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How To Chase High Interest Rates On Savings Accounts and Manage Them

I consider myself one of many rate chasers out there - savvy savers who hunt for the best annual percentage yield (APY) interest rates at banks and credit unions, and who are keen on quickly moving large sums of money ... of what I own in cash form, invested in stable interest bearing savings accounts. The type of money [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 19:21:37

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Scott Lilly: Behind The Scenes: How Congressional Conservatives Induced Financial Crisis

When Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson called congressional leaders early last week to ask for $700 billion in public funds to buy distressed loans and securitized loans from the nation's failing financial institutions, he was told that such a package could pass only with bipartisan support [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 23:37:00

Appraisal Fraud and Industry Standards Described in 2003 Official White Paper-RED FLAGS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WITH EXCELLENT DIAGRAMS EXPLANATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF BEST PRACTICES

loan_origination_mortgage_fraud_ffiecloan_origination_mortgage_fraud_prevention_response_nelsonRed Flags • Critical loan processing activities, such as verification of income, employment, or deposit, is delegated to brokers. • Delegated underwriting allowed for correspondents that are new or lack an established track record with the FI [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:33:10

General Motors’ Cash Gauge: A Checkup

General Motors is, according to analysts, in a bit of a capital crunch. Can the auto maker get out? GM needs to raise at least $6.6 billion to get to an adequate cash position by the beginning of 2009, according to a report ... . Financing: GM recently drew down $1 billion from a revolving credit facility–partly to “test [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 10:20:00

Video-Rama: Will Markets Bail You Out in ‘09? (December 27, 2008)

Despite a litany of bleak economic and corporate news confronting investors during the past week, ... 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: 2008-12-27 14:29:25

Saving your credit and credit scores

I have blogged about my experiences with American Express and their systematic reductions in my credit lines ... , but in my case Amex decided to start chasing the balance. I pay them $500, then they reduce my credit limit ... as “closed as consumer’s request”) which would have locked in the higher credit limit on the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:51:28

By Vilani Peiris at WSWSThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) ... , including various trade and industrial lobby groups. According to an Asia Times Online report, Anjum ... stabilization package that calls for the government’s annual budget deficit to “be reduced from 7.4 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 07:53:16

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

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/23/2008

USAAccused September 11 Plotter a No-Show at GuantanamoCAIR Files FEC ComplaintCourt Ordered to Reconsider Asylum CaseFBI Probing Fannie, Freddie, Lehman, AIG — CNNOur World: Your Abortions or Your Lives!Violence Increases in Grand Island Between Somali and Sudanese Refugees Europe and the EUChristian Schools Closing for Islamic FestivalEuro MPs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:50:00

Fenty and Police Chief Meet with GLOV

Mayor Fenty and Police Chief Lanier met with Chris Farrisand Todd Metrokin, Co-Chairs of GLOV (Gays and Lesbians Opposing Violence),along with Sgt ... requiring him to submit an annual hate crimes report to thethe City Council Equally important, the Mayor ... acknowledging and condemning theviolence, although we pressed hard for that. To his credit, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:20:00

Currency issues, IMF grants loan, Structural reform, New Business, Human ights, Russian Gas, Ukraine, Polish scandal, New, Sport and Culture

From the Top...#377Alexander Lukashenko advises citizens not to change currency of their savingsFrom: BelTA and the Office of the PresidentThere is no need for citizens to change the currency they keep their savings in, because nobody knows how the global financial crisis will unfold, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told reporters, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:39:00

Identity Theft Protection - What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You

Identity theft in the form of stolen account information is often paid for with the time you spend contacting banks and merchants to cancel ... as they run up the bill, never making payments and raising red flags on your credit report. These credit ... the account was opened with your personal information and give you the bill. Ruined Credit It’ [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 13:41:59

FreeCreditReport.com scam

I was looking over my checking account transactions for the past year and saw a mysterious $12 ... credit report program. Under a new Federal law, you have the right to receive a free copy of your credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 02:16:00

No Shortage of Bankruptcy, Litigation Work

The ongoing credit crisis and turmoil in the financial sector have fueled a major surge in securities class action litigation in 2008, ... -year high last year. The group projected the annual total to reach 267 - a 37% increase over ... . The credit crisis is the most significant factor contributing to the increase in litigation, continuing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 12:20:53

Using Free Credit Reports And Credit Scores To Save Money

No doubt you've probably seen a commercial offering you the opportunity to request your free credit report or free credit score. Why all the big fuss? Why the big interest in credit scores and credit reports? To begin, you need to obtain copies of your credit score and credit reports. Let's start with your credit report first. You can get your free annual credit reports from the government. You can request the three major credit bureau reports every year. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 01:37:23

DrumBeat: October 17, 2008

The dark side of lower prices NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stock prices have plunged in recent weeks. So have oil prices. Most Americans probably see the former as terrible news and the latter as a ray of sunshine at a dark time. But both could contribute to a growing concern among economists - deflation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 13:14:58

Why You Should Hate the Treasury Bailout Proposal

A mere two weeks ago, the Fannie/Freddie rescue was called "the mother of all bailouts" by some commentators ... billion mortgage rescue plan proposed by Hank Paulson late last week. The increase of the request ... of funds. $700 billion is comparable to the hard cost of the Iraq war, bigger than the annual Pentagon [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 08:49:47

DHS City Council January 6 - AIPP Is Approved

Tonight's city council meeting began with Police Chief Pat Williams introducing the new Community Service Officer Tom Pettinger, who you see here: [ ... , 2009 Time: 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM The City of Desert Hot Springs invites you to attend the first annual ... in the Senior Center. The website for the DHS Relay For Life is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:51:32

DrumBeat: December 16, 2008

Robert Bryce: OPEC Was Right About Oil Prices. Now What? Back in June, I wrote a piece for The American in which I argued that oil prices were being driven higher by the immutable law of supply and demand. Today, with prices plunging to near $40 instead of the $145 level seen in mid-July, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:30:26

LuckyVoice review: online karaoke, sing privately at home

If you love singing but prefer to strut your stuff only in the privacy of your own home, or even at a live private karaoke party e.g. for New Year’s Eve tonight, you can now get online karaoke over the internet from LuckyVoice, a chain of private karaoke bars started by LastMinute.com founder Martha Lane Fox. Over 1000 songs are free [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:14:22

An Operational Turnaround’s First 100 Days

Source: Turnaround Management Association; By Tom Gray, CTP (TMA HQ Chicago) ABC Telco was already a management morass when the CFO resigned and the CEO stepped down due to a terminal illness. The two executives had virtually been at war with each other, and each had his camp of loyal managers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:02:11

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

Underwater with the Riverside Sheriff’s Department dive team

The Riverside County Sheriff Department’s Underwater Search and Recovery Team would like to remind the public that anyone close to the water should be wearing a personal flotation device (PFD). Additionally, caution should be taken when around bodies of water during this time of year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 06:53:05

Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff

Early Suspicions About Bernard Madoff - by Stephen LendmanOn December 12, 2008, the Wall Street Journal headlined: "Top Broker Accused of $50 Billion Fraud. Bernard L. Madoff....was arrested by federal agents (the previous day) after his sons turned him in for running what they said their father called a giant Ponzi scheme [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 11:22:00

Your Company's Fund Is Bruised, but Don't Worry

The Washington Post - January 11, 2009 The miserable stock market has wreaked havoc not only on your personal portfolio but also on your company's pension fund. The pension plans of the companies in the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index were underfunded by about $362 billion in 2008, according to David Zion, an analyst at Credit Suisse [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:45:50

DrumBeat: October 2, 2008

John Michael Greer: Cassandra's View In this setting, the presentations and talk at the conference took on a surreal quality, as though the global civilization we were discussing – the one running out of cheap and easily available fossil fuels – was on some other planet [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 14:01:45

began the charade. In December, 2003, the school board (two-thirds of whom are still board members) conspired with Quinn to “change” Rappaport’s and Pond’s positions to supervisors. Quinn promptly informed the county of the changes and updated the matrix report. Of course, as was previously [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:16:44

John Mauldin's Forecast for 2009

Thoughts from the Frontline Weekly NewsletterForecast 2009: Deflation and Recession by John Mauldin January 10, 2009 ... Investments I will be co-hosting our 6th annual Strategic Investment Conference in La Jolla ... . Simply click on the link below, give us your name and email, and you will be sent a form next week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:53:08

Annual Report - Sasken - 2008-2009

SASKEN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009DIRECTOR'S REPORTYour Directors have pleasure in presenting the report on the business and operations of the Company along with the Audited Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2009.Result of Operations (Consolidated) - Extract Amount in Rs. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 03:37:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008

Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00

Marchel’s picks - Websites about surviving the recession.

We just heard that we are officially in a recession; although the powers that be say it officially started over a year ago. I have been writing post about useful web sites as reported by PC World. I am continuing on my with my series and these are about websites to help us survive the recession [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:52:26

[IMG Daily Kos]

How to pitch one last battle over FISA by Kagro X Thu Jun 19, 2008 at 01:29:45 PM PDT The House currently stands in recess, subject to the call of the chair. That means nothing's going on on the House floor right now, and that's the case because the Rules committee is meeting to work out the procedure under which the Iraq war [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 11:51:41

Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

Identity theft is on the rise and people must be vigilant not only protecting their personal information, but monitoring their credit to ensure that they do not fall victim. employeescreenIQ’s Rob ... that individuals can protect themselves. Don’t Let Someone Take Credit For (From) You!- By Rob [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:44:54

Do It Yourself Credit Repair

by Mike Carbeck Many people mistakenly believe that they only need to go through an agency, for any hope of credit repair ... the credit reporting agencies in writing and request a copy of your credit report. By Federal Law ... for you to receive your credit reports. If you have already gotten an annual credit report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 00:02:54

Bose & Jinnah: War of Liberation against the British Empire forced UK to leave South Asia. Gandhi’s role was minimal

Date: 2008-10-16 00:28:36

Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It

When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mismanagement of our finances, ... s website. They request that you enter your personal data to update your credit accounts, and when you try ... every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 100% sure on how [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:37:18

Paying Off Your Credit Cards

One of our readers, Jackie, sent us this question: I have about $15,000 in credit card deb ... of your credit card companies and request the following things in return for paying in full: Have any ... annual fees, or membership fees that are already on your credit cards removed. - As long as those [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 16:12:37

Building Credit Repair

Building Credit Repair Building credit is more important now than it has ever been. If you have bad credit, it is often hard to get an apartment, a loan for a home, or any form ... is to apply for credit cards that offer no annual fees. Also, make sure the cards have low interest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 05:14:09

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/28/2008The major story of the day is still the situation in Mumbai. Once again, there are a lot of articles included. Scroll to “South Asia” and look at the AKI articles in particular.A consensus is emerging that at least part of the attack was planned and launched from Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 04:35:00

House and Senate Race Roundup, 7/28

NM-Sen: This barely qualifies as "news" anymore, but Rasmussen's latest poll shows Democratic Rep. Tom Udall with a big fat wide lead in his Senate race over Republican Steve Pearce. From Rasmussen: Udall (D) 59 Pearce (R) 34 Udall has enjoyed a consistent 20-30 point polling lead for months now [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 21:10:57

Battle of the Titans

For those of you that prepare yourselves, the OPPORTUNITIES will be abundant and limitless; for those that don't it could be a very difficult period ... as they BELIEVE they have the ability to print money and create credit out of thin air endlessly. In reality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:00:37

You Can Do It: How To Repair Your Credit On Your Own

Date: 2008-12-21 00:00:35

Gates of Vienna News Feed 9/26/2008

USAAnother Weatherman Terrorist a Player in Obama CampaignFederal Responses to Market Turmoil Europe and the EUBritish Identity Cards Will be Covered in EU SymbolsCologne: 2 Terrorist Suspects Arrested on KLM FlightGerman Bishops Back “Dignified” Mosques‘Laissez-Faire’ Capitalism is Finished, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 00:56:00

How the Barnstable town council and school committee created the current fiscal crisis, and what you can do about it….

The answer to the current money crunch is to replace shortfall in receipts from cash reserves; Free Cash. WHAT IS FREE CASH? The Massachusetts Department of Revenue defines it; Free Cash are unrestricted funds ... for appropriation. Remaining funds include unexpended free cash from the previous year, receipts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:45:56

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... ) agent, I found the HS ???threat picture??? report inadequate and misleading. In fact, I found the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:45:00

Ecuador Defaults & Currency Devaluation

Jump to CommentsOn December 12th, Bloomberg.com reported:“Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) ... money” advocates will also win.“A debt commission Correa formed last year said in a 172-page report ... $55 trillion. The US annual GDP is about $14 trillion. That means that while “irresponsible” Ecuador [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:28:40

SPAMfighter News - 5 new articles

Here are the latest updates for raplist.antispamsite@blogger ... Revenue & Customs) is making malicious rounds. HMRC orchestrates the tax system of Britain.The report ... along with their contact address as well as credit card number so that the compensation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:38:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/21/2008

Make sure you look at all the pirate stories tonight. Most of them are in the “Sub-Saharan Africa” section, and not all of them have headlines. So keep scrolling.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Insubria, JD, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 04:54:00

Finally got my credit score: 698

I held off getting my free annual credit report until after November 30, ... site refused to give me my report or credit score, vaguely suggested that there "might" be some sort ... out how to unlock my account at Equifax so that I could then access both my free credit report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:46:00

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