I Hate Equifax

I wish I could turn my pure emotion into words on the screen to fully express my hatred for Equifax. It is pure. It is flowing. I. Hate. Equifax. Why I Hate Equifax I’ve recently reminded you to check your annual credit report ... running there has been an issue that results in us not getting her annual credit report. This doesn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:00:13

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Few following DIAC in Gershon hiring drive

Most large federal government agencies this week said they had no plans to follow the Department of Immigration and Citizenship's lead in hiring a ... recommendations. Razor: Gershon and Tanner Sir Peter Gershon and Lindsay Tanner (Credit: Brian Hartigan) The Gershon report, which has been endorsed as an action plan by Federal Cabinet, found [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:57:02

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/6/2009

Tuan Jim sends an string of important news articles about the gas pipeline crisis caused by the deadlock between Russia and Ukraine. He notes that the affected countries are dusting off alternative sources of energy — fuel oil and nuclear reactors — for electricity generation.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:50:00

OFFICIAL POST: Letter from Lawrence H. Summers to congressional leaders

The attached letter was sent by Lawrence H. Summers to the bipartisan leaders of the United States Senate and House of Representatives detailing President-elect Obama’s commitment to implement the Emergency Economic Stabilization in a way that will promote the stability of the financial system and increase lending, preserve home ownership, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:00:00

Rut-roh Scooby! It would appear that Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) has found his spine! ... report detailing the abuses and excesses of the Bush administration and recommending steps to address ... to override laws and silencing whistle-blowers to name just a few. (Whew! That’s a lot of bitching [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:29:51

ARUBA PROSECUTOR 5 page letter (don’t miss the part where he trashes Fox and me…never dull..)

I guess we got under the skin of Aruba prosecutor Hans Moss .. ….He and his office and the police failed to solve this missing person (murder?) so here is his idea: blame everyone else! See the Aruban prosecutor’s 5 page release below….and, by the way, we still would like to help him but he is too busy taking cover! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 21:06:05

Your Credit Rating And You

by Steve Collins Credit ratings, at their most straightforward, are personal debt histories ... assessment of whether we are a good or bad risk. But what kind of information does a credit rating contain ... . Credit ratings can haunt us for our entire life, providing a often worrying picture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:23:20

Why Your Credit Rating Is Important

by Steve Collins Credit ratings, at their most straightforward, are personal debt histories ... of our financial behavior. Lenders and credit card companies look to credit ratings for the most simple assessment of whether we are a good or bad risk. But what kind of information does a credit rating contain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:27:43

Dem aide: Obama supports $300B tax cut plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama, commencing face to face consultations with congressional leaders Monday, ... a credit against profits dating back five years instead of the two years currently allowed. Another provision brought to the negotiations by the Obama team would award a one-year tax credit costing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:11:38

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

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34

Government Intervention in Foreclosure

This is Part Four of a series of articles on foreclosures. This article does not constitute legal advice. Foreclosure laws vary from state to state. Homeowners in financial distress should always hire ... , 2008 report “Economic Analysis of a Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium,” provides some analysis: “ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 07:00:13

Transcript: President George W. Bush Final Press Conference - January 12, 2009

(Source: White House Press Office) 9:17 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:41:57

Och Václav Klaus sade:

Tege skickade mig detta tal av Václav Klaus, levererat i Aix-en-Provence den 23 augusti. Som vanligt har Klaus en del bra poänger så jag vill gärna dela det mer er. *** Thank you for the invitation to come to Aix, for giving me a chance to address this reputable audience where I see many friends and, above all, thank you for continuing to organize the Summer University. I only don’t understand why you call it Summer University of the New Economics. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:58:06

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: Give Polluters Money To Continue Polluting By Brad Johnson on Jan 15th, 2009 at 3:46 pm U.S ... tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies the need ... in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:27

British commercial property prices down 27% in 2008

Last year, the British economy was one of the hardest hit by the now evident commercial property (CRE) implosion. Prices fell 27 ... . The commercial property market has been ravaged by the reduced available of credit and falling demand for new space as the economic downturn leads to businesses collapsing or downsizing. A recent report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:26:00

It’s the Stupid Economy, Stupid.

I was twitchy like goldfish to make up some stuff about the farewell address by President Bush ... of the economy.It’s bad, Jim.What began as a poker game between the CEOs of Bear-Stearns and AIG has turned ... of the world’s money down the crapper. Credit is scarcer than people willing to see Nicole Kidman [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:10:06

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

Do you have bad credit?

I don't know how many times I have heard people talking about the reasons they were denied a loan but it seems that one of the common complaints was ... that they probably don't know why they have bad credit and that the report is most likely wrong. A lot of people do not even look at their own report and don't realize that there is probably errors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 04:45:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

at the Apple Macworld keynote… Update: Apple marketing exec Phil Schiller just announced at Macworld that starting immediately, ... of pop songs at $1.99 to your cell phone, I’d imagine. For the moment, the iTunes store ... writes Kvaal. Specifically, Ciena is a long-term winner in gear that lets phone companies move [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:02:36

Credit Reports can be a Teaching Tool

by Rob Kosberg All of us have probably been informed that our credit report is a very important document ... on each report, locate any and all errors. It is up to each individual to monitor his/her own credit ... credit. We can obtain copies of our credit report for free, on an annual basis, from the three major [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:18:02

President Bush Claims Country On The Road To Recovery

In his final address to the Nation, President Bush along with his administration took credit for the steps put into place that are giving our ... proven its strength and resilience” Bush wrote in his final economic report to the nation. Seems the President is a visitor to this website. In his address the President the President referred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:30:20

Your Credit Rating Is Important

by Steve Collins Credit ratings, at their most simple, are personal debt histories ... of our financial behavior. Lenders and credit card companies look to credit ratings for the most simple assessment of whether we are a good or bad risk. But what kind of information does a credit rating contain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:53:50

Add Your Comment:

« PreviousLatest Lie: "Death Panels By Proxy" Next »Odd Economic Indicators Barack Obama, Olympic (Committee) Bound Posted by Michael SchererMonday, September 28, 2009 at 9:52 am 36 Comments • Trackback (1) • Related Topics:barack obama, arne duncan, ray lahood The marketing of Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid has hinged considerably on the international celebrity of Barack Obama and his enthusiasm for the project. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 13:52:38

PFE, PWRM, TXN, CSRH, AA, CVAT, DOW, DrStockPick.com Stock Report!

Dr Stock Pick HOT News & Alerts! _________________________________________ FREE Daily Stock Alerts From DrStockPick.com _________________________________________ Tuesday September 29, 2009 DrStockPick.com Stock Report! PFE, PWRM, TXN, CSRH, AA, CVAT, DOW ************************************************************** PFE, Pfizer Inc. PFE is the world’s premier biopharmaceutical company taking new approaches to better health. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:11:55

A Mindless Minority

Tonight after the Farewell Address of the occupied White House, ... a little beating of drums to get out the bad spirits might work well. I am no authority. But next ... . Sadly, watching the right wing scrambling about trying to keep the bad spirits in our government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:31:14

Credit Cards 101

Credit sounds like a great way to go in order to have the many things in life that you want to afford for yourself and your family ... and the way you pay your bills. The three leading consumer credit bureaus are Experian, Equifax ... . Credit also sounds like a scary way of getting ahead especially when you consider all the risks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:38:08

Your Credit Rating And You

by Steve Collins Credit ratings, at their most simple, are personal debt histories ... of our financial behavior. Lenders and credit card companies look to credit ratings for the most simple assessment of whether we are a good or bad risk. But what kind of information does a credit rating contain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:41:15

Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade

rdan Trade and Taxes has a post I recommend reading...this is lifted wholesale as a compliment to Howard's passion and thought on the issue of trade policy and our woes...we might differ on some of the details, but read carefully: Real Keynesians understand imbalanced trade by Howard Richman The United States is being run by pseudo-Keynesians [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:57:10

Credit Cards 101

Credit sounds like a great way to go in order to have the many things in life that you want to afford for yourself and your family ... and the way you pay your bills. The three leading consumer credit bureaus are Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. Many lending institutions report to all three your credit information, however, smaller [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:20:13

Obama to the Rescue!

Word on the Street President-elect Barack Obama is going to back a bank-rescue ... avoid foreclosure. The money may also go to help cities and states with “credit issues” … pun ... are advocating a government-backed “bad” or “aggregator” bank to acquire hundreds of billions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 02:53:39

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

Farewell

Farewell Posted by Lorie Byrd Published: January 15, 2009 - 6:47 PM I have not read any advance reports of what President Bush will be saying in his farewell ... from perfect, but has had some great achievements for which he has received little, if any, credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:17:28

U.S. unadjusted jobless claims fourth highest in history

This past week, jobless claims in the U.S. soared as they always do after the holiday season. For the week ending Jan ... , this is an extremely bad report. For example, unadjusted claims were 547K on 12 Jan 2008, 506K on 13 Jan ... , and so on down the line. That should give you a feel for how bad these numbers are. In 2002, we saw the highest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:50:06

Conoco Phillips’ $34 billion writedown makes me bullish

I read about ConocoPhillips taking a massive $34 billion writedown and my first reaction was glee.  Why?  Not because I hate big oil. Rather, this type of draconian response demonstrates that the glut of oil we now see will soon be a deficit. I see a buying opportunity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:57:17

Reducing Post-Purchase Anxiety: Order Confirmation Emails & Thank You Pages

The order confirmation email. So important. The sender name, even more important ... assures the customer that you’ve got their credit card information. He/she still lives on a prayer until ... the order really go through? Has my credit card been charged? When will the product leave [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:30:29

Media & Politics

Media & Politics 16-Jan-09 Permanent link to MTA daily media news Outgoing CIA director defends detainee interrogation program (McClatchy) LANGLEY, Va. — Outgoing CIA Director Michael Hayden vigorously defended on Thursday the agency’s use of secret prisons and coercive interrogation methods on suspected al Qaida terrorists, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:21:21

President Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Dec. 8, 2008: President George W. Bush kisses one of the children attending the Children’s Holiday Reception and Performance with first lady Laura Bush in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The reception is for children whose parents are serving in the military and cannot be with them for the Christmas holiday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:47:09

Laws in Credit Repair

Laws in Credit Repair There are certain laws issued for people that have bad credit and to know these laws is important to protect all those ... and finding a solution to repair your credit. Problems do not go away, rather they add up more problems. Credit repair is a deduction so you do not want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:05:26

ERISA and your 401k; Employee Retirement Income Security Act

The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub.L. 93-406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974) is an American federal statute that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the federal income tax effects of transactions associated with employee benefit plans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:06:01

This has been an unusual interregnum from President No. 43 to No. 44. Because of the need for urgent economic action as well as continuity, this country, perhaps for the first time, has had two presidents at once, in effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:38:14

Find Unbiased Hints - Problems of Financing a Car

Find Unbiased Hints - Problems of Financing a Car Posted on January 17, 2009 (0) Comments Show Bookmarks ... of your credit report from each of the three credit bureaus. These are Equifax, TransUnion and Experian. Lenders commonly rely somewhat upon the information contained in your credit report in [more...]

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

Deflation, Deleveraging, and the Stimulus Effect

Forecast 2009: Deflation and Recession January 10, 2009 By John Mauldin Where are we headed in 2009? We will explore that in detail over the next few issues of Thoughts from the Frontline, but today we will start with some of the larger forces which will have a major impact on the economies of the world, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 12:32:28

Earnings Tsunami in Financial Sector Hits SP500 Before Obama’s First 100 Days

by John Bougearel Citigroup posted an $8.29 billion loss in Q4 08 compared to a loss of $9.8 billion in Q4 07. The $8.29 billion loss was twice as much as estimated. More than half of those losses came from subprime related, CDO, and SIV writedowns. Offsetting the writedowns was a $2billion gain related to an accounting rule that lets companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:55:21

Ecosystem Markets Take Off

Image credit: WikipediaEcosystem markets, exchanges of nature's various services, are adding new ... are turning to the invisible hand of the market to protect biodiversity, clean waterways, and fight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:46:45

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

Proliferation, Terrorism and Deceit

Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism and Deceit: America's Deadly Gameby Tom BurghardtAntifascist Calling...Call it a coincidence, but one headline you're not likely to have read just days after the Mumbai terrorist attacks concerned the quiet release by Swiss authorities of Urs Tinner [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:47:00

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

How to get a Collection Agency to delete your account from your Credit Report

These are a couple of tactics I read up on from a collection agency former manager that might prove successful in getting your account deleted from your credit report. When a collection agency has purchased or been assigned your account ... collection… they aren’t allowed to report it to the credit reporting bureaus. The goal is to convince [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:53:23

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