CFA’s survey of 100 Internet payday loan sites showed that loans from $200 to $2,500 were available, with $500 the most frequently offered. Finance charges ranged from $10 per $100 up to $30 per $100 borrowed. The most frequent rate was $25 per $100, or 650% annual interest rate (APR) if the loan is repaid in two weeks.
Recent congressional and public attention has focused on access problems at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which provides medical care to servicemen and women once they have left active duty in a time of war or an official period of hostility. Although investigators note that improvements are under way, they say the VA has a long way to go.
Stepney still waits for powder test result
By Michele Lostia and Jonathan Noble Friday, November 23rd 2007, 14:39 GMT
Nigel Stepney’s lawyer has denied reports from Italy that scientists have proven the former Ferrari mechanic was involved in a sabotage attempt on the team’s cars prior to the Monaco Grand Prix.
Stories out of Italy earlier this week claimed that forensic analysis had shown that a mysterious powder found in Kimi Raikkonen’s fuel tank before Monaco was the same as that found in a pair of Stepney’s trousers found at his apartment.
However, Stepney’s lawyer Sonia Bartolini has insisted that tests on the chemical are not due to be completed until early next month.
“Granted that we question the way the incriminated powder was collected, we learn with astonishment about the speculation concerning the analysis on the substance found in Nigel Stepney’s trousers,” she was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport.
“As a matter of fact, this exam has not yet been carried out by the appointed experts, who are in contact to proceed on this point of the incidente probatorio (a mechanism for preservation of evidence) scheduled between next December 5 and 10.
“So at the moment there is no evidence of any responsibilities on my client’s part.”
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