News : Consumer Credit Counseling Service offers financial tips

February 4, 2008
SPECIAL TO THE BEACON NEWS

A few simple steps can make a dramatic difference in one's financial life, and there's no better time than now to get pointed in the right direction. Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) recommends that consumers review where they are in order to determine where they're headed, and encourages them to consider implementing the following tips. .. read all ..

News : Consumer Credit Counseling Service and MassMutual Team Up to Enable Families to Apply...

Wed Jan 9, 2008

'Consumer Credit Counseling Service and MassMutual Team Up to Enable Families
to Apply For Free Life Insurance
LifeBridge(sm) Program Puts Money In Trust to Pay for Children's Educational
Expenses

CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Credit Counseling
Service (CCCS) announced today it is teaming up with MassMutual Financial
Group to offer eligible families free $50,000 term life insurance policies
under MassMutual's LifeBridge(sm) Free Life Insurance Program. If an insured
parent or legal guardian passes away during the 10-year term of the policy,
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) will put $50,000 in
trust to pay solely for the educational expenses of dependent children' .. read all ..

News : Over the Limit

February 7, 2008 by Mara Der Hovanesian, Christopher Palmeri, Nanette Byrnes and Jessica Silver-Greenberg

'Americans accustomed to cheap and easy money—and an economy geared to their free-spending ways—face a harsh new reality as banks raise rates and lower ceilings on credit cards' ... read all..

News : Consumer credit growth slows

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Thu Feb 7

'WASHINGTON - Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in eight months, additional evidence that economic activity was slowing significantly at the end of last year. For all of 2007, consumer credit rose at the fastest clip in three years.' ...read all ..