Snoozer’s Jolt

The debate was a snooze that changed little. Except maybe one thing. McCain trotted out his proposal to have the government get in the corner of people with bad mortgages, and renegotiate to keep them in their houses. While the pointy-headed media types are working themselves into a lather over “that one, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 14:04:01

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Annals of BioSpam

I've recently received an email offering me, for a mere $245, a yearly subscription to Surgical Technology International ... -Specific Rectocele Repair with Dermal Graft Augmentation: Comparison of Porcine Dermal Xenograft (Pelvicol ... serious, not just an attempt to harvest credit card numbers from credulous urogynecologists.   Surgical [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 04:22:14

How to File A FEMA Claim

Now that the dust is settling from Hurricane Ike, many people are trying to get back to a normal way of life ... if available. More information about housing rental resources. Repair: Money is available to homeowners to repair damage from the disaster to their primary residence that is not covered by insurance [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 18:18:43

Fast Cash Loan

Need quick funds to tackle sudden expenses? Then in such a situation one external source i.e. cash loans can be easily trusted ... no credit check! This means that bad credit holders can also easily qualify for these loans. Those with bad credit like CCJs, IVA, late payments, arrears, defaults and bankruptcy are acceptable. As cash [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:31:01

Bad Credit Loans

Are you short of money? Scared that you may not be able to buy your own house you promised your wife this birthday? ... to know more visit the site. They also have extensive material on how to clean up and repair bad ... Planning to apply for a loan but don't have a good credit to get one? Then stop worrying. Bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:38:32

CESI Can Help You Get Debt Free

by Imus Jackson There are all kinds of groups and programs and companies out there that claim to provide help for those folks who are stuck in a financial nightmare, and don’t know how to get out of it. CESI is an organization that provides all kinds of services and counseling for just those kinds of folks and they have multiple options available to fit almost every circumstance. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:24:17

Back to Basics: Start doing the little money-saving things again

I’ll admit that when I get a little bit of breathing room in our budget, I get lazy. I’ll go out with friends to lunch, or head to the vending machine for a snack. I don’t plan finances as much as I should. And it costs me more than if I did plan and went the cheaper route. Doing these little money-saving things takes time [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 05:58:15

Making Home Improvements

A home improvement loan is what many people use when making costly repairs to their home. Sometimes these repairs are necessary ... s credit history. The second is a person’s loan repayment history. The mortgage company will be asked ... . New plumbing, water heater, or flooring that are usually in need of repair, especially in older [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:06:57

Advice To Pres. Obama (#2): Yes We Can, But Will We?

The below post/letter is very important to me, and brings together much of what I have worked on the past few years ... particular issue runs the risk of creating more long term harm than good. In this letter, I attempt ... . In this letter, I would like to explain what some of these things are. In addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:49:43

How Can I Participate In Online Marketing As Someone From Nigeria.?

I want to be involve in online marketing i.e using credit cards or even wire transfer. I dont know how to get going with the stuff. Related posts:Fixing Bad Credit There are credit repair companies out there that are legitimate....Addressing A Negative Credit Score Are you considering getting in touch with a credit repair...Do You Make Related posts: Fixing Bad Credit There are credit repair companies out there that are legitimate.... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 02:56:26

FICTION - BIONIC BOYFRIEND - AMOR PRIMO

           "Last call for flight 714 with non stop service to Las Vegas," the voice of the effeminate flight attendant crackled over the sound system.     With a sigh Twenty-one year old Justus Montgomery lifted his satchel and laptop case, swinging them both over his shoulder. "Well," he swallowed hard. "I guess this is it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:48:50

Ex-Best Buy Employee Regrets Selling Warranties Now That He's A Customer [Best Buy]

We just got an email from reader Mike, who claims to be a former Best Buy employee who regrets selling all those extended warranties now that he's ... defended the company online from people who had complaints and offered advice on what to do, based ... with the Geek Squad employee about it, he determined it would need to be shipped off to the repair faci [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 17:29:16

PEBO to Make Dire Forecast of World Without Stimulus; Also Will Push More Regulation

"I don’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon as possible," ... and leads to even less credit. "That is why we need to act boldly and act now to reverse these cycles ... in our future. That’s why we need to re-start the flow of credit and restore the rules of the road [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:06:09

Full Text: Barack Obama on Economy | Economic Recovery and Reinvestment | January 8, 2009

(Source: Office of the President-Elect) Throughout America’s history, ... from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation. This is one of those years. We start 2009 ... ’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 18:00:11

Consolidate Debt Online: Are You Playing With Fire or is It Safe?

Consolidating debts online has become ever more popular as a way to deal with increasing debts. The reason for this is obvious. We can log into the Internet in a matter of seconds, type in debt consolidation into a search engine and in the time it takes you to breathe out you will have before you an extensive list of on line services to choose [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:23:52

Iomega StorCenter ix2 NAS Review - 1TB Edition

Backup isn’t generally seen as glamorous, and the Iomega StorCenter ix2 is unlikely to change that perception. A sober gray box, the ix2 is as compact as dual 3.5-inch SATA-II hard-drives will let it be. However inside there lurks an iTunes-compatible media server, printer sharing facility and optional CCTV recording and Bluetooth file transfers, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:15:49

Festival of Frugality: Free extra money edition

Welcome to this week’s Festival of Frugality!  Cutting back on expenses is more at the forefront of our minds with the ailing economy and the somewhat tougher job market.  Within the posts I’ve featured three money-saving sites that I use regularly which (a) are entirely free to sign up and use, and (b) [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 05:18:17

Why Your Credit Score Is So Important To Your Ability To Borrow

Your credit information may be of no use to you. If you’re not planning on buying a house or renting an apartment, buying a car, taking out a loan, paying for college or getting a new credit card, then you won’t need to worry about getting ... you are and where you need to be financially. Bad Credit To improve your credit information, you’ll need [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:04:13

You Can Implement your own Credit Repair

by Rob Kosberg One day you realize that you are in a serious personal financial disaster situation ... of your salary that goes for necessities such as mortgage, car loans, credit card payments, utilities, other loan ... . This is the income you can devote to reducing debt. Next, decide which loans and credit cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:27:42

Fierce Financial Tips: The Carnival of Personal Finance #178, Struwwelpeter Edition

I’ve been waiting for this chance to host The Carnival of Personal Finance for some time ... ? Before you wonder, please let it be known that this is not how I teach my kids our family values ... about forgiving credit card debt. In fact, if Congress changes the accounting rules surrounding credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 05:46:25

The Carnival of Personal Finance #178: Struwwelpeter Edition

I’ve been waiting for this chance to host The Carnival of Personal Finance for some time ... ? Before you wonder, please let it be known that this is not how I teach my kids our family values ... about forgiving credit card debt. In fact, if Congress changes the accounting rules surrounding credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 05:46:25

Man Feels Opportunities Credit Union Screwed Him Over For $125 []

This will come as a serious blow to a number of our commenters, but we have a bad story about a credit union. Gasp, shock, horror, it's true ... Credit Union accessed the bill. Whoopsies. Here's Rick's letter to the Credit Union president, asking ... . Opportunities Credit Union of Vermont, where reader Rick has his mortgage, told Rick [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 20:47:02

Credit and Debt Consolidation

Winter is the wonderful time to travel to the beautiful and warm places like Florida ... to her as of now she encountered a lot of problems such as credit cards, personal loans and many ... their bills, taxes, foods, mortgage, tuition fees, car repair and many unexpected expenses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:08:16

Credit Card Offers For People With Bad Credit Or Poor Credit History

Updated List Of The Best Secured and Unsecured Bad Credit Cards For Credit Improvement Credit card usage is a fact of life whether you agree with ... has morphed into a mish mash variety of credit card rewards, airline credit card miles, and balance ... room reservations to car rental bookings. Credit card numbers are also necessary for frequent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:01:07

All You Ever Wanted to Know About Emergency Funds (But Were Afraid to Ask)

This is a guest post from Dylan Ross. Dylan is a long-time member of the Get Rich Slowly community: a frequent commenter and occasional guest author ... repairs, legal defenses, travel to attend a funeral, natural disasters, and so on. Figure how much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 13:00:06

Should You Apply For A Mastercard?

by Lewis Arbour Currently there are a huge number of credit cards flooding the marketplace and even if you unfortunately have a poor credit history, ... in a bad credit predicament will discover that Mastercard and Visa are the two financial institutions ... of these you should apply to first - a Visa credit card or a poor credit Mastercard? At one time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:28:32

Improving Your Credit

Improving Your Credit January 16th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed Your credit file and rating have always been very important to your financial ... to repair it. However, if your credit rating has been damaged there are ways to improve it Whenever ... to get affordable finance, but for those whose credit rating is damaged the chances of getting any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:05:51

Top 3 Customer Rock Stars for 2008

I was asked to spend a few minutes recently on the Big Biz Show (a nationally-syndicated radio program) discussing my thoughts about business in 2008 with a look ahead to 2009. I thought I would share some of those insights here at Customers Rock! to inspire you for the upcoming year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:27:36

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

Instant cash loan explained

by Mark Carnagie We have all had the experience of running out of money before our next payday ... in the family, an emergency home repair or even an unexpected car repair. An instant cash loans is also ... an instant cash loan no matter what your credit score may be. Bad credit, good credit, perfect credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:29:55

Latest News in Stock Market and Investments - Jan 12, 2009

Japan and S.Korea put aside rows to fight financial crisis - Boston Globe 12 Jan 2009 at 5:26am SEOUL (Reuters) - Japan and South Korea’s embattled leaders pledged on Monday cooperation amid the global financial crisis, putting aside their countries’ animosities in a bid to resuscitate the hard-hit Asian economies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:12:29

Foreclosure : What You Can Do

Debt management No one wants to face foreclosure, however there are some instances where it cannot be avoided. When facing this particular financial issue, there are a few things that you can do. Budget mismanagement and buying a home that cannot be reasonably afforded are some reasons people face foreclosure, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 06:04:04

A Review of Free Credit Report

More and more people have got a credit card now. It is very easy and convenient to pay for bills with credit card ... , I can avoid identity theft which affects my credit score. And remove credit report errors in time ... . Let me introduce you Credit Nexus, one of the biggest free credit report providers online, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 12:16:50

What is an instant cash loan

What is an instant cash loan by Mark Carnagie We have all had the experience of running out of money before our next payday ... in the family, an emergency home repair or even an unexpected car repair. An instant cash loans is also ... an instant cash loan no matter what your credit score may be. Bad credit, good credit, perfect credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:43:12

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008

Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00

200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis

With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments ... in that it aggregates your different accounts from banks and credit cards, lets you budget and also [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 22:24:58

Should You Apply For A Mastercard?

Should You Apply For A Mastercard? by James Read Currently there are a huge number of credit cards flooding the marketplace and even if you ... . Actually the decision is regarding which of these you should apply to first - a Visa credit card ... for a bad credit, credit card. Like almost everything you can think of at the moment, the speediest method [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:28:34

Remove Late Payments from Your Credit Report

by Matt Douglas Late payments are not created equal; a 90 day and 120 day late pay will cause your score to be dramatically lowered ... to do this for you. The negative item will be on your report for a maximum of seven years. Your account ... this mark from your file is because they report to the bureaus monthly. Thus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:41:37

Get your children gifts that last - books for Christmas!

If you haven't already, this Christmas can be the time you begin to seriously work on building a library for your children. While I am a fan of the public library, with 12 children 8-39, I can honestly say that one of the greatest delights for me as a mom has been to see my adult children browse through our books, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 16:38:54

Data Recovery And Why It Is Always Best Left To The Experts

In recent times with the “Credit Crunch” beginning to bite a lot of people may well be tempted to try to repair or recover their data from a failed ... with electronic failures This software will of course not be able to help and if the drive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:23:27

Wiping out my savings is one thing. Wiping out Bubbie and Zadie's is something else entirely

the now-famous video of me and Madoff and his employee Josh Stampfli misses. All that talk in the video about how Madoff makes money and what his dealings with the SEC are like relates to his brokerage business, which was a pillar of the Nasdaq system and was, as far as anybody knows at this point, on the up and up [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:04:47

From the Kitchen to the Car: DIY Fryer Fuel

This article was written by Sarah Rich in March 2007. We're republishing it here as part of our month-long editorial retrospective. ... At first glance, you wouldn't know this place from the many other European auto repair shops around [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 18:33:20

A Personal Bail Out Program for Consumers Stuck in the Credit Crunch

PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 24 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Credit Crunch Fix (CreditCrunchFix.com) ... is not debt settlement or credit repair, nor legal counsel. Credit Crunch Fix allows consumers ... has launched a legal document preparation service, to let consumers request relief from past due [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 16:49:15

Government Grants For Home

There are many people who are not aware that US government provides home grant for real estates so that you can do home purchase or home remodeling ... . You can invest in properties by availing home grants from government even if you have bad credit ... from 5000 USD to 500000 USD for buying the real estate. Now, real estate means any land, home, office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:15:06

180th Carnival of Personal Finance

Hi and welcome to the 180th Carnival of Personal Finance.  This is my first time hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance and I’m excited to do so!    If you are interested in hosting or submitting to the Carnival please check out the website. My name is LAL and I’m a twenty-something DINK writing about my journey to one day live large [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:05:11

WWGCA: What Would God Complain About?

» More Boy Friends WWGCA: What Would God Complain About? 23 hours ago:   SUBTITLE:   The Analysis or (more likely) ANAL-ization of THE COMPLAINT   Posetd by: komplainer000» More Business Saving the pleather cow and other confessions 01/02/2009: Alright, already-- I took my butt to Franklin Covey and returned the planner that was Posetd by: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:19:40

Overcoming a Routine of Bounced Check Fees, Overdraft Fees, and Payday Loans

“Max” is a friend of mine ( ... and poor credit), he’s often riding the fine line of having enough money to make it through a month, even with some state assistance - and sometimes he falls short. Falling short when you have no credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 20:00:14

How You Can Remove a Tax Lien

How You Can Remove a Tax Lien Posted By Matt Douglas on @ 2: ... validated; you must do this directly with the bureau. Simply send them a letter and ask them ... on your credit. It is estimated that 1 in 4 people have inaccurate information on their report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:39:22

Latest News in Debt Consolidation - Jan 15, 2009

debt consolidation, counseling, settlement and elimination - Allentown Mornin… 14 Jan 2009 at 1: ... ; Consolidation of Redundant Labor, Facilities and Contractual Expenses Contribute … Credit Solutions ... - (Business Wire) Credit Solutions set a new industry record this month, settling $800 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:55:16

143rd Festival of Frugality:

Welcome readers to the 143rd Festival of Frugality!  I’m LAL, host of LivingAlmostLarge and a new blog called LAL musings! LAL Musings is where I write about life, love, and everything else not financial so please check it out.  This is my first time hosting, and I hope you learn as many frugal tips as I do [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 13:00:46

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