Headline News - January 14, 2009

Wall St. Journal: Bank of America to Get Billions in U.S ... AIte Group Report: U.S. Credit Unions: Seize the Opportunity Note: Throughout the day, as Payments ... Services Acquires Private Label Credit Card Program of Canadian Luxury Jeweler Birks Bank Systems [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:26:41

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One Way to Protect Against Identity Theft

When information gets stolen, it is used in various ways. Sometimes the thief may use it to drain your bank account, for example ... will not extend credit without first pulling a consumer’s credit profile. If you place a “security freeze” on your credit profile, the reporting agencies are prohibited from releasing your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:10:55

How to Get Out of Your Cash Advance Addiction

How to Get Out of Your Cash Advance Addiction Cash advances are viable short term financial solutionsfor urgent issues that cannot wait until your ... . Copyright © by Advice on credit repair, credit reports and debt solutions. All Rights Reserved. ... in part because their interest rates can be rather harsh to the customer. You must get yourself [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:26:37

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 14, 2009

Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate - monitorbankrates ... Bank $100 Checking Offer Roth IRA vs Tradtional IRA CD Ladder Calculator Imperial Capital Bank’ ... Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Islamabad An overview of housing in Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:23:49

Tips on buying Memphis Home

by S. Kim When it comes to buying a home this can prove to be a very stressful period in our lives ... you can obtain for free from the credit reporting agencies (Experian for example). Now go through them ... to get what you want at a good rate it is important that your credit history looks good. Therefore a few [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:03:29

Episode 5007 (1/14/2009)

Hey, I don’t pay my taxes; why can’t I be treasury secretary? This is The Colbert Report! ... him his own ass.” Guest- Alan Khazei In closing: “Well, that’s it for The Report, everybody. Remember ... get not one, but two sets billed to your credit card. Goodnight everybody!” Video Highlight: P.K. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:20:16

50 Financial Skills Every Person Needs To Know

Popular Mechanics created a list of 100 Skills Every man Should Know, ... using ABA Routing and bank account numbers. Request and review your free annual credit report. Contest errors or inaccuracies on your credit history. Apply for a loan (car loan, mortgage). Get a bank [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 11:00:10

DrumBeat: June 22, 2008

You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. Get. Food. - report on trends You. Will. Not. Be. Able. To. Get. Food. Need this be spelled out any more plainly? ... period is soon to be upon us -- be prepared," Bob Janjuah, a credit strategist for the Royal Bank of Scotland, wrote in a report that sent shockwaves through the global financial community. Janjuah [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 13:52:27

Program Note

Program Note A few notes on the upcoming week at the site ... , just click on the "Donate" button on the top right of any page, and you can use a credit card or PayPal ... . I promise to report on everything I can get to while I'm in our Nation's Capital. Tune in Monday through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:39:23

Buying Memphis Home

By S. Kim When you are buying a home this can be a very stressful period in your lives ... you can obtain for free from the credit reporting agencies (Experian for example). Now go through them ... to get what you want at a good rate it is important that your credit history looks good. Therefore a few [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:13:24

President Bush: more concerned about getting results than getting credit

After eight years of nothing but nasty, antagonistic coverage, ... continue to pay if President Bush got any credit for helping ... . This particular accomplishment is unsung because the media refused to report on it. The media refused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:29:57

Archos netbook specs revealed

Archos has confirmed that the netbook we first spotted a few weeks ago is indeed real ... or availability yet. via Engadget and DAPreview Update: Laptop Magazine reports that Archos ... and radio stations. Buyers also get a $50 credit for the Archos Media Club which will allow them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:43:25

GOODY TWO SHOES: Revenge Of The Nerds

Media layoffs are at their highest since the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, reports The Hollywood Reporter: “Layoffs in the media industry, ... -to-get-to downtown areas in NYC. Press Gazette reports that the MSM now has its own monument ... ) and the Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee). To its credit, Wonkette mentioned it straight away: "Here’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:21:08

President Bush: more concerned about getting results than getting credit

After eight years of nothing but nasty, antagonistic coverage, ... to pay if President Bush got any credit for helping ... . This particular accomplishment is unsung because the media refused to report on it. The media refused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:29:50

Great GM Giveaway May Rescue June Sales. But At What Cost?

We're getting reports from the front line that GM's 72-hour sale is a success-- of sorts ... stop digging" maxim; offering low credit score buyers up to 150 percent loans (to get them ... . IF this plays out across the country, GM's Black Hole Tuesday numbers will be bad, but they won't be as bad [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 14:05:07

Consolidating Student Loans

With higher education costs on the rise, many people these days have several student loans ... will go up and even get better as you pay off that loan. It will not be an instantaneous fix as credit companies can take up to six months to report a drop of a loan off your report. But if you don’t use your credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:54:49

New Home Sales Up Slightly – Analyst Blog

New home sales in August rose a less-than-expected 0.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 429,000. Sales had been expected to come in at 440,000. Sales were also 3.4% below the year-ago level of 444,000. The result was especially disappointing since this was probably the last month that one could buy a new home and still close on it in time to get the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Still, there was some good news in the report. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 16:54:02

GM 72-Hour Giveaway May Prop-Up June Sales

We're getting reports from the front line that GM's 72-hour sale is a success-- of sorts ... digging" maxim; offering low credit score buyers up to 150 percent loans (to get them ... . IF this plays out across the country, GM's Black Hole Tuesday numbers will be bad, but they won't be as bad [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 14:44:07

Time To Ask A Lot Of Questions About Obama’s Unreported Campaign Donations

Allahpundit is reporting: Via Andy McCarthy, who sets an example I’ll follow by keeping his own commentary short to get you to read the whole thing: ... back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net cumulative balance ... In a letter dated June 25, 2008, the FEC asked the Obama campaign to verify a series of $25 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 01:24:13

UK Gladiator Gets Its Green On With Significant Carbon Cut

Yeah, I’ll admit it: when I was a kid I thought American Gladiator was like the coolest show ever! ... Gladiators — aptly titled Gladiators — has released reports that this season their show was produced ... and get your green on! via: greendaily.com image credit: guardian.co.uk Copyright © 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:51:32

Don't eat yellowsn0w!

Hello all, We wish you a very happy, healthy, and hopeful 2009! Once you have installed yellowsn0w, please report your success or failure here ... application, 0.9.6 beta should fix EVEN MORE problems :-). Please remember to add feedback - here ... items such as “top up” “get credit” “lotto numbers” etc. These menu items confuse the application [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 11:36:00

The Press Gets It Wrong Again

So I’m scanning the Drudge Report, as I tend to do every couple of days, and spot a front-page article that claims, ... came out in 1987 or 1988, so maybe Extrano didn’t quite make it first, but he usually gets the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:45:37

Thomas Jane Leads ‘The Devil’s Commandos’ Straight Into Hell

Thomas Jane is currently in post production on at least two films… the very retro and very cool looking Give ‘em Hell ... .  So his 2009 has just gotten even busier… ShockTillYouDrop reports that Jane will be starring ... . Who knew? But I told him if I wrote the thing he wouldn’t get any credit. He’d end up as a footnote [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 15:01:33

Bank of America loses $2.39 billion; gets more aid (AP)

Escalating credit costs forced Bank of America Corp. to report a $2.39 billion fourth-quarter loss, hours after it convinced the federal government it needed a multibillion-dollar lifeline to survive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:58:55

US Fails to Protect Against the Living Dead & Other Dangers

The week of August 7th, 2008 the amount of malicious spam a single computer user received finally overtook health and product spam. Meant to exploit holes in your operating system, get credit card information from you, or simply ... for American Progress and the Center for Democracy and Technology have released a report which shows [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 18:56:59

David Cameron's speech to the CBI

David Cameron has set out the Conservative approach to dealing with the recession in a speech to this morning's CBI conference ... of a fiscal stimulus in the Pre Budget Report – had decided not to. We have consistently argued ... rates, monetary action must mean radical new measures to actually get credit flowing through [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:58:39

soon, but not now.

Although I have no plan of getting another credit card after all the things that I’ve been through, I am still hoping that one day, ... report errors and all the boo boos in my name. Someday. ... for most. In my case anyways, I am still making my way to improve credit score since, I have lost most [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:28:10

Recession Gets Worse - The Fix Won’t Kill Ya

Recessions have a ripple effect on countries. Problems that start in one sector quickly spread to another ... and the real estate bubble, is now affecting job (the highest unemployment level in 16 years), credit ... released a report today highlighting the crisis. Here’s the key finding: Nationally, to maintain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:08:39

Questions to Ask a Credit or Debt Counseling Agency (2)

5. What kind of security measures do you take to protect my information? It is important that the agency you select has sufficient security in place to protect your confidential information. 6. Can I get up-to-date, regular reports of the status of my accounts? If access is by telephone only, will a knowledgeable person be available when you call to give you the information you need? 7. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-06 01:51:21

Bush Cites Failed Social Security Privatization Push As His Biggest Domestic Policy Achievement

bushssweb.jpg The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes reports today that he and fellow conservative Bill Kristol met with President Bush last Friday for ... Speaking of Bush’s legacy, Barnes reports that the president cited his push to privatize Social ... progress in some areas for which he hasn’t and probably won’t get credit. Topping his list [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:32:26

'Tis the season for bold predictions...

As customary, we are now in the part of the year where many will make predictions on what happens next year ... reports to see the takes of others.This is the first such bold prediction post I've seen so far. It comes ... extensive income and debt documentation. Those with the best credit will get the best rates [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 18:45:00

List of 101 Top paying Adsense Keywords with maximum CPC

.fullpost{display:inline;} Here are a list of the High Paying Adsense Keywords which Google pays ... $3.0429free domain name registration$5.8130free credit report$9.5731flowers$4.8332financing ... $7.9337hosting providers$14.2538how to get a web site$5.8339hp computer$7.5240interest credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:30:00

Green Ink: Gas Pains and Peak Coal

Crude oil futures hovered around $48 amid signs of tightening oil supplies and continued weak demand, Bloomberg reports ... dispute in Russia is getting hotter, as Russia has shut off all natural-gas supplies to Ukraine ... , at Freakonomics. T. Boone Pickens isn’t letting the credit crunch or cheaper oil derail his “Pickens Plan” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:09:13

B of A reports loss, gets more cash

by Rolfe Winkler, CFA The TARP was phase 1 of the bank bailout: give the banks cash to rebuild their capital ... 1: the government is absorbing losses on bad assets themselves.  See Citi’s bailout in late November ... for credit-losses nearly tripled, while the company showed why it needed further help from the government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:09:12

Second Bailout US$20 million for Bank of America

Bank of America gets fresh fund from government bailout Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) ... , executive board compensation, modification on residential credit program implementation. With $20 ... report and also before senates do vote for $700 millions USD for second bailout as the President proposal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:32:44

Tweet Recap: The Past Seven Days from @clickequations (2009-01-16)

Retweeting @SEMOE: Using ‘5s’ to manage paid search (ppc) keyword organization. http://tinyurl ... roll-up reports, but undermine both. # Better to group tight adgroups into campaigns based ... . # Pls take a survey about a specific revenue attribution question - how should keywords get credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:59:59

Scammer/Fraudster calling from 970-279-0100 (Basalt, CO)

David reported a Scammer/Fraudster (9702790100 from Basalt area, CO) . The following comments were posted: Received a text to dial this number. Phishing to get Credit Card details. Scam. "Schools CU Alert: Your CARD has been DEACTIVATED...Etc." Permalink: http://www.numberinvestigator.com/phone/970-279-0100.html [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 23:17:11

Obama talks stimulus. He hopes you are listening

The spate of retailers reporting devastating December sales this morning provided a nice backdrop for President-elect Obama's speech in Virginia ... that lower interest rates aren't getting the job done because credit markets are screwy and that tax [more...]

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

Zimbabwe today

ZIMBABWE: Now a ‘Factory for Poverty’ http://www.ipsnews ... . Credit: Ephraim Nsingo/IPS HARARE, Jan 17 (IPS) - Over 75 percent of the people in crisis-riddled ... are likely to get worse before they improve. A report released by Save the Children (SCF) found that 10 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:50:02

Back In Business @ The Roundup

I’m just getting settled here at home after getting back from a 14 hour flight ... to be. Frugal Dad tells us how to resolve credit bureau reporting errors. Money Smart Life: shares [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 16:24:35

BizLinks and Open Comments | 1.16.09

Bank of America getting bigger bailout, reports new losses -- a rapid return to the trough Creative TARP Counting and the BAC Bailout -- the government floats a $20 billion check Credit Markets Showing Some Signs of Revival Analysts... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:48:48

More Unemployed Workers, Fewer Jobs

More Unemployed Workers, Fewer Jobs by Tula Connell, Jan 14, 2009 Photo credit: catinatree The U.S. retail sector has been the most immune to the nation’s year-long jobs free fall, but that has changed in recent months and likely will get much worse. Today’s Commerce Department report on retail [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:06:36

Do What It Takes to Get Cowher

There has been contradicting reports bouncing around all day about Bill Cowher and the New York Jets ... , he is on board for the whole off-season. I give credit to Kerry Rhodes for acting like a leader yesterday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:54:08

Permanent link to 'The Strong Dollar'

The Strong Dollar c000705.jpg Pete Davis reports from yesterday’s Senate Budget Committee hearing: Budget Committee Chair Kent Conrad (D-ND) ... their colleagues in their concern for the long-run credit worthiness of the United States. He also expressed ... in reviving credit markets and in overcoming recession, but in getting control of the massive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:46:26

Credit Suisse: “Crashing the Bailout Party; December Sales Pace Seen 10.0 - 10.3M”

The analysts at Credit Suisse (CS) get no points for predicting the continued cratering of the U.S. car market full report after the jump . But one has to wonder just what in the Hell GM [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:36:30

Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated

There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... that banks will lose $10 billion in interest annually, reduce credit lines by $931 billion, and put ... not get anyone well known for banking expertise to put its name on a self-serving report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42

Your Chevy’s engine may suddenly explode!

p2pnet news view | Security:- Ever have one of those old jalopies you just can’t seem to get rid of? ... patch for the first time since April 2007, it’s fixing a critical flaw that hasn’t been reported ... for an exploit to occur. So give them credit for being proactive. Still, it’s kind of like GM issuing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:29:51

Not So Happy New Year As Financial Crisis & Pain Grow; Home Prices & Consumer Confidence Down Dramatically; Will 2010 Be Better?

Happy New Year! If you are like most people, that may sound a bit like wishful thinking this time around. And, I’m afraid, with good reason ... markets, the news agency reports. Any good news? Well, yeah. I suppose. Sort of. If you have money or can get money (many can’t nowadays even with pretty good credit scores) then you can probably find [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:56:06

#20-AubreyJ’s Energy Update Report - Monday, January 12, 2008

AubreyJ’s Energy Update ReportLet’s get caught up with Mr. T. Boone PickensMonday, January 12, 2008.Image credit: John McCain’s Campaign Website ... : On New Year’s Day, Russia cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine in a dispute over prices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:52:00

Countrywide On Brink Of Losing Lending License In Washington State

Countrywide Office In the latest of what seems like bad report after bad report for Countrywide, ... in the nation, and in fact largest lender in some markets. With today’s tightening credit markets, acquiring a loan to buy a home is getting harder and harder--now take out the top lender and just think how [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 20:07:00

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