Fix Bad Credit

by John Cooper You do not have to just wait for negative marks on your credit report to fall off. You can remove them and improve your credit score ... payment history and improve your ratio of debt to available credit. In sum do not wait to repair ... : For more credit repair tips or to read a review of Lexington Law a suggested credit repair service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:07:31

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A rare peek at the government’s files on travelers

The oversize white envelope bore the blue logo of the Department of Homeland Security ... used to buy my tickets via a Web agency was noted. On the first document image posted here, I've ... for tickets, and the airports I passed through overseas. My credit card number was not listed, nor [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:12:59

Park and fly takes on a new meaning in the UAE - Malaysiakini

The story was initially thought of as another urban legend thing. Or rumours for joking around ... . Sport cars are top on the list. Until the credit crunch and financial turmoil hit almost everyone ... for issuing loans. Customers with credit cards have also seen their limits reduced.Police recently [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 09:32:00

Obama Forgets The GAO, Proposes New Accountability Commission!

The rhetoric is heating up on the campaign trail and Senator Obama is rolling out new ideas on how to bring accountability back into government ... that Americans are unaware that our nation currently has an agency that is charged with monitoring performance and spending oversight within other agencies. That agency is called the Government [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 07:35:00

Project Uncensored

By David Swanson Project Censored has released a valuable new book called "Censored 2009: The Top 25 Stories of 2007-08" ... was more responsible for it, not on who should get the most credit for it. Then they reported that huge numbers ... credit rather than blame for a vote that, for once, matched the will of the public. Small [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 16:16:11

Wishful thinking from castro's Canadian business partners

Sherritt International is a Canadian firm that's been in bed with castro, inc. for many years now ... division has historically sold all of its Cuban oil production to an agency of the Government of Cuba. As at September 30, 2008, the Oil and Gas credit risk exposure related to its share of accounts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 10:05:45

Rick Perlstein on Richard Nixon, Father of the EPA

Rick Perlstein: The Father of the EPA on Environmentalists: "a bunch of damned animals": I've just started recognizing a paradox.. ... . Some strange and fetid example of same.... I'll pull out a favorite book from my collection ... Nixon must be a "liberal" because he started the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, finally, after [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 17:35:28

Higher Ed Roundup: Week of July 14 - July 18

Dept. of Ed Requests Emergency Survey on Credit Transfers Few Colleges Join TEACH program New Repayment Program for Borrowers May Not Help All Who Need it, Report Says Dept. of Ed Requests Emergency Survey on Credit Transfers ... to give the federal government more authority to regulate traditional colleges' transfer of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-07-19 00:31:00

How And Where To Obtain A Copy Of Your Credit File

There are three major companies reporting on the public’s credit activities in Australia: Dun & Bradstreet, Tasmanian Collection Service, and Veda Advantage. Each of these companies deals with aspects of public credit and keeps files of the public. They keep files for businesses and individuals alike that have been credit active [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:48:26

Thursday, Janyary 15, 2009

(NOTE: There will be no update of the news Friday, instead,  we will be covering a most interesting story – an untold one about US POWs captured at the Battle of the Bulge, then sent to concentration camps as slave laborers) The day’s top political news: Bush Bids farewell President George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:35:07

Daily Dose: 12/02/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Chinese Americans Petition Against Bill Richardson » The New Team: Christopher Lu » Mike Honda Speculated as Contender for Post in Obama Adminstration » Crow Collection of Asian Art Tracks a Generation Shaking Free of History » Asian American Literary Awards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:56:58

The Great Wall Street Meltdown Part 2

... securities and  credit default swaps, the same instruments that Warren Buffet had dubbed “weapons ... in a collection of mortgages, a money market mutual fund is an investment in a basket of short-term loans [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 18:27:33

Tackling Student Loan Debt

If you have recently finished school and is currently in your period of six months than you on your first student loan payment, ... to their monthly payments, and improving your credit score in this process. Currently, the average ... of existing debt accumulates car payments and credit card accounts. So if you feel overwhelmed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:34:19

Student Loan Consolidation May Be The Answer To Your Debt Burden

Student loan consolidation may be the answer to your heavy debt burden and the many issues that come with having to make several loan payments every month. Student loans just like the other forms of financial aid are a service that is subject ... dropping below half-time enrollment. With this, the loans remain delinquent for 270 days or become [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:03:38

Social Media and Social Networking by the Numbers

Account Manager at Edelman Digital in Toronto This week's WIR curator is Leona Hobbs. She tumbles at tumbleona. Seen Around the Blogosphere David Gordon from Cohn & Wolfe offers dating tips for clients and PR shops. Micheal Bispo calls b.s. on a silly agency job title. Over on The Client Side Blog [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:29:11

Stylista: Shoe will make it to the finals?

  There’s only four remaining assistants fighting to become the next Stylista ... at their left and tells them they need to meet her at Elite Agency.  They are told they will be casting ... a spread showcasing their trend and collection, along with interview questions. Megan chooses Johanna [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 06:00:20

Is Volkswagen Violating The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? [Debt] (pfblogs.org)

Tim's neighbor received a call from VW Credit asking her to walk across the street and leave a note on her neighbors' front door and VW Bug asking ... . The representative was from VW Credit agency. They get to chatting and the rep asks if she knows ... and on their VW Bug asking if the neighbors could please contact VW Credit agency. At this point Pam said [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 21:17:51

40,000 Johnsons

Reno Evening Gazette May 20, 1924 Page 6 TO PAY WAR BONUS MEANS GIGANTIC CLERICAL JOB Associated Press WASHINGTON, May 20. — Enactment of the war veteran bonus bill into law has laid upon the shoulders of the government departments an administrative task so huge that the figures involved stagger the imagination [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 00:31:49

10 Extraordinary Tales of Extraordinary Twins

The world has always had a curiosity of the unique bond that is linked with of twins. The collection of stories below are 10 interesting accounts from recent years associated ... , mortgaged their land, spent their life savings and took out a credit card loan. Mrs. Panwar gave birth [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 05:23:04

How A Forgotten Blockbuster Video Caused A 2 1/2 Year Battle With Discover Card And Collection Agencies [Universal Default]

"Universal Default" is when your credit card company adjusts the terms of your loan because you "defaulted" with another company. In reader P ... , it launched him into a 2 1/2 year legal battle with Discover, a collection agency, and now the credit ... , and payed them in person at their offices within 24 hours of receiving the notice. I checked my credit [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 16:23:12

A talk with 'Shield' star Michael Chiklis

Just over a year ago, I spent a day on the Los Angeles set of "The Shield," the FX police drama that begins airing its final season Sept. 2. Last summer and fall, the cast and crew were shooting the acclaimed drama’s final season. And I’m sorry to say that the location where several “Shield” interviews took place, [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 20:23:24

Disputing Negative Information Found On Your Credit Report

Your credit report is constantly changing depending on your personal finances or especially in the event that you have become a victim of fraud ... information regarding the erroneous post to your credit and write the credit bureaus and the collection agency. First thing you will need to do is compose written letter to the credit bureaus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:45:04

Social Media Marketing: Video Examples Of Corporate Uses And Applications

If you want to get some ideas and inspiration about how you could use online video to significantly increase your company social media marketing ... _b.jpg Photo credit: Elizabeth Engle Video marketing on the web is positively one of the most ... has grouped on his own web site a terrific collection of social media marketing examples, providing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:44:00

Debt Consolidation Program

Are you having trouble with mounting debts, and there seems to be no end in sight? Well, it does not have to be that way ... often people acquire and end up with a lot of credit card debt. There are many offers to transfer ... have a credit card balance that cannot be brought under just one credit card. But, one of the real [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 15:04:15

3rd party

Back from where I came from, there is this notorious credit card company who hires another notorious collection agency ... Collection Agency to do all the collection needs for a company. I just found a professional company ... the fundamental way in which a collection agency operated. What is nice about this company, other than [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 05:15:45

Dealing with Collection Agencies

If you’re behind in your payments, no doubt you’ve been getting a few calls from collection agencies ... have a right to try and collect that money. Even so, there are definite rules that collection agencies must ... . The legislation governing collection agencies is provincial, so the rules are slightly different [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:46:04

Handling Insurance Debt Can Be Quick and Clean

When people fall into debt, it’s never the same between two individuals ... your insurance company and find out who the collection agency is. Get their information, and from there call ... its forwarded to a collections agency. However, if they’ve already reported your debt, then it’s too late [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:23:55

Buyers’ Market: 10 Popular Luxury Items You Can Buy for 10 Cents on the Dollar

Have you ever wanted to be in the middle of a buyer’s market? If you managed to stash some liquid funds, then you’re primed for this economy’s meltdown. A buyer’s market, or soft market, exists when there are more sellers than buyers. This excess of supply over demand results in lower prices, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:43:35

Debt Collection

I recently received a phone call from my friend in New York who is working there as an accoutant ... . She is still lucky to have her job after all. Being in a Debt Collection Agency , they are charged in collection debts ,loans and receivables from a company’s clients. They collect past due accounts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:16:59

ChexSystems: Who They Are and How it Affects You

ChexSystems is a company that maintains a subscriber membership service used in the banking industry ... to the same laws as the Credit Bureaus that we are all familiar with: Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union ... . The members consist mainly of Banks, and Credit Unions, but can include other types of Financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:00:05

How to Avoid a Lawsuit From a Collection Agency

The first thing you need to understand is that most large collection companies have a lawyer at their disposal who writes letters on their behalf and handles any disputes. Some lawyers work exclusively for collection agencies, while others are hired only when needed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:53:56

Updates and More

So, it’s been a while with my last post in this blog! I’ve been so busy updating with my other sites ... on this Collection Agency that I chanced up. Someone I know runs a small business. Well, it’ ... a third party collection agency to cover all the needed information and collection of money in terms [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 22:02:22

THE BEST OF OLIVE

THE BEST OF OLIVE August 11th, 2008 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments THE SEVENTY SIXTH POST Mike Dear Friends of Olive, Things are a still in a state of flux with us. I think about our old dear friend quite a lot, especially when we are near Woy Woy where she used to live. There is such a big hole in our lives [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 03:45:25

Is Volkswagen Violating The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? [Debt]

Tim's neighbor received a call from VW Credit asking her to walk across the street and leave a note on her neighbors' front door and VW Bug asking ... who was calling. The representative was from VW Credit agency. They get to chatting and the rep asks if she knows ... and on their VW Bug asking if the neighbors could please contact VW Credit agency. At [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 18:15:03

Daily Dose: 9/5/08

» D.C. statue of King Kamehameha moved » Wounded Iraq vet Duckworth rips Bush, ... contracting fraud » Hawaiian convention delayed » Report: Myanmar refugees waiting months for aid ... Compiled by Carlos Militante, Justine Rivero, and Sye-Ok Sato AsianWeek Market Report AsianWeek [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 21:29:55

An Interview with LendingClub’s Rob Garcia

LendingClub brings individual borrowers and lenders together to fund loans up to $25,000 ... , a leading interactive agency. With the introduction of LendingClub’s new Note Trading Platform ... ’s community is made up of borrower and lender members. Borrowers are good credit folks who need [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:40:39

Travel Distant Worlds!

"QUANTUM SHOT" #497 link "Soon there will be no one who remembers when spaceflight was still a dream, ... Your Friendly Space Travel Agency Your appointment will be yesterday... Now wait for last year ... . So, the next year (2007) "Europa Air" and "Midnight Zephyr" were added to the collection. Since then I’ve [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 23:07:53

Assessing Your Debt Situation

If your debt problems are behind you and you’re only concerned with cleaning up your credit report, skip ahead to Chapter 4, Cleaning Up Your Credit File. Also read Chapter 2, Avoiding Overspending. Before you jump into rebuilding your credit, take care of any financial emergencies. Then you should tally up your debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:45:55

Creative Founder Financing

Our guest blogger, Larry Chiang, is an instructive humorist ... credit management for entrepreneurs. We’re co-sponsoring Larry’s secret event Aug 28 to activate ... to tell about it. What really goes south is your credit score. Remember, there’s a right way [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 08:01:31

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/11/2008

Notice all the news stories tonight about the flood of immigrants crossing the Mediterranean to land on Lampedusa or in Spain. It’s like launching a Mariel boatlift every day.Thanks to Abu Elvis, Amil Imani, C. Cantoni, Diana West, DS, Insubria, JD, Nilk, TB, Zenster, ZZMike, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 04:56:00

Is Volkswagon Violating The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act? [Debt]

Tim's neighbor received a call from VW Credit asking her to walk across the street and leave a note on her neighbors' front door and VW Bug asking ... who was calling. The representative was from VW Credit agency. They get to chatting and the rep asks if she knows ... and on their VW Bug asking if the neighbors could please contact VW Credit agency. At [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 18:15:03

Controldatainc Collection Agency

Tuesday, December 16, 2008 How you feel if you can be able to participate save some companies from bankruptcy ... on some collection agency. Perhaps if you were new of this thing, probably it gives you some doubt of this business, especially it's about money.But Collection Agency of controldatainc.com was different than usual [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 08:00:00

Ten Years After

Ten Years After-Evolution-2008-Ten Years AfterA great blues rock album from the "revamped" Ten Years After, although the present line up have been around for a few years now. TYA are one of the greatest blues rock bands to emerge from Britain. They were hugely popular in the late sixties, when they played Woodstock, but during the early seventies, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:55:00

Friday Digest - Vol. 09 No. 02

Friday Digest — Vol. 09 No. 0216 January 2009THE FOUNDATION"We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:15:00

Are You In Financial Trouble? Money Tips To Cope With Hard Times

How do we cope with hard times? Even if you are in financial trouble, there’s always hope. Maybe these money tips may help! Hard Times Thank you to Jacques Sprenger for contributing this thoughtful post. Almost 20 years ago, I lost my job and had no immediate prospect to find another one [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 23:30:39

GOOD Congressional challengers on FISA: The List

(originally posted at Daily Kos) In the last couple days, ... against this bill. They do deserve credit, as it's their jobs on the line. Below the fold, I've ... , professional, accurate intelligence collection guidelines were used to protect America [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 16:31:03

Green Car Rental Round Up: Who’s Going Green and Who’s Missing the Boat

Want to rent a car, but wishing you had more green choices?  As it stands, you’re in luck ... a Car has been offering consumers a ‘Green Collection’, which includes the Toyota Prius hybrid ... and the Toyota Corolla. The Green Collection fleet is comprised of 35,000 vehicles. All of them are reservable [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:00:05

Five Ways to Get Your Credit Report for Free

I’ve talked at length in the past about how your credit score is determined and why it’s important ... score is to keep a close eye on your credit report. While you’re entitled to one free credit report per year from each of the three major credit reporting bureaus (see #1, below), sometimes [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 10:03:53

Consumer Traps & Tips & Tallahassee Report from Sen. Deutch

The Sheriff’s Department has issued an alert for all citizens ... , consider sending a certified letter to the collection agency asking them to stop contacting ... : Collection Agencies Trap: Ed from Lake Worth found himself overwhelmed with unexpected medical bills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:29:05

Prevent Identity Theft From Happening to You

What is Identity Theft? It is the theft of your personal information, such as social security number, driver’s license number, credit card and bank account numbers, mother’s maiden name, and more, with the intent to obtain credit and credit cards from banks and retailers, steal money from the victim’s existing accounts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:42:35

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