harassment

When Betty Perez bought new bedroom furniture for her children earlier this year, she never dreamed that being a few days late on her payments would result in a collection agency barricading her front door and threatening to call the police. Perez is just one of an untold numbers of consumers,...

Rent-A-Center, the national furniture, electronics and appliance rental chain, has settled charges that the company charged outrageous fees in addition to harassing and threatening customers to collect owed money. Washington state's attorney general filed a complaint in July showing the absurdly...

Being in debt is challenging enough before you add the pressure of the debt collector.The nature of business doesn't lend itself to friendliness -- although they could give it a try once in a while. With so many people unemployed and the economy still gasping, more and more people are having to...

Rent-A-Center (RCII) handily beat earnings estimates, sending the stock soaring. Second quarter profits rose by 11 percent -- a performance matched by its stock price, which also rose about 11 percent to $21.53 a share. The company's rosy earnings report coincided with a complaint lodged by...

"Tribune Co. employee claims sexual harassment": As shocking headlines go, that's right up there with "Dog bites man." What else do you expect at a company that make lewd jokes about a female executive in a press release? Shelly Sindland, a political reporter for WTIC-TV (a.k.a. Fox 61) in...

Were you convinced that the antics surrounding American International Group (AIG) couldn't get any worse? After all, there was that big $85 billion bailout... which somehow almost doubled within a matter of weeks. Then there were the stories of spa trips and luxury resorts. Taxpayers are rightfully...

Many people are contacting WalletPop.com regarding harassing calls from creditors trying to collect debt payments. Can these calls be stopped and what happens if you do successfully stop the calls? There is a law that protects you from harassment called the "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act."...

Beijing took some heat in the press for sweeping its streets of the homeless before the Olympic circus came to town, but China's government isn't the only one trying to banish the disadvantaged from places where visitors tread.According to the main Atlanta newspaper, the Journal-Constitution, cops...