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A new California law will keep medical debt off your credit report, sparing a hit to your all-important credit score.

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UC Berkeley professor Susan Shaheen has sent over a dozen students to the Education Symposium, a two-day conference that ...

New California law will prohibit state-chartered banks from charging fees for withdrawals that are instantly declined.

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