especially vulnerable to those that promise to clean credit histories, boost credit scores and even eliminate bankruptcy filings. But credit repair firms can't always do what they claim, and dozens of them have been sued.

Drive Head Service Program from ROTEX Global, LLC, Provides Fast Response to Customers Repair ... (ThomasNet)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 10:49 AM CST

CINCINNATI, OH (September 30, 2008) - To minimize costly downtime, the Drive Head Service Program from ROTEX Global, LLC, provides fast, reliable response to the customer's screener drive head repair or replacement needs and a full two-year warranty on reconditioned drives. Every reconditioned Rotex drive head operating under normal conditions carries the same two-year warranty as a new drive ...

Auto repair shops seeing uptick in business (Dallas Morning News)

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 10:32 PM CST

Ken Kirkpartrick's business differs from many these days. His auto shop is actually making money. Car repair companies across the country, including North Texas, are reaping the benefits of a scaled-down economy as people patch up aging vehicles instead of splurging on newer ones.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-11 14:20 C.banks can't repair crisis damage alone-ECB official (Interactive Investor)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:22 AM CST

LJUBLJANA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - No amount of central bank action on its own can repair the damage that the financial crisis has inflicted on markets, a European Central Bank official said in a report published on Tuesday. Commercial banks needed to look at their own actions and improve transparency to overcome persistent problems, Michel Stubbe, who heads the ECB's market operations analysis ...