Green Your City Breaks

When you think of eco-travel, visiting the world’s biggest cities is not usually what springs to mind. You might think of volunteering on an organic farm, camping in a yurt or tipi in the Welsh valleys, or staying in an eco-lodge in Australia’s Daintree rainforest. But a weekend trip to New York, Paris or Melbourne? Not so much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:00:54

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Wolf Versus Pettis on US Stimulus, Fiscal Deficit (Not for the Fainthearted)

Martin Wolf has a very good comment in the Financial Times, "Why Obama’s plan is still inadequate and incomplete," which readers might tempted to ignore, since the headline suggests the piece reaches a conventional conclusion: the Obama stimulus plan is too small. That would be a mistake. The Wolf article (as others have done) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:43:00

Applying For Bad Credit Personal Loans Is Not Difficult

Anyone that has ever experienced credit problems knows what a terrible worry it is but there is definitely good news.  Years ago, it was almost impossible to get bad credit personal loans but that has changed drastically over the last few years.  Although some lenders used to feel bad credit had a social stigma [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:49:30

Wista Antivirus Is Almost Believable

I have to admit, the images that you see with the Wista Antivirus bug are almost convincing ... the Vista operating system was launched, and presumably targets those users more than others.  Beyond ... is infected by an unrealistically immense amount of viruses. Your computer would not work under those [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:00:56

Surviving Debt with Professional Debt Settlement

by Kevin Fresner Debt relief scares a lot of people. Many people actually consider it to be worse than actually being in debt ... more important than not asking for help because it looks bad. Debt settlement is a viable option ... of your negotiations. Credit companies and medical collection agencies will be more likely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:49:36

More Inactive Credit Cards Being Closed: Protect Your FICO Credit Score

If you haven’t heard already, several large credit card issuers (Chase, Washington Mutual, Citibank, Capital One, HSBC) ... . This is their legal right, but it can also negatively affect your credit score. Here’s why ... . Some credit repair experts say it does, others disagree. However, if someone does a manual review [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:48:09

Debt Settlement- You’ve Got Options

by Kevin Fresner Debt relief scares a lot of people. Many people actually consider it to be worse than actually being in debt. However, saving yourself from financial crisis and potential bankruptcy or foreclosure is much more important than not asking for help because it looks bad. Debt settlement is a viable option [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:02:03

Evil Credit Card Tricks

It was really interesting reading the comments in my Why You Should Never Live on Cash post. Many of you understood what I was talking about ... Cards are evil mindset. When it comes down to it, it’s not the Credit Card that is bad, it’s the person using the Credit Card. If you’re financially irresponsible, then it doesn’t matter if you live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 23:32:16

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

The 2:00 a.m. “Stuck in Portland” Redesign Launch Story

I mentioned in the comments about the redesign that there was a back story to this week’s launch, and I thought I’d share the whole story here for those who are interested. According to the new publication schedule (Mondays and Thursdays for main content), you can also check back tomorrow for a more typical article [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:38:16

The Paradox of Thrift

Has the economy scared you into cutting back on your spending, paying down your credit cards, getting your budget in order? Good for you, but bad for the country’s financial health, the Wall Street Journal points out today ... couple profiled in the Journal story: Rick and Noreen Capp recently reduced their credit-card debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:12:53

Does Mobile Marketing Infringe on Your Privacy?

Naturally, privacy watchdogs answer the question in this post title with a resounding “Yes! ... a new car recently, and went on the mobile phone looking for a lower-interest credit card,” said Jeff ... to know that? Marketers for fast food companies, car insurance companies or credit card companies? It’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:52:51

Sunday Papers 18 Jan 2008

Pushed for time this week, so the Bloggosphere round-up is a little short - I’m off on another real-world assignment to the darkest corners of Asia this coming week, but I’ve left you with plenty to read below, and have scheduled a load of articles to appear each day while I’m away - have fun y’all [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 06:41:32

?Foreclosure Auctions: A Bargain Hunter’s Dream

by Michael Geoffrey Buying a home at a foreclosure auction could be perfect for you if you are interested in purchasing a home for the lowest price ... these payments by credit card or personal check. The house will be resold immediately if the winning ... . The winning bidder will need to get a loan to cover the rest of the price of the foreclosure home [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:34:36

Consumer Credit Counseling

Consumer Credit Counseling January 17, 2009 at 5:00 pm · Filed under Credit Counseling Services div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: ... on financed loans and credit card debt can become onerous and when you add in penalties and late fees ... impossible for anyone to compete in today’s arena without the aid of a credit card. And that’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:00:36

Payday Loans Everett Wa

However, for some simple and fast ways to meet your unexpected bill has to be paid to the company and the maximum percentage mentioned, ... , it is the end of all your worries, because the guaranteed bad credit payday loans everett wa ... up since you can always carry high fees and do not require a credit check cash advance loans and stop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:21:12

Got TARP? How About Tax Haven Subs?

As we arrive (almost) at the inauguration of the new administration, we are still facing an enormous financial system problem, headed by banks that got too big and gorged on the profits from speculating in risky derivatives at a cost ultimately to be borne by the taxpayers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:53:31

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

WEB NEWS RELATED CONCEPTS Hence does dump-buyback make

WEB NEWS RELATED CONCEPTS Hence does dump-buyback make Potential problems for owners with failing businesses WEB NEWS RELATED CONCEPTS Hence does ... who has successfully sued bank credit card enterprises, bill collectors and credit reporting agencies ... Tempting But Bad Choices. How to submit for Fort Worth S corporation bankruptcy? They don't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:09:05

Kicking Off the Panic of 2009

“Sir, there are no seats left. You’re going to have to stand in the back.” I was only 10 minutes late, but the conference hall was packed. Every seat was taken. The walls were lined with people. At that point, I knew without a doubt, there was a lot more downside left in real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:47:37

New Congress Looks To Add Mortgage Debt To Bankruptcies - BIG MISTAKE

Congress So we have finally flushed most of the bad debt out of our system in 2008. The bad lenders are disappearing and lenders are feeling good about making new loans. The only ... out of it. The legislation would change allow bankruptcy judges to modify home loans in the same way that they currently may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:51:56

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

Movie Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop- Heavy comedy indeed

Sweet, uplifting, and very very funny, you'll love this Mall Cop. Paul Blart (Kevin James) is a big-hearted, and just plain big, mall security guard whose make-or-break day arrives on Black Friday when Xtreme criminals take over his mall to steal credit card codes. Blart not only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:43:29

Basics of Reverse Mortgages

Basics of Reverse Mortgages Posted by Dark Spider at January 17, 2009 What is a reverse mortgage? ... profile fortune 500 bank, for whatever reason. If you have bad credit or questionable financial ... free card. It is a serious loan and therefore must be treated as one - if you know for sure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:07:33

Tim Wise on Obama’s “victory over white supremacy,” part II: Or, Why Obama won’t do shit for black people (and why there’s shit to be done)

In the previous post, I contested Tim Wise’s argument (or rather his declaration, as he doesn’t really “argue” for the claim) that Obama’s win is a “victory over white supremacy.” I maintained, however, it still holds a “significance” for that struggle. It represents progress and should be applauded as such [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:07:09

Satan Has A 350 Credit Score

By John Rasor indulgence, greed and envy can take over and send your credit in a downward spiral. The lowest credit score you can have is a 350 ... , gluttony and being a debtor with outright disrespect to the creditor can earn you a bad credit rating. I have personally never seen a 350 credit score but supposedly they do exist. If you have bad cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:48

50 Ways to Budget Travel and Save Money on Vacations

Wouldn’t you want to travel more often without breaking the bank? What if I told you that instead of planning one family trip a year, you can go twice with the same budget? If you are at all interested, read on to find out how you can do simple things to save money next time you go on vacation! Airfares [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:17

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

The Playlist's Least Anticipated Films Of 2009

We wanted to subtitle this feature Cockpunching Your Brain Into Next Year: The Films Of 2009 Probably Destined To Make Us Unintentionally Laugh The Most. But you know, we mostly digress, but if you really want to see some of the year's worst films look no further than what's coming out this month in January: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:11:00

5 Million Frequent Flyer Challenge: Update #1

Greetings, friends. Today I have an update on the Frequent Flyer Challenge, coming to you live from the Hong Kong airport: First, a good news / bad news personal update. The Bad News – After flying 19 hours, I slept ... of redemptions I use, but as mentioned, you don’t need to apply for 13 credit cards to benefit from the mileage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:49:14

Saving Money on Weekly Grocery Trips

The cost of food is absolutely outrageous. Even if you’re only feeding yourself, the high price of groceries can put a huge dent in your wallet ... having one of those bad weeks where you can’t afford groceries, yet desperately need them, a good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:20:22

A talk with Battlestar Galactica director Michael Nankin

By Todd VanDerWerff Most of Battlestar Galactica director Michael Nankin’s previous experience in television directing came on domestic or workplace dramas like Life Goes On and Picket Fences. So perhaps he wasn’t the most obvious choice to make the leap to the sweeping space battles of the gritty sci-fi show ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:37:21

The Brown Swan

My critique in VDARE.com of Nassim Nicholas Taleb's bestseller "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable" ... (or rather, the ‘black swan’ event would have been loaning to bad credit risks and having them ... tries to walk the delicate line of giving the book credit while explaining some of the ways [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:27:00

Stealing from You A Specialty

I admit that I can still be astonished. When I watched ‘60 Minutes’ last night I saw a big surprise report that I was right all along about oil ... on what was destroying family finances, credit and prices of absolutely everything [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:40:36

The Daily Poverty Post.

Yesterday, Suze Orman went on Oprah to talk about her latest book, Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan, ... at the Poverty Party. Except when Bossy talks about the importance of your FICO score, she doesn’t jab ... are a few of Bossy’s notes from the show: Pay off your credit card debt before anything else [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:28:31

Tips When Picking A Credit Card

Tips When Picking A Credit Card January 16th, 2009 Subscribe To Our Feed personal debt Consumers with reasonably good credit may receive several credit card offers in the mail each month. Companies may offer such things ... companies also offer a low rate for balance transfers. These introductory rates for credit cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:39:53

Free Hosting from DreamHost is Here

When we started DreamHost back in 1997, we were in it to make money. Throw up a server, get some customers, collect fat checks, retire at 35. Simple! ... a few! Consistently offer ridiculous coupons that, even now, seem like a bad idea. Keep [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:39:51

Tamed By the Beast

A snowmobile is basically the biggest, meanest chainsaw you’ve ever seen, with two skis bolted to the front and a seat slapped on top. It roars ... to be about drinking too much. There was the one where they locked their keys in the car with an open beer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:25:59

I Am A Hustler, Baby, and a Lifestyler. What about you?

Gone Fishing I picked up on a tweet from Gary Vay-ner-chuk today and decided to check it out ... the world into two types of people- hustlers and lifestylers. Lifestylers work as a means to an end. These are the type of people who leave their phone in their hotel room when they go down to the pool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:28:47

Is It A Good Or Bad Thing That So Many Companies Are Going Out Of Business?

What exactly will 2009 bring us in terms of businesses closing down for good? ... to the economy - which while sad for the workers is not necessarily a bad thing. We have consumed ourselves ... $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, with the average household’s credit card debt amounting to $8,565 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:00:00

LifeLock Review

LifeLock is the company that has a picture of their CEO, Todd Davis, ... . They will remember to put fraud alerts on your credit history at the three bureaus every 90 days ... , and they will request your credit history every 12 months from the three bureaus. It’s not a lot of work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:19:44

40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media

By Mike Fruchter of MichaelFruchter.com (Twitter/FriendFeed) ... of the credit card you have on file as well. Auto-renewal notices, getting marked as spam, combined with an expired credit card is bad news. This happened to a friend, just a word of advice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 22:52:52

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

Repaying Student Loans For Beginners

If you are required to repay student loans, there are a few things that you should remember ... , or you want to apply for a credit card, the creditor will note that you have a flag on your credit rating ... that occurs is the ruin to your credit history. When you neglect to make your bills, it is registered [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:48:19

Student Loan Default: How to Deal with It

by William Blake If you fall behind in your student loan payments and end up in student loan default, ... eligibility and recover your credit score. This option is only available to people who arrange ... financial aid eligibility, make your credit rating better, and possibly have your student loan default [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:48:52

STICK TO YOUR GUNS, PEOPLE!

From the front page in today’s Wall Street Journal comes, Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change. Here’s a quotes ( ... from the federal government, and would offer a guaranteed, but relatively low, rate of return. Another proposed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:10:19

Obama’s Wall Street Buddies

There is no way Wall Street was going to let a new President preside over sweeping changes in the financial industry without making its presence ... relationships. He advised Citigroup on its $6 billion acquisition of Sears’ credit card unit in 2003 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:53:00

Use a Credit Card to Boost Retirement Savings

Mr. GoTo is not a fan of credit cards in general for two reasons ... in trouble. That being said, we do have one Visa credit card.  We use it to earn travel vouchers ... .  Second, card issuers have not treated consumers well, either in not adequately explaining the costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:39:38

Finding The Right Secured Personal Loans

by Trinity Davidson Secured Personal Loans can help you reach your financial needs ... to back up the loan and lessen the risk to the lender. Some banks will allow you to offer a mobile ... . You will most likely need to provide a copy of your drivers license and social security card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:42:09

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