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Payday lending has strong foothold in McLennan County, which leads state in …

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Payday lending has strong foothold in McLennan County, which leads state in …
In January, the Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner started collecting data about the state's payday loan industry. Following is a look at some of the numbers reported during the first half of 2012. More recent figures have not yet been released.
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Bond sale helps home buyers, renters
The Vermont Housing Finance Agency closed on a $ 50 million bond sale that replenishes the agency's loan funds. The money will provide 30-year … A separate $ 26 million multifamily bond sale restructures certain existing VHFA loans that affect 907 …
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Argentina import controls put brake on bike sales

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Argentina import controls place brake on bike sales
The text from Sister Diane at St. Ignatius Martyr church was as odd as it was urgent: "A man is going to call. …. And that number would have been lower but for a Buenos Aires city program that offered loans of up to $ 600 per bike buy, the group …
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China cult targeted as 'doomsday' nears
“The pastor gave a sermon on Sunday to warn us all about this evil cult,” says Han Xiuting, 81, an administrator at the officially sanctioned North Protestant Church of Handan, the closest city to the area where Mr Shi's wife has been trying to harvest …
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Give the gift of clean water this Christmas
Lee Sage, an elder in the church and a leader in the effort, said on the whole, the Chapel donates more than 50 percent of the money it takes in to missions, and they searched for a mission to support that would make a lasting impact. "We seek to do …
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'Silver Rights' for the underserved | Atlanta Forward
The center's location — the anchor tenant of the Martin Luther King Sr. Community Resources Complex, next to Ebenezer Baptist Church — holds significance for James “Jay” Bailey, CEO of Operation HOPE in Atlanta. “HOPE is more than humbled by the …
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Simon Says . . .
Once again I'd like to tip my hat and recognize our fantastic Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder who held a Town Hall meeting at St. Francis de Sales Church bringing various agencies together except the Red Cross that didn't show. The Rapid Repair program has not …
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Loopholes to Some, Lifelines to Others
Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty featured the Higher Education Act, which included grants and loans for low-income families. Jimmy Carter's Middle Income Student Help Act vastly increased federal aid by granting access to the middle class …
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