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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 18 > Credit crisis

Credit crisis

More potential employers are checking applicants’ financial histories, leaving some with bad credit caught in a cycle of joblessness

By Lorraine Mirabella / The Bulletin
March 18, 2010

Facing unemployment in a dismal economy, Vernita Humphries, of Randallstown, Md., was elated when she landed a job last year. But just days before her start date, the chief financial officer phoned her to rescind the offer.

Her bad credit, stemming in part from a divorce and the cost to care for....

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