Beware Long-Term Cardholders With Perfect Payment Histories, Your Credit Lines May Be Slashed [Credit Cards]
Oliver paid off his Citibank platinum card on time, in full, every single month since 1989, ... up on his credit report. Oliver writes: I’ve been a Citibank Platinum cardholder since 1989 – that’s longer ... gleefully informs me that: “Sir, due to some recent negative information on your credit report we’ve [more...]
Date: 2008-07-20 19:00:00
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Store credit cards - when do you need them ?
It is often tempting to apply for store credit cards as they are often accompanied by 15 to 20% discount on the first shopping. However these may not be good in long run - regardless of your credit history - good or bad ... on the merchandise as well as on the interest. They also save on the credit card commission that usually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:11:00
Things You Tend Not To Spend Much Time Thinking Seriously About When Making A Decision To Relocate
I have had this item on my blogging to-do list for probably 18 months now, without attempting to address it ... s start with credit history, something discussed in this blog a long time ago. Or, rather, your lack of such overseas, which will hamper your efforts to obtain auto financing or even apply for local credit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 20:29:06
Shoulders of giants
That panto post was just riffing on stuff Marina Hyde had already posted on a Lost in Showbiz blog (which, in my defence, I had previously linked to). I can't even claim credit for "wrongity-wrong", which has a long, distinguished history on Usenet in alt.folklore.urban and alt.usage.english, where I used to hang out before you lot distracted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 11:28:20
Unsecured Personal Loans Don’t Need Collateral
by Dave Davis Putting up the collateral for a loan is often a very scary experience ... that have a solid credit history. For people that have bad credit, there is another type of unsecured loan called a payday loan. As long as the borrower is employed and has a checking account, they can usually [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 18:59:28
What Will the Fed Do Now That Rates Are at Zero?
The Fed has been attempting to resuscitate the deflationary housing market through traditional monetary tools, ... is the attempt to loosen the credit markets by purchasing bank assets that are priced at the long end ... in modern history was Japan. They used quantitative easing to help prevent deflation after [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 08:39:18
Latest News in Credit History and Jobs - Sept 11, 2009
The Keynesians Were Wrong Again - Wall Street Journal 11 Sep 2009 at 1:58am From the beginning, our representatives in Washington have approached this economic downturn with old-fashioned, Keynesian economics. Keynesianism?named after the British economist John Maynard Keynes?is the theory that you fight an economic … Betting on oil - Worcester Telegram & Gazette 11 Sep 2009 at 1:29am The long debate over whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ? [more...]
Date: 2009-09-11 09:32:09
Pitts to Bush: Live Long So History Can Judge You
As usual, Leonard Pitts nails it in his column today in the Miami Herald: Dear President Bush: I am glad you are, at 62, ... . History, it is implied, will say you were a far better president than we ever gave you credit ... likelihood of your being with us for decades yet to come, and I dearly want that. You see, history’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 19:36:17
Latest News in Credit History and Jobs - Sep 26, 2008
Timeline | Washington Mutual: A long history - Seattle Times 26 Sep 2008 at 12:32am 1889: ... who hang on - Financial Times 25 Sep 2008 at 10:30pm If history is any guide, current efforts [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 08:57:07
Wal-Mart: Discounted Workers’ Rights
Photo credit: Sharon Terry/Flickr New Yorkers protest Wal-Mart's labor policies. Barb Kucera, editor of Workday Minnesota, sends us this report on Human Rights Watch's Carol Pier's presentation on Wal-Mart's long history of union-busting, weak U.S. labor laws and how [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 19:25:00
The Joy of Text
This is a long overdue reply to Michael Hughe’s excellent rebuttal titled Will Write for Metamucil, ... is a snippet of the Rosetta Stone, image credit: Wikipedia The History of the Written Word Once upon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 00:59:05
It Must Have Been a Long Time...
...since I looked at the section on nineteenth-century France in Charlie Kindleberger's Financial History of Western Europe. The section on the Credit Foncier and the Credit Agricole is marked with a punch card. Now if only I could remember why I wanted to mark that section with a punch card... [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 01:44:16
Commenter Of The Day: Sweet Home Chicago Edition [Commenter Of The Day]
The city of Chicago, Illinois has a long and distinguished musical history ... to pee-nalize him for his interest, now, do we? Photo Credit: Kicking Tires - thanks, Rabbi Dave! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 23:49:36
Rate cuts can be tough to reverse-ECB’s Bini Smaghi
History shows central banks can keep monetary stimulus in place too long and thereby sow the seeds of a new bubble, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, ... Smaghi said. “You can make both errors and both may be very costly.” Source: http://www.afxnews.com ... steadies, gains capped on oil, credit jitters August [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 06:50:12
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