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Thursday, May 29, 2003

Credit Bureaus’ Disdain for Accuracy

I had no idea the credit reporting agencies were institutionally this sloppy.

Hartford Courant: A credit trap for consumers. The nation’s credit reporting business is built on a system so seriously flawed that costly errors are inevitable. [via Dan Gillmor’s eJournal]

   Society, General  Posted at 10:10 PM   

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