Bailout Passes Senate
Senate votes 74-25 to approve the measure in a dramatic desk roll call vote. The infamous twenty-five are listed here ... highway caused by bad mortgage loans,” Alexander said. “This should get economic traffic moving again and restore confidence so that Americans can get auto, student, mortgage, business, and farm credit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 02:31:10
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"UK 'bad bank' plan to boost loans"
More numptiness that won't work:Ministers are understood to be considering creating a state-owned "bad bank" ... loans on many banks' balance sheets - easing the pain of the credit crunch.It is one of a number ... , the BBC's business editor Robert Peston says that the "bad bank" envisaged "may yet fail to be born [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 11:23:00
How Cutting The Fed Funds Rate Helps The U.S. Economy
... which credit card, equity line, and construction loan borrowing rates are based. As Prime Rate ... be needed to reverse that path. As Prime Rate falls, it brings business borrowing costs [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 10:00:03
AIG Could Repay $85 Billion Government Loan With $115 Billion in Asset Sales, Analyst Says
American International Group Inc. (AIG), the largest U.S ... billion federal loan package it received last week. But it could actually reap as much as $115 billion by selling all its business units, analysts at Credit Suisse Group AG (ADR: CS) said yesterday [more...]
Date: 2008-09-24 15:35:10
YouTubers, Beware: Viacom May Soon Slip You a Subpoena
YouTubers, Beware: Viacom May Soon Slip You a Subpoena (Image credit: Gizmodo.com, referring to the RIAA's relentless consumer suing spree) ... Business Notes Congress may approve "the biggest overhaul of mortgage financing since the New Deal ... is designed to help you get the best loan available at the lowest interest rate possible. Apply for [more...]
Date: 2008-07-07 08:10:02
Do not make this mistake…’exagerating’ your financial condition on a bank loan application
Many do it on tax returns, many do it on applications for loans, we do it on our job applications, ... in some way. I understand the desire but I warn you this is bad business, very bad, and can be more costly then it is worth in the end.There is a perception that a little fibbing is ok, a little [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 10:44:47
The Fed's Exploding Balance Sheet
Bernanke and Company, who are running the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), have been very busy in the past year or so. The size of the bank has more than doubled since August of 2007. Their assets, mainly loans and credits they extend, have exploded from $902.4 billion to $2.17 trillion as of December 3, 2008 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 04:47:42
We Don’t Expect to See Australian Banks Suddenly Keen to Expand their Loan Books
It seems appropriate that hopes of a further rally in the Aussie stock market are being pinned on the IPO of a retailer. It's like saying a prayer to the god of consumerism for share market salvation. Amen. The $2.5 billion listing of Myer is expected this week. And what better way to celebrate a six-month reality-defying rally than the listing of a consumer-driven business? Happy days are here again! Not that we have anything against Myer. It's a good store. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-28 03:56:38
Looking for Materials About Iva – Find them Here
The main function of any debt management company consists in helping a person head and ears in debts or a business that is burdened by debts to get rid of all the debts. It does not intend a debt management company giving an other loan to pay back the debts. Instead of providing the loan and thus creating more debts, such a company negotiates with all the credit lenders aiming on consolidating the debts of a client into one affordable sum of money which can be repaid in monthly installments. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-26 15:18:41
Bonita Springs Florida Monday Mortgage Report 04-27-2009
Mortgage Rates Hit 5 Year High This week it is projected that mortgage rates will reach a 5 year record high. Thanks to declining markets, credit lending guidelines tightening down, banks going out of business or merging to avoid bankruptcy, and many other economic factors, potential homeowners will now be facing an even more difficult time in trying to qualify for a new home due to the sharp an sudden increase in mortgage loan interest rates. [more...]
Date: 2009-04-27 13:42:00
Scanning the News: Tough Times Require Decisive Action
Though I get most of my in-depth commentary on business and technology from blogs, I augment that with mainstream news headlines and alerts ... Stocks in U.S. Retreat; S&P 500 Index Falls Below Lowest Close Since 2003 •Berkshire Credit Risk ... ' as Shares Fall •Senate's McConnell Calls for Expediting $25 Billion of Loans to Automakers •Hijacked [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:04:32
Some Decent Christmas Eve Economic News
Here are a few business news items for your review and immediate discard from your mind as you move onto much more joyous thoughts over the next few ... to handle the surge and the lack of warehouse credit facilities might make funding the loans very ... As I discussed last night with regard to home sales, this is misleading. The labor force was much [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 05:37:37
Leveraged Finance Defined
Leveraged finance relates to funding a business, a company or another investment using more debt than would be considered normal ... -out, to repurchase some shares, or to fund a dividend. Although different banks offer different options ... loans that offer a high rate of interest in order to reflect the higher risk that is posed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 13:08:44
“Living beneath your means”
While most of America was busy trading home equity for a TV, RV, and SUV, I was busy renting apartments and driving an economy car ... times or bad. If you can’t stop using your credit card, get rid of it. An easy check to see ... bad it was. My father once said “I got a 21% rate on my loan, and I was glad to get it.” We may [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 15:36:19
Payday One Saves the Day!
In my family, birthday parties are something we all get into the most. I have several sisters, and they just love it like nobody’s business ... and you can apply 24/7 from work home or work. What’s more, even if I have a bad credit score, the company screams ... a decent donation. So I googled online for quick payday loans, the kind where there’s no [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 09:06:18
Search Background Checks
by Ben Dave Background Checks are typically conducted discreetly. By that token, it is sneaky to some degree ... . Employers, credit officers, landlords, lawyers, business partners and even prospective in-laws ... , Negligent Hiring being the big issue that it has become in human resource operation. Credit or loan [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:49:50
Bush: 'Entire economy is in danger'
by Mark Silva President Bush, delivering a nationally televised appeal for an unprecedented federal buyout of $700 billion in bad mortgage debts, ... be more difficult for you to get the loans you need to buy a car or send your children to college ... , you would find it harder and more expensive to get credit. More businesses would close their doors [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 02:13:56
Seeking Shelter: The World’s Only IPO, Courtesy China
It seems appropriate that the only IPO pending during this global economic crisis involves bomb shelters. China’s Renhe Commercial Holdings Co ... and businesses struggle to bring the unfolding credit crisis under control. Renhe needs cash to proceed ... to complete the project. Renhe has been unable to get bank loans to facilitate its plans. “The [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 06:02:13
Business Is Booming for the Repo Man
At least it's not "Hot Shots: Part Deux" The Miami Herald reports that not everyone is taking the credit crunch as hard as kids in Britain: ... on this day, its loan hasn't been paid for months, with $200,000 overdue. I grew up in a Florida ... Fair story about the collapse of Bear Stearns, one person's (or company's) bad news, is another [more...]
Date: 2008-07-18 15:16:00
Top Financial Mistakes Made by College Students
by katie George 1. Blowing your school loan money Instead of using your financial aid for books, tuition, room & board, ... . 2. Credit Card Debt Even responsible adults can rack up some hefty credit card debt, but students ... , have no business getting multiple credit cards. This is a recipe for credit disaster, because now students [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 22:21:38
Free lunch? - What does UK government funding mean to startups?
This is a guest post by Nick Halstead, CEO and founder of fav.or.it As I am in the midst of raising another round of funding for fav.or ... funding for business that is meant to help SME’s survive through the credit crunch. The question ... SCHEME This is just a fancy new name for what you probably know as the SFLG (Small Firm Loan Guarantee [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:25:59
Strangers On A Train
Had to take the train all the way out to the sticks again today so I could pick up my car ... s just not the same. “In business, do you take the person who screwed things up and put them in charge of fixing ... sweetly. “Now the original proposal includes foreign banks, credit card debt and school loans. That wasn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 18:00:46
Memo to Uncle Sam: Small Business Needs Your Help, Too!
Eight years after the dotcom market collapsed and the shares of my company, NetCreations, plunged 90 percent in nine months, ... of bad mortgages off the banking industry’s balance sheet. Memo to Hank and Ben: The next time ... . But if the government is going to step in and bail out the banking industry every time it makes a bad loan, there’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 14:57:04
For Strong Banks Mortgages Are Good Business - Example Navy Federal Credit Union
2008 saw a huge shakeout in the mortgage industry as those banks that profited off of subprime loans disappeared or merged with ... are making good loans highly profitable. The Navy Federal Credit Union just announced ... Federal’s 75-year history. “Navy Federal never engaged in sub-prime mortgage lending,” said Cutler [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:44:19
Paulson Testimony on Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets
The following is testimony by Secretary Henry M. Paulson before the Senate Banking Committee today: ... . These bad loans have created a chain reaction and last week our credit markets froze – even ... credit markets that threaten American families’ financial well-being, the viability of businesses both [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 12:36:34
Commercial real estate mortgage rates
Even if finance techniques relating to long-term business might seem appropriate in several circumstances, ... to be cheaper by producing enhanced credit card processing as well as commercial mortgage results ... , along with loan programs on the commercial basis. Commercial real estate mortgage rates need [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:42:46
Are things all that bad?
Are things all that bad? We read all the papers scanning business section for good news ... time and maybe not believe the hype and hyperbole….. Spoke to my brother in law who owns a car ... . When I further asked about his access to inventory – meaning getting loans from banks to put cars [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 18:52:19
Are You Open For Business?
Get out of your feed reader and comment on this post- we PROMISE that the ShamWow guy won\'t pop out when you do... Are The Lights On? ... no credit is better than bad credit Photo Editing WITHOUT ... t get a loan done. What does she say when she sees me? “No matter what I do, I can’t get a loan through.” [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 00:40:03
Further implications of the financial meltdown
By Adam Stein The Freakonomics blog offers up a long-ish but lucid discussion of the ongoing financial crisis ... of AIG's business is quite healthy. Rather, the banks fail because they don't have enough cash to cover ... if you don't have cash to buy bread. So the federal government stepped in with bridge loans [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 22:27:19
Attacking the Economy
During our economic downturn, it’s hard for small businesses to get a lead on things ... during this time of need in the U.S. While Canada’s economy isn’t as bad off as the U.S.’s, Canada ... from going under. Sometimes that means getting more credit and getting another loan. Other times, it means [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 02:50:14
Tucson: More People Fighting Evictions
The ailing economy is keeping things busy for the Tucson courts these days Lawsuits over unpaid debts and other financial disputes are up 33 and 45 ... filed over bad checks, repossessed vehicles, loan defaults, credit cards and other contract disputes [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 15:41:59
Top 10 Trends In Managing Small Business Finances in 2009
There’s not much good news to report on the financial front as we move into 2009 ... . When someone applies for a loan, the lending network typically secures the loan and then sells promissory [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:12:29
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