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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110207:19:11:00

[ announcer ] when it comes to things you care about, leave nothing to chance. travelers. take the scary out of life. a58-year-old woman from texas has a credit card with a 79.9% rate. yeah, i said that correctly. she is paying nearly 80% interest on everything she charges. why? well, here s her story. toni says she had to file for bankruptcy after her medical expenses became too much to handle. she says her credit went to, quote, hell in a hand basket, so she was looking for credit card for people with creditish. she found one with 29.9%.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110207:19:12:00

three months later, the interest soared to 79.9%. it s with first premier bank who says this extremely high interest rate card is important for people who default on loans. nearly 700,000 people have signed up for it and half of them carry balances. is this legal? joining me is ryan mack, author of living in the village and president of the optimum capital manage am. is it legal to have that high of annual percentage? the problem is it is legal. the card act of 2009 says they did have a 25% interest rate cap. however, that only implied on previous customers. that s retroactive. that doesn t apply to brand new customers. those customers coming in, a particular woman, she not only had various interest rates but they re allowed to tack on various fees, $45 to sign up, $6

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100211:16:34:00

folks don t see that that equity is ever going to come back. diana, thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. check out die nan aolick s housing blog, realtycheck.cnbc.com. in maryland, it s being called the big dig as people try to clear record snowfall amounts. at baltimore s bwi airport, a record 79.9 inches of snow fell, making it the snowiest winter in history. elaine reyes of wrc, our washington nbc station, joins me live from vienna, virginia, where it looks like at least one street is kind of clear there. reporter: oh, my gosh. you know, the sun is out. it s balmy. i had to take clothes off as the morning has progressed. you know, they ve been working on the streets since the blizzard ended last night. take a look right here. this is maple avenue downtown vienna. and basically, there s a lot of slush. we also want to point out one other thing. you see because of all the work they ve been doing, all these

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20091218:15:53:30

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20091218:15:53:30
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