FRANKLIN, Tenn. and BOSTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- MedSolutions (www.medsolutions.com), a leading provider of medical cost management services, is joining with Tufts Health Care Institute (www.thci.org) and Tufts University School of Medicine (www.tufts.edu/med) to offer a free educational webinar designed to assist primary care physicians in utilizing high-tech imaging studies appropriately. The webinar, "Doing the Right Thing: Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Risk, and Patient Safety," is scheduled for Tuesday, November 2, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST. Presenters Samson Munn, M.D., associate radiologist in chief of Tufts Medical Center, and Niamh Carroll, M.D., an internist and adult primary care physician at Tufts Medical Center, will provide information to help primary care physi...
...Many department stores offer non-installment credit; however, many same-as-cash plans can conve...
Carrie Peel never thought that taking out a high-interest loan to buy a used car would turn her into a criminal. She and her husband left the Car Time dealership in Independence on July 7, 2008, with a 2005 Ford Taurus -- and a subprime installment contract to repay nearly $11,000, plus 24 percent annual interest, to Credit Acceptance Corp., a high-risk auto finance company. She traded in her GMC Suburban in exchange for a $2,500 credit toward the cost of the Taurus.
A tax services company could not enforce an arbitration clause in its customer agreement when it was sued for violating federal consumer protection law, a U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania has ruled. TaxMasters is a company that provides services to consumers who have tax problems with the IRS. The plaintiff in this case engaged TaxMasters' services by calling the company's toll-free number. At that time, TaxMasters charged a $500 "flat fee" to the plaintiff's credit card with the understanding that the plaintiff would be billed additional installment payments.
Banks sharply tightened lending standards in the latest quarter, even for their prime customers - the most vivid evidence yet of a widening credit crunch that started with subprime loans last summer, the Federal Reserve said yesterday. The much stricter standards imposed by banks - such as requiring higher down payments, more home equity and better credit scores - applied to every loan category: mortgages, home-equity loans, consumer-installment loans, credit cards, commercial real estate and business loans. The increase in mortgage standards in the Fed's January survey was much sharper than that seen in the early 1990s credit crunch.
Consumer debt from use of credit cards and installment purchases has significantly increased, leading to delinquencies and defaults, among other problems. However, research on consumer attitudes and behavior related to credit use is extremely limited. In particular, little is known about the kinds of consumers most susceptible to credit debt. This paper explores that topic using data from exploratory surveys conducted in the U.S. and Singapore. Although proneness to credit debt is related to a variety of cultural, regulatory, and demographic factors, identification of those most susceptible indicates the importance of subjective factors such as a carefree personality profile and attitudes related to freespending and convenience orientations.
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