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		<title>FTC Shuts the Door on Residential Relief Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission has resolved an action against Residential Relief Foundation, a company targeting homeowners struggling to keep their homes. According to consumer complaints filed with Better Business Bureau, Residential Relief Foundation used clever marketing to trick consumers into believing the company was a government agency and part of a program the Obama Administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Justice Files Lawsult Against Credit Card Companies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice recently announced that it filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. It challenges rules that credit card companies such as American Express, MasterCard and Visa have instituted that prevent merchants from offering consumer discounts, rewards and information about card costs. The rules [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Company Claims to Offer Assistance to Consumers Seeking Government Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is alerting job-seekers to Career Systems, LLC, www.careersystemsllc.com, a Vail-based employment services company, owned by Richard and Ramona Friedberg, former principals of Tucson-based Government Careers, Inc. (GCI). Like GCI before it, Career Systems posts advertisements on Internet employment sites, including Yahoo Hot Jobs. The advertisements state that if consumers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Careers Inc. Sued by Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, Federal Trade Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AG) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have filed a lawsuit against Government Careers Inc. (GCI); a Tucson company that Better Business Bureau has received 50 complaints against since June, 2009. In a press release the AG’s Office and the FTC accused GCI of “engaging in allegedly deceptive employment services,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Work? The U.S. Census Bureau is Hiring Nationwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, but the good news is that the upcoming 2010 Census will create hundreds of thousands of temporary, part-time jobs across the United States. Better Business Bureau offers the following advice on what it takes to work for the Census and tips on how to land a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for Appliances is the New Cash for Clunkers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick LaFleur</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of the Cash for Clunkers program, the federal government recently announced the creation of a similar rebate program for consumers looking to purchase new energy-efficient appliances. While many of the details of the program are still yet to be determined, Better Business Bureau offers the following guidance to consumers who might be [...]]]></description>
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