Mississippi Business Journal » Jamie Fulmer http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Survey shows struggle to survive between paychecks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:03 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=34765 More than 1 in 3 Mississippians took out payday loans or other type high-cost, short-term loans in last five years Mississippi’s legislators faced with having to decide whether to renew a payday lending law in 2012 have a new factor to consider:  More Mississippians than ever are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Unless conventional banks make short-term, low-dollar loans [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/feed/ 1 Getting an early start http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/getting-an-early-start/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-an-early-start http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/getting-an-early-start/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:00:43 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=33662 Battle over renewing payday lending law already on the minds of many >> Mississippi’s law regulating short-term loan industry is scheduled to sunset in 2012 if not renewed Mississippi’s legislators can expect their appointment books to begin filling up early in the new year with representatives on both sides of the payday loan issue. Mississippi’s payday lending [...]

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