JP Morgan Profit Down 76%

NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase narrowly avoided a loss in the fourth quarter, ... on our market-related businesses, continued higher loan losses and increases to our credit reserves,” Dimon said ... to report results for the fourth quarter. The quarter was a particularly rough [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:08:42

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Regional consumer confidence gives hope for Dubai future

Amid the global financial and stock market turbulence of the past six months, ... the lowest index score for measurement of employment in the UAE since the beginning of the index in first ... In spite of the global credit crisis, the GCC markets are in a strong position to weather the economic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:01:02

How Do Instant Approval Credit Cards Online Work?

Instant approval credit cards online are cards which you can apply online and receive notification via email of the acceptance or denial of the credit card, within just few seconds after filling out an online credit card application. To get an instant approval credit card, you must have at least good to excellent credit, or in other words [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:39:56

US retail sales plunge shock 2.7%

US retail sales plunge shock 2.7% 7:47 pm WASHINGTON — US retail sales in December plunged 2 ... credit, rising unemployment and growing economic worries and confirmed the crucial year-end holiday ... and food services sales. “This is a bad report, though the extent of the weakness is unclear. The data [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:47:49

Green Jobs: Fact or Fiction?

GREEN JOBS: Fact or Fiction? An Assessment of the Literature January 2009 By Robert Michaels and Robert P. Murphy Download as PDF Introduction and Executive Summary I. Green Recovery, Center for American Progress II. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy, Political Economy Research Institute III [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:02:30

Facing Falling Demand, Sony Lops Off 16,000 Jobs

Surrounded by global recession, Tokyo-based Sony Corp. (ADR: SNE) ... $1.1 billion (100 billion yen) from its annual expenses by March 31, 2010. Its cost-cutting operation ... slash by a Japanese company since the credit crunch began wringing capital from companies around [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:50:15

U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Decline for a Sixth Month

Bob Willis Bloomberg Sales at U.S. retailers fell more than twice as much as forecast in December as job losses and the lack of credit led ... that projected a 1.4 percent drop. The decline in purchases and lack of credit caused a further weakening [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:49:16

Free Instant Credit Report

It used to be that consumers find it hard to access their credit scores. In order for to acquire a copy of their scores, they would have to pay to have credit report data ... include the credit report. This is one of the reasons why consumers are confused most of the time over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:11:36

The $85 Billion Non-Event

But yet this huge reduction of $85 billion in a week is, somehow, a non-event, ... of how inflation in consumer prices follows an increase in the money supply AND how an increase in anti-social, war-like behavior follows increases in prices, then a report from Bloomberg.com [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 20:31:34

Free Credit Reports May be Hazardous to Your Credit Score

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) of 2003 made sweeping changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). On the surface some of these changes seemed like a win for consumers. Take the ANNUAL FREE CREDIT REPORT clause for example. Wow! The Credit Bureaus are actually giving away free credit reports [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:36:32

CPI at .1% Annually, Smallest Increase Since 1954

Even without properly accounting for housing which would drive the CPI hugely negative, the 2008 U.S. Consumer Price Gains Slow to 0 ... food and energy, costs were unchanged.Today’s report underscores the destruction of companies’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:32:00

Italy Slips Slowly But Steadily Into Its Worst Recession In Over 30 Years

By Edward Hugh: Barcelona The Italian economy continued to contract sharply in the third quarter of 2008 as exports fell sharply - declining at the ... of the Italian bond spread and the danger of a credit rating downgrade. The Italian government went [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:58:56

DrumBeat: December 10, 2008

U.S. gasoline use to decline most since 1979-80 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline demand is expected to decline more sharply this year and next than in any other two-year period since 1979-1980, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:52:25

Why Spain's Economic Crisis Is Something More Than A "Housing Slump"

Spain's inflation (as measured by the EU HICP methodology) was around 1.5% (year on year) ... , it will mean Spain's annual rate of inflation has dropped 0.9% (nearly one full percentage point) in the space 0f just one month - since in November the annual rate was 2.4%.It will also mean that Spain's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:32:00

Why Spain's Economic Crisis Is Something More Than A "Housing Slump"

Spain's inflation (as measured by the EU HICP methodology) was around 1.5% (year on year) ... , it will mean Spain's annual rate of inflation has dropped 0.9% (nearly one full percentage point) in the space 0f just one month - since in November the annual rate was 2.4%.It will also mean that Spain's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:29:00

Citron Releases the Document that The Apollo Group (NASDAQ:APOL) Does Not Want You or the US Government to See.

stock ticker: APOL Last week, The Apollo Group reported what appeared to be strong quarterly operating profits in their for-profit education business, which is primarily derived from operating the for-profit University of Phoenix (UOP below) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 15:05:38

Spain's Inflation Plunges As The Current Account Deficit Gradually Eases Back

Spain's inflation (as measured by the EU HICP methodology) was around 1.5% (year on year) ... , it will mean Spain's annual rate of inflation has dropped 0.9% (nearly one full percentage point) in the space 0f just one month - since in November the annual rate was 2.4%.It will also mean that Spain's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:31:00

Italy Slips Slowly But Steadily Into Its Worst Recession In Over 30 Years

The Italian economy continued to contract sharply in the third quarter of 2008 as exports fell sharply - declining at the fastest rate in three ... and the danger of a credit rating downgrade. The Italian government went to market this week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:24:37

Buying the Business No One Else Wants

p {margin-bottom: 1em;} The Penny SleuthFeatures:Penny Stocks| Options | High-growth Opportunities | Archives| Contact UsEditor's Note: ... the heat. Credit is tight, meaning prospective car buyers will need a better credit score if they want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:35:00

Latest News In StockMarketInvestment Research - Jan 16, 2009

Airlines employed 6.5% fewer workers in November 16 Jan 2009 at 10:41am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The number of people working for the nation’s passenger airlines fell 6.5% in November from a year ago to 392,185 full-time employees, according to a Friday report from the Bureau [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:59

Re-coupled Vengence: From Downturn to Implosion Risks ?

We've spent a bunch of time on the US economic outlook and the news, as you'd expect, continues to move from bad to worse ... about what that means for the long-term outlook for Employment, earnings and valuations. You'll find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:20:15

November New and Existing Home Sales

From the AP: Existing home sales sink by 8.6 percent in November, as prices plunge a record 13 ... homes fell 8.6 percent to an annual rate of 4.49 million in November, from a downwardly revised pace ... year and worsen the recession. Purchases declined 8.6 percent to an annual rate of 4.49 million [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:18:30

Reviews Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards and Offers

Updated List Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards Below What’s In Your Wallet? - So goes the motto and promotional tag line from those zany Capital One credit card ads we’re always seeing on TV. When it comes to Capital One, the credit card company’s message is clear [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 20:46:00

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... a black hole,” remarked Bill King (The King Report). Financial markets reacted negatively [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

A little too little and maybe a little too late

As the details of Obamanomics finally roll out to the public, it is increasingly obvious that what we are seeing is some kind of Reaganomics lite ... out there in the liberal wilderness. Yes, I said LIBERAL wilderness.   The Black Agenda Report which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:55:39

Auto Sales Plunge To Lowest Level Since 1982

MarketWatch is reporting Automakers post steep sales declines. Here are some of the highlights from the report ... his own plea for federal stimulus in a conference call following the report."Our industry is in a much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 05:02:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... Stock rating lists on the website. The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric ... , login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:05:52

VF Corp Q4 Guidance And 2009 Outlook

Eric Wiseman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ... at the 11th Annual ICR XChange Conference at 8:25 a.m. PST. The presentation will be simultaneously webcast and can be accessed via the VF website at http://www.vfc.com. Here’s the press release [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:23:19

Today’s Hit-And-Miss Parade

A report from Florida Today. “Conventional wisdom advises home sellers to examine recent sales of comparable homes in their area, and price their home in line with those selling prices. But today’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 16:04:16

DrumBeat: December 12, 2008

U.S. Northeast Heating-Oil Delinquent Bills Top $100 Million (Bloomberg) -- Heating-oil dealers in the U.S ... -credit debt that is ranked in credit-reporting agencies and that affects their credit directly,” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 13:55:16

Consumer Demand For Nearly Everything Plunges

Retail stores and exporters alike are in deep trouble as consumer demand for nearly everything is plunging ... consumer demand and the credit crisis chokes off loans to export-dependent companies. International [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 08:15:00

Mint and 30 Free eBooks About Personal Finance!

Mint seems to be all the rage, everywhere I look someone is talking about Mint ... accounts constantly and sending alerts for low balances and credit limits. Mint allows users to take [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:29:13

QCOM, AQNM, VNO, PWRM, CMCSA, CSRH, MRVL, CVAT, CX, DrStockPick.com Stock Report!

Dr Stock Pick HOT News & Alerts! _________________________________________ FREE Daily Stock Alerts From DrStockPick.com _________________________________________ Wednesday September 30, 2009 DrStockPick.com Stock Report! QCOM, AQNM, VNO, PWRM, CMCSA, CSRH, MRVL, CVAT, CX ************************************************************** QCOM, QUALCOMM Inc. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 20:15:08

Consumer 101: Get Your Free Credit Report From "Annual Credit Report.com" [Annual Credit Report]

You've probably seen those commercials featuring a friendly looking jackass and his factually inaccurate songs about what can happen to you if you don't check your credit report. It's true, checking your credit report is a good idea ... been fooled by other sites. They want to sell you a trial subscription to some credit monitoring service [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 17:07:30

Rx for Arizona Consumers’ [HomeBuyers} Credit

Find out what’s in their file. Every U.S. consumer is now entitled to one free credit report annually from each of the three credit bureaus: Experian, ... a mortgage or other credit, the lender must tell them whether information in their credit report played ... is incorrect on a credit report, the next step is to correct the inaccuracy. If consumers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 19:30:07

annual credit report

If you use any kind of electronic commerce--credit cards, atm, on-line bill pay, etc--you must be vigilant in regards to your identity ... (FTC) advises consumers who order their free annual credit reports online to be sure to correctly spell ... just to review and keep up to date with how creditors determine your credit score.This is what the FTC [more...]

Date: 2008-02-19 22:01:00

I Guess Our Mortgage Is Officially Considered Small

As a follow up to the post I wrote a few days ago about the new consumer protection laws and the possibility that thrift stores would have to stop ... scores until now.  We went to the annual credit report site and picked Experian.  Credit scores were $5.95 each, and the credit report is free (we normally just get the free report).  We got my husband’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 08:15:42

Three Legislative Proposals That Could Have Major Consequences for Your Finances

J.D. is on vacation. This guest post comes from DR of The Dough Roller, a money management blog ... in a consumer report or any change in a consumer’s credit score, as the basis for increasing any annual ... on Wall Street and in the credit markets lately, one could easily forget about money-related legislation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:00:42

Free Credit Report - A Website Typo Could Be Costly

In 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions act (FACT) ... annualcreditreport.com or which contained the phrase “annual credit report.” Since it is quite easy ... , which made it possible for consumers to obtain a copy of their credit report for free. In fact [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 05:24:36

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