World’s top champagnes

It’s probably a little late to be popping the cork to celebrate the arrival of a New Year, but maybe that isn’t such a bad thing ... that credit card bill. Here’s the list: 10. Louis Roederer Cristal 1989: $6,417.90 9. Salon Mensil 1996 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:13:30

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News and Blogs: Wednesday, November 19, 2008

5 Money Mistakes in a Bad Economy. Here are the mistakes: continuing to use credit cards, withdrawing or taking a loan from your retirement funds, paying for college without loans, grants, or scholarships, neglecting to invest, and taking home-equity loans. Bid to Ban Sale of Obama Tickets. Tickets to presidential inaugurations have always [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:00:30

My 401k has lost a lot of money - how about yours?

Is your 401k losing money? After reading a few articles about people talking about their diminishing 401(k) ... . Credit cards, car loans, any other loans ... really bad, a couple months or years later they come back in full force. No one really knows for sure [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 21:31:09

Ensim-Infrastructure Management Software Provider

Do you are CEO of Managed Service Providers, Web Hosting company or other Internet companys, If you answer is “yes”, another, ... Credit Card (0) Camelback Displays Material Sell Online (0) Look at the Whitaker Wellness (2) Hosting ... to finance my education (4) Tell You a Bad Credit Loan Shop (0) The Visionary CEO Inspired Me (0) Fab [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:30:15

Rear in (5th) Gear 09 - Week 2

I am en feugo with my productive self. That probably made no grammatical sense, so if not - mea culpa. Anyway, what started as one task ( ... : - Revise resume - Shop for bed - Cash in credit card points for Visa gift card (to buy bed ... . (I could make a joke here about the 'charity pick-up' that turned into the first bad date of 2009, but I'll [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:54:56

Some facts about debt settlement

Debt settlement or debt negotiation is a way of reducing or paying off completely the debt you have ... for bad credit has several approaches. The first step would be the analysis of your financial status ... at lower interest than most of the credit cards in the market. It would be wise to avail a loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:36:46

Citigroup's Town Hall Meeting

In yet another round of massive financial layoffs, Citigroup plans to cut about 50,000 jobs ... . The cuts have been sparked by unprecedented losses due to bad credit investments, as well ... up with the deteriorating economy? Unemployment is going to soar and along with it writeoffs in credit cards, home [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 17:39:00

What Determines Your Home Mortgage Loan Qualifications

When underwriters consider your home loan application and credit history, they generally look for 6 basic factors ... in this requested home loan with previous loans (from credit cards, school, car, etc.), they’ll establish a debt ... is pulling the potential borrower’s credit record. This history shows not only the bad things [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 15:28:20

Charity Requests

The new year usually results in a lot of bad moods. It's understandable -- this is the time of year when most folks begin diets, quit smoking, give up alcohol, return to the grind of the day job, see the balance on their credit cards soar ... it's January, and everyone is in a bad mood, and many of you are also being flooded with requests [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 05:00:00

Stack: A lifeline for those niche indie magazines

Here's a great take on the online magazine subscription site. It used to be the sign of a clueless publisher - a website with nothing but a credit card form ... ' magazine Electric Sheep, counterculture bible Arthur and Bad Idea, which bills itself as 'the magazine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:15:40

Protect Environment With Solvent Recycler Now

Well, today I have found one site which is about Solvent Recycler. It’s NexGenEnviro ... for your health (2) Tell You a Bad Credit Loan Shop (0) The Visionary CEO Inspired Me (0) Fab Forex | Online Forex Trading and Study (1) My Splendid Weekend with PC Software (3) Credit Card Debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:01:57

Eight Things We Think We Thought Late Sunday Night and One Absolutely Puzzling NFL Mystery

1. The demise of Donovan McNabb - a terrific athlete and a seemingly nice guy - has been painful to watch ... gas station credit card machines tell you to remove your card “quickly.” 3. We were really close ... to offensively-challenged Oakland. As bad as San Diego [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:00:47

Sunday Money Roundup - Packing Again Edition.

As I mentioned earlier this week, we are moving again - after only 6 short months in our current house ... and we have a few weeks to transition, so it shouldn’t be that bad. But still - I hate packing. Ugh ... about college students handling credit cards. Four Pillars has an excellent article titled “How [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 14:00:58

Sellers think you don't have to lower prices or offer closing help? The next shoe is dropping, this time Credit Cards!

With the stock market down big today and oil back up I have to admit it's been a downer of a week. I did have to chuckle though today in reading this story about just how bad it's getting for the banks. Lenders have long relied on consumers' credit scores to decide whether to approve card [more...]

Date: 2008-06-21 05:23:51

TOPWRAP 1-More economic pain seen in 2009, govt’s to pump up aid

Investors said good riddance on Wednesday to one of the worst years on record and prayed that massive government rescue plans will pull the global ... -term as bleak economic reports roll in, signalling more bankruptcies, bad debts and layoffs through ... struggling to pay off mortgages and credit card bills. “It has been a shocking year, hardly anything [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:44:34

Big Victory in Fight Against Spam: Major Spam Host Axed

The Washington Post is reporting that a US host allegedly responsible for a whopping 75% of the junk email sent out globally on on a daily basis has ... porn, and a Trojan horse operation that apparently swiped banking and credit card information ... . In addition to controlling spam-producing botnets, MyColo’s bad practices extended to other illegal [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 18:42:03

Mission and Recession

by Skye Jethani The financial talking heads are attributing the current economic crisis to a number of things: lack of regulatory oversight, ... rate and over $8000 in credit card debt. As Dave Ramsey says, we are not “acting our wage.” ... bad mortgage lending practices, and globalized market structures. But some of the more plainspoken [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 17:00:51

Downtown Crossing at a tipping point

Anyone who has spent a lot of time in Downtown Crossing over the past three or four years can see that it is now a deteriorating business district, ... around soon. Retailers are hanging on for dear life, and a likely credit card crisis will make ... . This area is more perilously close to a bad tipping point than the Powers That Be either recognize [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:45:49

Double Barrels Hit Financials

95129c Most industries get to spread out their bad news. The current exceptions appear to be the automotive and banking sectors ... that large financial firms will have to cut the amount of credit that they offer consumers. She expects ... to credit card customers. While the move will save the banks a lot of money on defaults, it will loss [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:20:57

Finding County Marriage Licenses

by Jason Voxly Getting marriage license records online is something a lot of people want to know about ... you give them the information and your credit card. It is a rare situation that you will receive bad ... records and their success depends on happy customers. The last thing they want is to have bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:23:47

Really bad advice for saving on food

The Extension Office at the University of Illinois has a special web page on financial advice, which includes saving on your food dollar. The worst possible advice is to suggest clipping coupons (or using a loyalty card). Here’ ... deceptive. Coupons, now often shaped like credit cards, are the size of a dollar. They most often are used [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:05:44

8 Bad Things You’re Teaching Your Kids About Money

This is a guest post from Jonathan, one of the writers at Master Your Card ... readers to get out (and stay out) of credit card debt. If you’re a parent then you probably ... that swear words are bad and you should never use them, but the one time you drop something on your toe [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 16:34:36

Consumer Reports Retirement Survey: Planning Ahead May Be Just As Risky As Rewarding

February issue offers 17 moves to rebuild the nest egg and secure the future In the wake of big investment losses many have turned to Plan B to ... their credit card use and spent less on groceries and household goods. “When bad investments happen to good people, they have to work harder to slash debt, cut spending and save more. Switching to Plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:09:04

I am...

stolen from Emily!I live: in a spanish style track house that i love, ... ...hopefully.I owe: credit cards!I know: who deserves love and who doesn't.I hate: bad meals, irritating ... : really hard and long every day...definitely harder than I am paid for.I smell: clean laundry hanging [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:07:00

How Bad Is The Economic Crisis And When Will It End?

In 2008 the world’s financial markets experienced their worst crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930’s !! ... , Canada, Japan, and all the other supposedly advanced economies. Although the present crisis ... ’s credit excesses in residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, credit cards, auto loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:32

Meet MiFi: A Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot the Size of a Credit Card

Load this bad boy in your backpack and you’ll become a walking hotspot. The Novatel “MiFi” intelligent mobile hot spot, due out in the first half of 2009, will grab either a HSPA or EV-DO 3G data [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 13:05:37

Behavorial Ways To Limit Your Spending

If you overspend on a regular basis you might consider trying some behavior-modification techniques. Like an over-eater who can’t stay out of the ice-cream at home, you might be well served with adjusting your behaviors to be more successful. use the envelope system cut up credit cards, or freeze them in a block of ice put a program on your PC that blocks “bad” sites, and set it up to filter out online shopping sites only shop with a friend only shop from a list, and never exceed the [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 10:33:51

Why Use A Safe Travel Guide?

by James Redder Unfamiliar locations, when we are on vacation for instance, seem to be the most likely times when things will start to go wrong. The trouble is when this happens it leaves you with bad memories of what should have been a happy ... with you; are all your credit cards, passport and airline tickets for example necessary where [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:39:08

More Mish

Mish has another post up that has me nodding in agreement ... -headed and close-minded.How can anyone say with a straight face that people acting frugally is bad ... up in a world where you paid off you entire credit card balance at the end of the month, you kept [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:54:00

What Would You Do If Your Power Went Out For 3 Weeks?

Back in December, residents of a few Massachusetts towns went without electricity for weeks because of an ice storm and the ineptitude of a local ... and this is what I have so far. Cash - We do keep cash on hand in the house in case the ATM’s or credit card machines ... or flashlights. No more refrigeration or freezers, so cold food goes bad. No [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:45

A Bad Week in Ardwulfsville

Over the weeekend, I had my credit card number stolen and some bogus charges made to it. Called the bank immediately and was told that I would need to come in to the branch to sign the paperwork the next day. The customer service rep could not tell me which of the two card numbers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 22:00:53

Financial stocks hit new lows despite U.S. cash infusions

If the government’s financial-system rescue plan was supposed to give investors comfort about holding stocks of banks, ... . But that obviously isn’t making shareholders feel better about the credit card giant’s prospects ... of 179.22 set on Oct. 27. It’s another bad day for stocks in general, but apart from the financials most [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:26:16

The Bailouts? Not Much For the Common Guy

Trillions to financial Terra Incognita; So far very little for ordinary AmericansBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / January 8, 2008At this moment, ... billion guarantee for money market funds, $200 billion so far for credit card issuers, $345 to Citigroup ... money had to be spent covering bad investments that are nearly impossible to understand. No one [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:42:00

Schwab (SCHW): More Bad News For Citigroup (C)

Schwab (SCHW) said that trades by its customers dropped 18% from October to November falling to "408 ... is at $1.14 and can't go much lower. But, the news is bad for Citigroup (C) as well. The big bank counts ... , credit cards, corporate lending and underwriting, and M&A have practically disappeared. At Citi [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 16:30:50

A $400K Lesson About Greed

Last week, I linked to a video about how someone had multiple shots at a six digit payday on a game show and lost it all because they were staring ... . Don’t buy stuff from an international seller unless its with a credit card. Money orders ... Get In Too Deep The first few hundred you throw after a bad thing can be chalked up to stupidity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:16:05

Consider loan payment protection insurance

Consider loan payment protection insurance January 9th, ... taken into account when you apply for any type of credit whether it is a loan, mortgage, credit card ... have to be maintained regardless of the fact of whether your circumstances change. The bad news [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 06:57:30

Net Worth: December - 2008 Ends w/ a bang, Hallelujah!

December net worth Up $4k - not a bad way to start the year, eh? ... off all credit card debt: 100% A+ bustaroo! I actually accomplished this twice - once in the first ... enough, we used our wedding booty to knock it all off again!Pay off cars: B. Since the above [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:44:19

Holy S#@T: There’s BPA in my Recycled Toilet Paper

BPA in Recycled toilet paper leaches into water It seems the bad news about BPA never ceases! ... (credit card receipts). Dresden University did a study examining BPA turning up in wastewater [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 20:30:53

Yet another credit card offer

Well, either the economy isn’t as bad as its cracked up to be or Wall Street doesn’t care that I was out of work for two months. I got an offer for a Discover card in the mail today. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:24:20

Trees

Thank you for being so kind and looking at something other than knitting ... have to be physically located in the country from which you are purchasing. Yes, I have a US credit card ... . Finished Snow Fall at Hidden Lake - Susan Wiggs which is not too bad even if the main character spends [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:28:45

A Good Start

Chris Dodd’s plan: WASHINGTON (AP) — Judges could rewrite mortgages to lower bankrupt homeowners’ monthly payments as part of congressional ... including credit card debt or car loans — from any financial institution in the U.S. or abroad in order ... their bad assets on the government in the massive rescue would have to limit their executives’ pay [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 18:18:39

Former TV news presenter Ed Mitchell on how alcoholism and debt left him sleeping rough

Link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/15/question-time-ed-mitchellHannah Pool Former ITN television news presenter Ed Mitchell, ... . It was thousands and thousands of small, subconscious bad decisions, influenced mostly by alcohol ... been juggling what must have been 25 credit cards to keep things going.How did you get to 25 cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:14:00

Money is Dead - Long Live Barter

Inspired by global economic developments, I’ve been thinking recently about doing without money. Not in a bad way ... by barter, and an official said: “We allow direct debit, cash, cheque, credit card. But barter? It’ ... a kind of forced barter after the fact. What could I offer? A vast sackful of apples and other produce [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:37:26

Tightening Credit May Reduce Big Retailers' Christmas Sales by 8%

The consumer credit retrenchment is coming even faster and harder than many anticipated ... in the credit they extend to shoppers to avoid being left with bad loans when customers can't pay them ... at or near the limits on their primary credit card, and 20 percent said they're approaching the limit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 09:27:52

Understanding Assets And Liabilities for The Quarter:

Since the previous debacles of learning and accessing whether a credit card possesses worth; ... american military” for signing bonuses, big bad tough status, and benefits but these dumb queers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:43:00

Campaign Updates and Media Headlines 10/1/08

Now THAT’s bipartisanship: New York Times (click through to see the map and the roll call list) ... to mention that bad debts are growing even among people recently considered good credit risks. At end ... at end of June. We’re also seeing a growing amount of credit card and auto payments past due [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 19:58:22

No-confidence vote: Investors bail on financial stocks again

Financial stocks led the way down in the first year of this vicious bear market. Now it seems they’re intent on leading in Year Two as well ... Sachs Group slid 8.4% to $71.21, the lowest since 2003. Credit card giant Capital One Financial dropped ... ;P financial index would be a bad sign, said Ryan Detrick, senior technical analyst at Schaeffer’s [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 05:00:19

new year, new software

One of my take-aways from the Creative Capital Professional Development workshop was improved bookkeeping. Artists, stereotypically, are “bad” with money. But the idea is this: manage your time better ... to automatically download my credit card transactions, instead of manually entering a pile of receipts. Still [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:20:26

"The Secret Of Failure"

     Isn’t it great when the pundits welcome in the New Year with glad tidings to the effect that “it’s bad now, ... s business by the end of the year and reduce her credit card debt.  Now, these are worthy things ... ?    Hardly.  You see, she was focusing on is things being a little less bad, rather than creating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:34:02

and we lost 5 bucks in the laundry yesterday, too

talkleft tells us that the stock market lost $3 trillion in the last three days: more bad news on the economic front ... for the program to support financial markets that supply consumer credit in such areas as credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 04:27:10

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