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	<title>Credit Report News, Tips &#38; Advice « Credit Reports&#187; Credit Report News</title>
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		<title>Make a Better Review of Your Credit Report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Identity theft and credit hacking related crimes have grown more active these past few months, and you may never know if you are a victim of such acts. It is best that you check your credit report more carefully whenever you make the regular annual check-up to make sure that your credit information is safe. Any credit-using American citizens are entitled to view their credit reports for free every twelve months from each of the three credit reporting agencies Equifax, ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/make-a-better-review-of-your-credit-report-1271.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Make a Better Review of Your Credit Report" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">September 7, 2010</span>]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Reform Bill provision to Reduce Credit Report Errors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The information on a consumer’s credit report carries more importance and weight than most people take for granted, because whatever it is listed on the report would be used to affect the credit user’s financial situation. That is why legislators have added a new measure into the Financial Reform Bill to reduce errors on credit reports and further benefit their consumers. Michael Barr, Treasury Assistant Secretary, wrote a While House blog that revealed that consumers have filed an estimated 150, ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/financial-reform-bill-provision-to-reduce-credit-report-errors-1267.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Financial Reform Bill provision to Reduce Credit Report Errors" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">September 5, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/financial-reform-bill-provision-to-reduce-credit-report-errors-1267.php</link>
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		<title>New Bill Aims to Lessen Credit Report Errors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Credit reports are very important to an individual. The information found in ones credit report may help him build up a better financial support or may crumble down his or her finances. A credit report may also be the source of one’s promotion, renting apartments, increase ones chance in finding a better job, and in getting one an insurance policy rate that is right for him or her. Because of the very valuable importance of credit reports, members of the ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/new-bill-aims-to-lessen-credit-report-errors-1262.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to New Bill Aims to Lessen Credit Report Errors" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">September 3, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/new-bill-aims-to-lessen-credit-report-errors-1262.php</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Active Duty Alert&#8221; For Soldiers to Protect Their Credit Reports</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Soldiers who are being deployed outside of the country should not only be vigilant abroad, they should also be active in making sure that their credit reports that are left in the country would be safe from identity theft. With the increase of credit card hacking and identity theft related crimes these past few months, it is best that people be vigilant that their credit card records and banking statements are safe from financial fraud. And U.S. soldiers would ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/active-duty-alert-for-soldiers-to-protect-their-credit-reports-1258.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to &#8220;Active Duty Alert&#8221; For Soldiers to Protect Their Credit Reports" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">September 1, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/active-duty-alert-for-soldiers-to-protect-their-credit-reports-1258.php</link>
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		<title>Protecting the Country While Protecting Your Name</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Identity theft has been a problem of the county for a long time and has already affected over 11 million American citizens throughout the years. Identity theft is a crime wherein the criminal would use ones credit line or “identity” to pay for the items he or she purchased or for the services he or she acquired. In the United States, soldiers are the most susceptible people who have their identities stolen by these criminals. Soldiers who are destined overseas, ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/protecting-the-country-while-protecting-your-name-1241.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Protecting the Country While Protecting Your Name" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 29, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/protecting-the-country-while-protecting-your-name-1241.php</link>
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		<title>Students Face Financial Charges At 18</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent study conducted by one of the country’s largest loaning company for students, Sallie Mae, they found out that college student use about 4 credit cards to pay for whatever that is that they purchase. In study, it showed that a lot of college students are now facing financial charges since they could not afford to pay their monthly financial burden on time. According to the study, the median amount of students’ debts has increased in about 3 percent ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/students-face-financial-charges-at-18-1238.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Students Face Financial Charges At 18" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 27, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/students-face-financial-charges-at-18-1238.php</link>
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		<title>Threatened Woman Sues Debt Collecting Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Philadelphia &#8211; threat has become one of the primary secret weapons of collecting agencies to force their customers to pay up their debts. A lot has already been harassed by these debt collectors and their threats have made the borrowers mouth quiet. However, a local woman, who has been threatened by a lending company, is ready to shut the company down. The woman, Seena Rosenberry, has been bugged by a lending company for weeks. She says she was very nervous ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/threatened-woman-sues-debt-collecting-company-1235.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Threatened Woman Sues Debt Collecting Company" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 25, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/threatened-woman-sues-debt-collecting-company-1235.php</link>
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		<title>Equifax Lost Case for Misleading Consumer Disputes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York &#8211; Equifax Information Service LLC has recently faced a law suit for failure to investigate and provide their side valid reasons in disputes on top of the correctness of their public files. The consumers who filed the case against one of the country’s largest credit reporting agency have won the law suit. In the judge’s ruling, by Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez, he said that the claimant, Bruce A. Summerfield, was enough to represent the consumers who have supported ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/equifax-lost-case-for-misleading-consumer-disputes-1232.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Equifax Lost Case for Misleading Consumer Disputes" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 23, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/equifax-lost-case-for-misleading-consumer-disputes-1232.php</link>
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		<title>Students Should Start Building Good Credit History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Students have a lot of necessities for their studies and school life. Books, tuition fees and dorm fees do not usually fit all in their part-time job salaries. Parents can’t at all easily provide the money for these expenses at once. The answer for covering all these expenses is credit all along. Students, whether under a personal or authorized user credit card, have their own credit history. Like with how teens handle auto insurance, not all adults consider young people ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/students-should-start-building-good-credit-history-1228.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Students Should Start Building Good Credit History" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 21, 2010</span>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/students-should-start-building-good-credit-history-1228.php</link>
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		<title>Negative Items Appear In Credit Reports for Seven Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One question that has been on-going for years is how long do negative items appear on credit reports. Many consumers fear that the negative items might affect them for years and that they delay the consumers’ plans to apply for credit or buy for a new car. Lawsuit or judgment stays on a report for seven years or until the statute of limitations are up. Information on bankruptcy stays for seven but could extend to ten years. Tax liens likewise ... (<a href="http://www.free-credit-reports.com/credit-report/credit-report-news/negative-items-appear-in-credit-reports-for-seven-years-1225.php" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Negative Items Appear In Credit Reports for Seven Years" class="more">more</a>) <span class="date">August 19, 2010</span>]]></description>
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