Consumer Debt are debts that are owed as a result of purchasing goods that are consumable and/or do not appreciate.
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US Alternative Financial Service Industry Statistics
Nearly 10 Million US Households don’t have bank accounts. Than it’s no surprise that the payday loan, check cashing and remittance industries make up a large chunk of the financial services industry. Discover common products, and major reasons why households participate in the AFS industry through the infographic below.
UK shows Vs. US rip-offs
UK vs US spelling: Separated by a Common Language
Communicating with friends across the pond is a perpetual problem. American and British spelling differences include simple changes that affect the meaning, pronunciation and use of words. Today, native and non-native English speakers are the largest group in the world, but the dialects they speak are shockingly different. Linguists have pinpointed the transition to today’s […]
Gambling Law In The US: What’s Next?
Life & Death Of Osama Bin Laden
Osama Bin Laden was killed on May 1st, 2011 by a team of 24 US Navy SEALs from the Naval Special Warfare Development Group under command of the Join Special Operations Command and the CIA. They raided the compound in two super stealth Black Hawk helicopters, one of which was damaged upon attack and then […]
US Healthcare vs. the Rest of the World
The richest and most advanced country in the world, the United States, has fallen behind other nations in providing affordable health care to its citizens. Americans spend $477 billion a year more on health care than other advanced countries, which amounts to $1,645 per person every year. So why do we pay so much compared […]
The State of Jobs in the US
Loads of news websites have reported that we’ve experienced a small upswing in jobs, with unemployment falling a bit, and more than 190,000 new jobs being created in February. This is obviously very exciting , and since we are all about helping people find jobs, we thought we’d see what cities and states in the […]
How Much Does Being Fat Cost Us?
Recently, George Washington University released the first ever study to list the specific costs of being overweight and obese. They say it’s the first study ever to do so! Obesity is a major issue for our nation, so DebtManagement combined the study’s findings with other research to try to give a picture of the true […]