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MF Global Clients Can't Get $3 Billion Back Yet

MF Global Clients Can't Get $3 Billion Back Yet

New York-based derivatives broker MF Global filed for bankruptcy on Halloween, and its clients are feeling tricked because $3 billion of their funds remain tied up. [More]

ING Won't Give Me My Dead Husband's Money (Updated)

ING Won't Give Me My Dead Husband's Money (Updated)

Cathy’s husband died about a year ago, and she recently discovered he had a secret CD account with ING that he was using to save up for a surprise vacation. For no apparent reason, the bank is freezing her out of the $2,000 in the account. She says it will cost much of than that in lawyer’s fees to try to get the money, but she’s fighting anyway. [More]