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Professional conference
SEPT. 15—PRSA Pittsburgh will host its 2010 PRSA Pittsburgh Professional Development Day Conference from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Fort Duquesne Blvd., Downtown. The conference will include various dynamic speakers speaking on ethics, measurement, social media and crisis communication. Registration is required. The cost is $80 for members and $95 for non-members. For more information, call Krista George at 412-995-9597 or e-mail kgeorge@brunnerworks.com.
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Debt negotiation practices exposed
Category: Business Written by Damon Carr
I recently received a phone call from a friend of mine. He was stressed out, confused and scared. He recently went through a divorce that resulted in him accumulating more than $60,000 in debt. As if the events leading up to the divorce weren’t overwhelming enough, he’s now dealing with the mounting pressure of trying to make payments on this new debt in addition to paying the rest of his bills and expenses, eat and have a life.
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What changes are coming for HFA lending?
Category: Business Written by NNPA News Service
by Charlene Crowell
NNPA Financial Writer
NNPA Financial Writer
(NNPA)—When the Federal Housing Administration was created in 1934, its main focus was to change the difficulty that people seeking mortgage loans faced during the Great Depression. By the end of World War II, many returning servicemen and women took advantage of FHA programs to help finance home purchases. Today, FHA insures 4.8 million single-family home mortgages.
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Should payday loans be outlawed?
Category: Business Written by NNPA News Service
by Roderick D. Wright
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—Over the years I’ve seen many articles critical of the short-term financial product commonly known as a payday loan. They have been termed abusive for their high interest rates and the fact that people often have multiple loans and fall into greater debt. I don’t challenge the fact that more of these loans go into default, it speaks to a larger problem. Where do people with credit issues get emergency cash? I have never seen any of those articles critical of payday loans offering real solutions.
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Jackson family opens first Black-owned IHOP in D.C.
Category: Business Written by NNPA News Service
by Lisa Wilmore
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
WASHINGTON (NNPA)—It was 1964. Eighteen-year-old high school drop out Clarence Jackson Jr. was handed a newly delivered baby.
Jackson looked into the eyes of his little son—Clarence Jackson III and vowed to always be there for his children and show them how to grow up as decent human beings.
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