...four years by Prospect Heights, Ill.-based Household International and its subsidiaries, Household Finance Corporation...Organizations for Reform Now, which filed the suit. Household International spokeswoman Megan Hayden said she couldn't...

...as possible. They will try legally to trick you into paying the interest." Megan Hayden, a spokesman for Household International, HFC's parent corporation, says "no such policy" for tricking customers exists. "What happened here is...

...many other big companies, and the downfall of the Arthur Andersen LLP accounting firm. In a major revision, Household International Inc., the nation's No. 2 consumer finance concern, disclosed that it earned $386 million less than previously...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Household International, one of the nation's biggest lenders to people with bad credit, said Friday it will pay up to $484 million to settle claims...