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By Sean Horan on Dec 8, 2009 |Finance
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About Sean Horan
Sean Horan is the President of Impact Debt Settlement, a leading debt settlement company. Impact Debt Settlement utilizes debt settlement to offer clients a better way to consolidate debt, saving them from the confusion and embarrassment of the usual deb
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