Boston–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. One of the largest grassroots labor organizations in Massachusetts, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), today announced its endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate. Representing more than 75,000 healthcare workers, social workers, security officers, janitors and others across the Bay State, SEIU is committing to helping[Read More…]
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Remarks by President Obama on the Housing Settlement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012 – 12:28 P.M. E THE PRESIDENT: All right, good afternoon, everybody. Before I start, I just want to introduce the folks on stage here, because the extraordinary work that they did is the reason that a lot of families are going to be helped all across[Read More…]
Readout of Vice President Biden’s Meeting on Human Rights and Reform in China
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. The Vice President and senior Administration officials met yesterday with four experts and advocates on human rights and legal reform in China: Dr. Xiaorong Li, Professor Benjamin Liebman, Mr. Kenneth Roth and Ms. Jianying Zha. They discussed the deterioration of China’s human rights situation, prospects for[Read More…]
Bank of America Subsidiary Reversing or Refunding $36 Million in Fees to Resolve FTC Allegations That it Overcharged Struggling Homeowners
Excessive Default-Related Fees Allegedly Violated Earlier Countrywide Settlement Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. A mortgage servicing subsidiary of Bank of America Corp. agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally assessed more than $36 million worth of fees against struggling homeowners, in violation of an earlier settlement with the[Read More…]
FTC Shuts Down Robocallers Who Claimed to Reduce Credit Card Interest Rates
Marketers Settle Charges They Deceived More Than 13,000 Consumers Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. The Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with four of the defendants in an allegedly phony debt relief services operation that claimed that, for $995, it would dramatically reduce consumers’ credit card interest rates. Under the[Read More…]
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks at the Mortgage Servicers Settlement Press Conference
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2012. Good morning. I’m pleased to join with Secretary Shaun Donovan; Attorney General for the State of Iowa, Tom Miller; Associate Attorney General, Tom Perrelli; HUD Inspector General, David Montoya; and Attorney General for the State of Colorado, John Suthers – to announce our latest step forward[Read More…]
Federal Government and State Attorneys General Reach $25 Billion Agreement with Five Largest Mortgage Servicers to Address Mortgage Loan Servicing and Foreclosure Abuses
$25 Billion Agreement Provides Homeowner Relief & New Protections, Stops Abuses WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2012. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers announced today that the federal government and 49 state[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending February 4, 2012
Wshington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2012. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 358,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 373,000. The 4-week moving average was 366,250, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week’s revised[Read More…]
Syria: UN and Arab League Consider Joint Observer Mission to Try to Stop Killings
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2012. The United Nations and the League of Arab States are considering sending a joint observer mission to Syria to try to end the crisis engulfing the Middle East country, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warning today that recent attacks against civilians in the city of Homs were “a[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, February 8, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012 – 1:11 P.M. EST MR. CARNEY: Hello, everyone. Good afternoon. Thanks for being here. Before I take your questions, just a couple of things. First of all, the President, earlier today, hosted — or rather chaired one of his regular Afghanistan/Pakistan meetings with his National[Read More…]
