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7-Eleven rallying customers against credit card fees

NEW YORK - Riding a wave of public outrage over credit card practices, 7-Eleven Inc. wants to show merchants are victims of the industry too. (Boston Globe, 7/10/09)

Stricter licensing rules cut hundreds of would-be mortgage brokers

In its first year of licensing mortgage professionals, Massachusetts disqualified hundreds of applicants from working in the industry because they had criminal records, shoddy finances, or other questionable history. (Boston Globe, 7/9/09)

Treasury taps 9 to handle toxic assets

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department yesterday selected nine financial firms as partners for a program to buy banks’ soured, mortgage-related investments. (Boston Globe, 7/9/09)

Consumer credit fell by $3.2B in May

WASHINGTON - Consumers trimmed borrowing in May for the fourth straight month as the recession took another bite out of investments and drove unemployment higher. (Boston Globe, 7/9/09)

Switzerland says it will keep UBS data from US

NEW YORK - Switzerland yesterday said it would seize UBS AG data to prevent the US Justice Department from pursuing a US court order seeking the identities of 52,000 American account holders in a crackdown on tax evaders. (Boston Globe, 7/9/09)