Bush's Perfect Storm
Perhaps we have living proof this week that “The Market” can't fix “Everything;” and, ... the credit line spigots. However, the Bush Administration, never an operation to pay too close attention ... comes the complicated part; under current FASB rules: “The subsidiary sells the retail loans [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 21:31:00
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A Double Standard in Transcription?
Caroline Kennedy has gotten bad reviews for repeatedly saying "you know" in a New York Timesinterview ... transcripts are often not verbatim. News organizations frequently "clean up" quotations by fixing grammar ... makeTo its credit, the Times included an audio link, so we can tell how it actually sounded. See [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 14:27:00
Looking for a quick fix to solve your credit problems?
by Ricardo Mendiola Since over half of the population has a credit score that teeters below the good line, ... that there are so many Internet scams for credit repair aimed at taking these people’s money. You do not want ... , and if you are already doing well and avoiding the need for credit repair, chances are good that with a few tips [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 08:17:16
Consolidating Student Loans
With higher education costs on the rise, many people these days have several student loans ... will go up and even get better as you pay off that loan. It will not be an instantaneous fix as credit companies can take up to six months to report a drop of a loan off your report. But if you don’t use your credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 12:54:49
Fix Your Life In 2009
24 ways to fix your life in 2009 From credit reports to skin care and college tuition to high heels, it’s all here. Friday, January 02, 2009Whew!Last year at this time, we were wondering if it could get any worse.It did. Trouble in the subprime market exploded into an across-the-board rout. The credit crunch evolved into a global financial [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 18:44:41
An Alternative Plan for Fixing Credit & Housing
Bill King, who I have quoted many times in this space, puts forth an intelligent alternative to the two plans circulating D.C ... premises: • The US credit system is broken. • The Paulsen-Bernanke Bailout Plan does not insure ... , as seamless as possible, the transition to a functioning financial system or new model of credit [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 22:30:00
Fixing Credit Rating Agencies
And now for something completely different... I read yet another story on how the credit rating agencies (Standard and Poors, Moodys, Fitch, et al.) failed at their task of rating credit instruments (bonds, derivatives, etc.) to reflect the risk of those instruments. The credit rating business works like this: Companies that want to issue [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 11:29:00
Government Bail out fails - That’s a good thing
Yesterday was most likely one of those days that will go down in economic history ... the panic? Fear that Congress might not be able to come up with a fix to the nearly frozen credit markets. Frozen markets mean that banks hoard cash which makes it difficult for businesses and individuals [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 10:49:17
Automobile Loans For Bad Credit In Woodward Oklahoma
by Thulas Sukati Auto loans seem to be the chosen method for many people to buy the car they desire without the need to use savings or any other ... it find out if there is anything that needs to be fixed as a bad credit or any error may affect ... . There are many resources through which you can get auto loans like dealers, credit union, bank, or online [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 21:41:30
Automobile Loans After Bankruptcy
by Thulas Sukati Although some people have enough money to buy a car from savings, ... to be fixed as a bad credit or any error may affect your rate and you may have to pay more interest ... loans like dealers, credit union, bank, or online lender and it is better to shop around first before [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 21:14:49
The credit card sized tool
Keep this in your wallet and you will be the toast of party whenever there are any problems with machinery or just about anything, that needs to be fixed. All you have to do is whip out your tool and fix the problem. Features: Convenient credit card sized multi-function Pocket Survival Tool Made of high quality Stainless [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:56
F Stock - Finished Or Real Deal?
We’ve all heard the fun acronyms made out of FORD - Found On Road Dead or Fix Or Repair Daily ... of credit not a hand me out deal. GM says it needs 4 billion just to survive the month. If Bush holds ... Pathak of the University of Washington yesterday, a specialist in business networks. Naturally [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 15:00:36
An Extraordinarily Talented Dog's Guide to the Computer
Software now exists to monitor a dog's bark. It claims that it can tell whether the dog wants to go for a walk, wants to play, or is hungry ... but it doesn't work. photo credit: itchmo I can fix what you lot did wrong. Stupid, stupid, stupid ... , but it sounds good, doesn't it?) photo credit: animalattraction.com I think&nbsp [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 09:58:48
Is Credit Repair for you?
My take on credit repair is this: there’s no quick fix solution and those who say differently are selling something ... the scammers. These companies have phrases like: “Credit Problems? No Problem!” “We can erase you bad credit - 100% guaranteed!” “We can remove bankruptcies, judgments, liens, and bad loans [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 12:46:32
Fix the Credit Problem, Not its Symptoms
Two weeks ago Monday, markets traded down 300 points at the open ... decided that a bad bailout would have been better than none. Fast-forward to the end of last week ... credit to each other. Why? Because they do not understand the liabilities of their counterparties [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 11:30:00
The Impact Of GSM Mobile Phones On Nigerians
Looking back to what life used to be for all of us before the GSM evolution about 6 years ago, ... is your umbrella as a shade, a stool, a table and your handset loaded with calling credit of any ... and fixing of mobile phones in their repair shops. Sales of GSM phones and its accessories are big [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 12:16:03
New Home Sales Grinding To Halt
As Congress discusses options on how to fix the credit markets in the U.S., new home sales dip to their lowest levels since January of 1991. The latest report from the Commerce Department shows newly built single family homes fell 11.5 percent in August which is also 34.5 percent lower than one year ago. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 06:12:27
Fixing the Credit Markets
A Conversation No One Wanted To Have We’re now well into the third week of extremely disordered conditions in global capital markets, ... wouldn’t be so bad today. But the situation is what it is. What central banks, led by the Federal [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 07:52:45
3rd Wave of Foreclosure Hits The Jobless
People With Traditional Mortgages Who Have Lost Their Jobs Are Now Facing Foreclosure (CBS) ... up. With a government job, good credit, and a 30 year fixed rate loan on her southern California house, Judy ... swept up are not greedy investors, or people who got in over their heads with bad loans, reports CBS [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 06:00:20
How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 2 — Debt and Budgeting
a guest post by Michelle Dunn (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... I ran into a bad situation and turned to a credit counseling service that was a scam and I spent money ... — Earlier today, we talked about credit reports and credit scores. Now, let’s talk about managing [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 16:25:41
GOP And American Victory Over Oil
Boy, the democrats played the oil/energy card really badly ... ), they will get some credit for fixing the problem. That, my friends, is how to totally screw up an issue ... at the pump, which is going to fall. So not only does the GOP get credit for representing the average [more...]
Date: 2008-08-12 13:58:44
Here It Is: My Long-Awaited And Tremendously Under-Informed Opinion (At Least Of Late) About The Financial Crisis
Important people are telling us to be afraid... very afraid... of what will happen if we don't "fix" this "thing" ... depended on the credit markets to finance your auto loan — and now that the credit market has dried ... it affects us all: This is a credit crisis. It’s all about confidence. What you can’t see is how bank [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 16:27:41
Could It Be ….. Recovery? If So, Hurry Up Already
I’m starting to like this 78-day presidential transition period more and more. That’s because in another 30 days or so, the economy might (emphasis might) generate sufficiently convincing evidence that it’s fixing itself. Of course it’ ... freeze” on credit to worthy borrowers has struck me as absurd for the three months. The reported [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 17:29:55
How Democrats helped enable the current economic crisis
Two must-read posts: First, Doug Ross has the visuals: Legacy Go there and follow the links. Don’t worry, I’ll still be here ... on this issue are the last people in DC who I want to see get credit for “fixing it” - damnit, they need [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 02:02:51
US News and World Report: The End of the Shopaholic Nation? (pfblogs.org)
Ideas we've been presenting since blog inception i.e. the Pooring of America - are starting to gain fame in the mainstream media. Again, gas dropping 50 cents is not going to fix the consumers problem. I don't care ... credit, and that credit is drying up by the day. Then in the past decade as the middle class loses [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 21:59:02
All You Wanted to Know of Bad Credit
Martin Henderson is in a fix these days. Because of his failure to repay a loan he had taken a few years back, ... . If not, then they report the matter to the credit reference agencies. Credit reference agencies ... the judgement irrevocable. Individual voluntary arrangements are another form of bad credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 04:58:12
Fix Your Bad Credit
Lately, have you heard from a friend or from a family member that nowadays, ... . So what are you waiting for? If you need some help in credit repair, seek help at Ovation Credit ... it's pretty much alarming that there are already a numerous cases of bad credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 14:03:00
‘Munchausen At Work’
The Wall Street Journal: In late 2005, the night manager of a suburban Atlanta restaurant called owner J.D ... cause problems so they can later take credit for fixing them. Georgia Institute of Technology [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 16:09:40
When you should use a credit repair agency.
Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and mortgages. Now all is not lost and you have the option to start fixing your credit. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10
When you should use a credit repair agency.
Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and mortgages. Now all is not lost and you have the option to start fixing your credit. [more...]
Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10
SystemSuite 9 Professional
SystemSuite 9 Professional - Award-winning PC Security, Repair & Tune-Up Utility. Detects & Removes Spyware & Viruses. Runs 100+ tests to Diagnose & Fix Computer Problems. Make Credit Card transactions Securely Online. One-Step Tune-Up Wizards for Easy Maintenance. With SystemSuite anyone can maintain, repair [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:09:35
If It's My Credit Report, Why Can't I Fix It Or Always Have It For Free?
For all the concerns people have about internet search, privacy and "all that info Google knows about us," ... -- it's just some company that chooses to report my credit history without my consent or cooperation. Nevertheless ... , to see the actual number listed, I'd need to request a copy of my credit report, and that would [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 18:34:10
Debt consolidation service
Nowadays almost all adults in American society has credit cards in their wallets ... is, there are companies who are willing to help those people who are in bad credit situation in fixing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 04:26:46
New Orleans Condo Search, Your credit scores do matter when applying for a loan!
Banks and lenders have been increasing the scores needed to get the best rates on loans in 2009 ... . This means it a great idea to check your credit score out while you are still in the early ... and get it fixed. There are ways to make your credit score go up by reviewing your open lines [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 02:59:19
Is that all there is? Bailout in hand, markets want more
With the $700-billion financial-system bailout bill now signed into law, ... from an ungrateful child: --- It’s no magic bullet. --- The freeze-up of the credit markets still is very serious. --- Fixing this will take a lot of time, because confidence in the system is shot [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 10:03:00
Links 9/27/08
Auction bidding 'driven by fear' BBC Judge: Microsoft documentation unfit for US consumption Ars Technica Debate Reactions Brad De Long ... for Fixing Credit & Housing Barry Ritholtz Does the TED Spread Really Matter? Felix Salmon. A must read [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 07:22:27
The 13 Commandments of Savvy Consumers
The 13 Commandments of Savvy Consumers Thursday, 12th June 2008 (by J.D.) ... it. Say no to credit insurance offers. Often offered with credit cards, car loans, and home ... good to be true usually is. Offers that often fall into this category are promises to fix your credit [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 17:31:29
Fixing Bad Credit Scores (pfblogs.org)
Welcome to How I Save Money! I recently looked at my credit score and saw that it had gone up due to a few factors. These were mainly items like me not adding to my debt load and paying my bills [more...]
Date: 2008-09-28 05:22:28
Obama on McCain on buying up bad mortgages
Here’s Obama’s response to McCain’s mortgage buy-back proposal: Senator McCain and I had a chance to talk about this the other night in Nashville ... those loans to make a quick buck. We have to act to fix our broken economy and restore the credit ... with the financial crisis, and that was to have the government – meaning taxpayers – buy up bad [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 12:44:04
Cramers Mad Money Stocks 12/22/08
Cramer Highlights Analysts are at fault for today’s 200-point mid-day decline in the Dow ... explains that despite billions in aid packages, the credit markets are still far from fixed. In the last quarter alone, the news on the health of the credit markets has gone from bad to grim. In the past [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 16:19:35
The bank shot
The bank shot Posted Jan 15th 2009 5:15PM by Todd Harrison Filed under: Deals, Federal Natl Mtge (FNM) ... throughout the societal spectrum, from borrowers who over-extended on their credit to the institutions ... for people to fix the system, it simply won't get fixed. Incentive on Wall Street equals money [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:15:00
LIBOR Alternative Launched
Late Tuesday, London-based inter-broker ICAP plc said that Wednesday would mark the the launch of its U.S ... round of the credit crunch in March. Called NYFR Fixings, ICAP said it initially will collect data ... interest. “The launch of our new NYFR Fixing index is the result of considerable feedback received [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 15:48:13
Random Weekend Reader
SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs ... , ways to avoid medical bankruptcy, and how to write letters to fix your credit report. Cons: many [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 00:46:18
UPDATED: Senate buys into the Wall Street buy out… Obama: John Q Public too stupid to know what’s good for country… George Soros says buy out won’t fix credit problem
Putting increasing pressure on the House “no” voters to fall in line, the Senate voted (74-25) overwhelmingly in favor of a $700 bil government purchase of bad debt from Wall Street … with lots ... (increasing FDIC insurance limits). The basics remain the same. The government will buy bad assets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 02:59:48
Data points from the Windy City
The U.S. Treasury is happy to commit $700 billion of taxpayer money to “fixing” the current credit crisis without basing the sum on any particular “data point.” (”We just wanted to choose a really [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 12:52:25
Single Ma’s 2008 Spending: The Devil’s in the Details
In yesterday’s post, Where Did My Money Go in 2008, I shared a summary breakdown of how I spent a net income of $90,303 ... to refinance for a lower fixed rate - despite having excellent credit and decent income. To make matters [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:00:14
Crisis? What Crisis?
Dennis Kneale on the Housing and Credit Crisis, June 27 2008 Dennis ... an isolated problem and that we already are working to fix it. I have to give credit to Dennis Kneale ... National Association of REALTORS®Back to the President’s Report Voices of Real Estate – [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 19:00:54
Create Your Own Myriad Desktop [How To]
Reader AlbinoAsian's Myriad desktop blends custom skins, carefully styled system stats, ... of the 3dcc to fix up some of the colors. Credits All the skins details are below, but I would like to especially give credit to MANNiEmedic for his great work on the VS, and to pepijnnuland &amp [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:30:00
Free debt counseling: helps you to resurrect your financial condition
It is near impossible to get rid of mounting debts and further, if you do not make any proper arrangements to fix the problems, it can surely affect your credit score. A conscious effort should be taken to settle the issue and for that there is range of solutions available. These programs are varied and it becomes extremely [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 02:33:14
Weekend Reading: August 24, 2008
I’m going to keep this round up nice and short since my family isn’t doing so well with cold and fever running rampant ... closer before forming your opinion. Credit Report Versus Credit Score at Free From Broke – A nice primer that distinguishes credit report from credit score. 4 Things That We Can Do to Fix Our National [more...]
Date: 2008-08-24 04:31:38
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