Michelle Obama's credit data leaked online

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama is the latest public figure to have her credit report and other personal information leaked online by a website posting private data on celebrities and government officials...

Credit scores: The new dating deal-breaker?

Ann Brown, Madame Noire Business

According to The New York Times, this question is popping up more and more in the dating scene.

Filing for bankruptcy? Avoid Toni Braxton's alleged mistakes

Ann Brown, Madame Noire Business

Her recent "scandals" could actually happen to anyone if they don’t know the rules or they try to do a runaround the laws. If you are filing, check the bankruptcy laws in your state.

Bow Wow in dog house with bank, sued for $25,000 in fees

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - According to TMZ, Georgia Bank is suing Bow Wow for $25,000, for the loss they incurred after the performer failed to repay a business loan...

Debtors prisons? More on the trend in creditor arrests

Clutch Magazine

CLUTCH - A company will often sell off its debt to a collection agency, generally called a creditor. That creditor files a lawsuit against the debtor requiring a court appearance...

High school principal in hot water and chocolate sauce

News One

NEWS ONE - Sharron Smalls, the principal of Jane Addams High School in The Bronx, landed in hot water on Friday over the possibility that she improperly gave class credits to students...

Can 'RushCard' Russell Occupy Wall Street?

Ryan Mack

OPINION - How can we trust Simmons when he continues to promote false, unsubstantiated statistics that claim 60 million people in this country cannot get a bank account and his is the only option we have available?...

Obama's foes want a black president with bad credit

Robert Henderson Jr.

OPINION - If a downgrade occurs, the financial markets would suffer a huge blow, and Barack Obama's presidency would clearly be scarred...

Don't blame 'RushCards' for black credit crunch

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox

OPINION - It's no wonder, then, that Russell Simmons has been vocal in saying that he's going after disenchanted bank customers and consumers that banks don't want...

10 tips to survive the ‘black mancession’

Ash Cash

OPINION - Throughout history black men have always been dealt a bad hand and despite that we have always risen above it...

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