The personal finance site for people who want to take control of their money. Weekly features by financial guru Suze Orman, with articles on the basics of budgeting, retirement accounts, gifting to children, evaluating one's net worth, long-term care insurance, etc. The site also focuses on such hot topics as Roth IRAs, Spider Funds and brokers on the web and has a glossary, interactive calculators, and interviews with celebrities such as Seinfeld's Jason Alexander, and more. Service Consumer Credit Counseling Service Provides counseling for financially distressed individuals and families with the objective of helping them help themselves solve their debt problems.
Counseling is always free, and is available in English or Spanish.
Credit Agencies One in 5 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission is against credit bureaus. Provides information and counseling to the public regarding Small Claims Court matters. Provides a conciliation and formal mediation service to Los Angeles County residents. It consists of name, name variations, address, former addresses, telephone number, date of birth and Social Security number. These comments by the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse focus on the privacy implications of making such information available to the public.