By Jolayne Houtz THE SEATTLE TIMES December 25, 2006 Got a question about your credit? Good luck reaching someone at Experian, a national credit bureau. It won’t even give you its phone number until you order a copy of your credit report. Having trouble with your Eureka vacuum? Don’t press 0 – the manufacturer hangs [...]

On May 22, 2009, President Barack Obama approved a series of rules that make major changes to practices within the credit card industry. Here is a list of the 10 key changes of the new credit card rules. The rules listed take effect until February 22, 2010. 1. No interest rate increases for the first [...]