10 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen

Who’s in your wallet? It might be more than a some dead presidents and a few bank logos ... and how.  Check your card statements and immediately report any fraud. Going Phishing - Nearly everyone has gotten an email from X bank or Y credit card claiming there’s a problem, and if you could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:47

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Update re: Palestinian girl blames Hamas after death of sister in Gaza

After sisters’ deaths, Palestinian girl blames Hamas by Barbara Crook and Itamar Marcus In response to many requests, ... , donate by credit card, check or wire ... released the full, unedited interview that ran on the Palestinian Authority TV news report. Girl blame [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 00:17:15

TV Chef Gordon Ramsay Not Just Cooking In The Kitchen

The foulmouthed TV chef Gordon Ramsay from Hell’s Kitchen, has being cooking in the bedroom and apparently not his own ... Nightmares news check out SirLinksALot: Kitchen Nightmares. Photo Credit: popsugar ShareThis Related posts ... has been married for 12 years to a former teacher, Tana and has four children aged five to nine. After the report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 20:00:39

News and Blogs: Friday, November 14, 2008

America’s 20 Best Health Plans. Unsurprisingly, my plan is not on this list from MSN and US News & World Report ... higher interest rates on consumer credit cards. For the “News and Blogs” features, which I plan ... . I should take advantage of my Aetna plan more by visiting a doctor for a check-up once in a while [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 18:30:08

Fast Credit Repair

With a new year comes a new time to check your credit. Whoops. That's not good. Learn how to repair that report quickly. 1 Vote(s) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 08:59:32

Daily Dose: 09/23/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Congresswoman Hirono Votes in Favor of Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights » New York’s Asian Elderly Population is ... Kim of Ryder Cup Body-Check » Game Show Gets a New Face » Doctor Offers Non-Surgical Nose Jobs ... Militante and Josh Laddin AsianWeek Market Report AsianWeek Market Report Asian Stock Indexes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 23:35:09

He Gets Credit For Candor

He Gets Credit For Candor Jennifer Rubin - 12.18.2008 - 2:56 PM Pro-business groups and conservatives aren’t the only ones, we learn from this report, who see a problem for “card check” legislation in Blago-gate: Gerald ... when the FBI linked a competing union to Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s effort to sell Illinois’ U.S. Senate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:56:56

An Easy Background Check You Can Use To Find Out Anyone’s Past

by Glen Pearson Have you ever needed to check up on someone to see what was in their past? ... about someone and will typically include things such as a criminal background record, credit report, address [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 16:31:23

Photo of the Week: Winter Running

I thought it only fitting to find a winter photo to go along with Ian’s “Cold Weather Running“ ... of my running friends. Photo credit goes to me and you can check out other wintery weather photos ... There and Back A Snowy Run A Slow Week Edworthy XC - Race Report How to cross a river… [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 13:00:14

An update on Greg Oden's first regular season NBA game

... Lakers. Check out this online report from The Times' Brad Turner. -- Greg Johnson Photo: Greg ... the first quarter on Tuesday night at Staples Center. Credit: Harry How / Getty Images [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:44:47

What To Do When You May Lose Your Job

According to the ADP National Employment Report, the US economy shed 250,000 jobs from October to November 2008.   Job loss can happen to you! ... .  Do you know how much money you need to live on?  Some people never check until they lose their jobs ... about your credit card debt. If you owe more than you can pay off in a three month period, then you may [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 23:39:46

eBay for Dummies Fourth Edition

eBay for Dummies Fourth Edition eBay is the world’s #1 online shopping destination and can be a bit intimidating for first-time users ... to avoid credit cards so I can prevent massive debt, so I tried using ebay and paying everything with personal checks. The sellers grew very impatient or didn’t report having received my payment and soon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 14:07:00

November Reporting Roundup

Let’s take some time to check out the local press’ reaction to the undeniably slow NWMLS housing market statistics for October ... like the $7500 tax credit plan the National Association of Realtors® proposes for every buyer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:57:16

It's the Economy, Stupid

The Labor Department today reported that business productivity surged to a revised 4.3 percent annual rate in the second quarter of the year ... measure quality of output.)Higher productivity keeps inflation in check. When companies can produce ... of their lines of credit because the housing bubble has burst. The result? Employers can't sell [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 12:27:00

NHL Midseason Report '09: Northeast Division

Next up lets check in on the Northeast where the NHL's biggest surprise sits in first place.Northeast Division Standings 1/14/091 ... a lot of credit for Boston's success. The B's got lucky when NJ axed Claude Julien a few years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:23:00

Game Day New York

Game Day New York 6:20 AM Dave Johnson checking in from New York… ... left knee)…full credit to him after a sluggish perioed he worked hard..got back in the line ... Report Posted: January 14th, 2009 under Wizards. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:36:52

What the Passenger Name Record Report Really Says

Airplane in sky against the sunset. Photo Credit: Marja Flick-Buijs ... issued the Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data Report (download PDF), a public document that is a requirement of the joint U.S./EU agreement on PNR.  In fact, I encourage you to check out a previous [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 22:27:21

GM Vice-chair touts "Volt" but still denies climate science

Click on this hilarious video and you will hear comedian Stephen Colbert asking if global warming is being caused by "sunspots" ... with the GM economy. Check out Get Energy Smart Now for their take on Lutz. Colbert Report Bob Lutz 32 ... , the Colbert video is wonderfully funny , and Lutz deserves some credit for having the nerve [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 17:43:24

Did America Get Punk’d on the Bailout?

Did America Get Punk’d on the Bailout? Posted by James O'Rourke on December 18, 2008 By David Sirota, Campaign for America’s Future ... , the major claims about a credit crisis that justified Congress cutting a trillion-dollar blank check ... false. For instance, take a look at line 1 and line 5 of this December Federal Reserve report on bank [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:01:10

PF Links Sunday While Other Blog is Doing Great

PF Links Sunday While Other Blog is Doing Great I’m happy to report that my new golf blog is coming along great! ... to read and learn from. Frugal Dad checks out and explains to us how we can dispute credit card charges [more...]

Date: 2008-06-15 15:30:50

User-generated Content Impacts Health Determinations

User-generated Content Impacts Health Determinations WOMMA member GolinHarris’ latest blog post cites a Manhattan Research report that nearly half of ePharma consumers, 47% to be exact, credit user-generated descriptions, opinions and reactions ... in an uproar. Their huge response: trash the Amazon rating of “Spore.” At last check, 92 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 08:29:36

I Don't Believe We're On the Eve of Consumption

Santa by Dice TsutsumiJust returned from a failed excursion to buy Chanukah candles at the store ... a report on NPR yesterday about a man who gave out five dollar checks during the Great Depression to help ... knew the man. The man didn't want any credit for his actions; just wanted to do something nice [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 15:13:00

Credit Repair – What to Do When You Become The Identity Theft Victim

Life as an Identity Theft Victim could be stressful and intimidating ... your checks have been stolen and used, and obtain a copy of their report to forward to your bank ... . Stressful as you need to ensure that all financial and credit accounts are in order or closed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:57:11

FCC Rushing to Approve Important Rule Without Public Input

FCC Rushing to Approve Important Rule Without Public Input Digg by James Parks, Nov 3, 2008 Photo credit: prawnpie ... , in the middle of “Born to Run,” you decide to check your e-mail messages on your BlackBerry and it knocks ... interference with existing users does not work. On top of that, the FCC released the 400-page report [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 20:25:22

Miracle On The Hudson

Within moments of the report of the crash of a US Airways flight on the Hudson River, News Talk Online on Paltalk ... deserves full credit for safely landing the plane, evacuating passengers and crew and twice checking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:40:00

Mexico: High percentage of personnel in law enforcement fail background checks

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERSVisit our website: http://www.nafbpo ... that you credit NAFBPO as being the provider.  (Mexico used to have their equivalent of our annual State ... .orgForeign News Report The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 13:46:02

Evening Update

Evening Update I'm happy to report that at long last me and my $423.80 have been reunited ... to the credit union this morning I attempted to contact Andrea, the writer of the letter I received ... speak to someone else but she didn't seem to know anything about my problem. She promised to check [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:35:23

KS-Leg: Haley Wants Speed-Based Tolls on I-70

Sometimes we just report the news, folks, sometimes we just report the news.State Sen ... ."If you pay incrementally more for going over the posted speed limit, maybe people would check their speed ... on that CJOnline article are any indication, calling this an unpopular idea would being giving it credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:45:00

An Encouraging Economic Analysis

Here is a piece of encouraging economic analysis from the folks over at The Tycoon Report by Teeka Tiwari called 5 Bank Panic Mega-Trends ... daily use” commodities is like a tax rebate check for the entire planet. 2. Oil prices are down near 40 ... -leverage and re-loan, which will stimulate economic growth. 5. The credit markets will become unstuck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:39:17

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, SPIDER-MAN creator Stan Lee is to unveil the world's first gay superhero. I just have to check ... 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

BankIntervention.com

Addison Avenue FCU is targeting those who may have a problem with “bank addiction” in its latest campaign, “Bank Intervention.” The promo, produced by Weber Marketing Group, has an overall tone that is wry and sassy, and its microsite is entertaining — all while successfully managing to push three different product offers. Hi, I’m Carl and I’m an Addict The campaign’s website features a series of seven videos about Carl, a bank addict. His mom, dad, brother, girlfriend and Dr. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 11:21:43

Monday links: fundamental design flaws

Earnings revisions are at a two-year high.  ( Bespoke ) Emerging market bond spreads have been halved YTD.  ( EconomPic Data ) Everyone thinks interest rates are going higher .  ( Clusterstock ) Checking in on some credit market indicators .  ( Calculated Risk ) Taking a look at the longer term cycles for the VIX .  ( VIX and More ) Research into the relationship between the dispersion in equity returns, the VIX and forward alphas.  ( SSRN ) Research shows hedge [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 16:20:34

Economic Outrage du Jour

Quite a few right-wing bloggers, including Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit, got themselves snookered by a recent, lazily corrected article in The New York Post , written by Richard Wilner. Ampersand at Alas, a Blog provided the fact-checking application. Among other mistakes in Wilner’s Obama-slamming piece was this bit in the lede published on September 27: The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent — a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 03:18:05

Best Prepaid Credit Card – What To Look For

September 27, 2009 | By Dan Moskel In Finance | by Dan MoskelYou may have heard of these and asked, “why are they called credit cards if you receive no credit?” To answer that question and many others, let’s look at them in detail.Nearly all of the major issuers offer these. The concept is very simple. Once you are approved, and nearly everybody regardless of their history is, you get a card in the mail. It looks identical to a regular one typically with a Visa or MasterCard logo. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:13:10

Avoid the Freshman Financial Fifteen

College students have a lot to deal with: New classes, new surroundings, new friends, and adjusting to a new lifestyle away from home.  It’s easy to get wrapped up in the college scene and forget to take care of your finances, but making good decisions early will pay dividends later.  Here are fifteen financial missteps often made by college students and strategies to avoid them.1.    Not budgeting This is undoubtedly the biggest mistake we college students can make.  It is important to set [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 15:10:57

Tips For Finding A Non ChexSystems Bank

by Andrew W. Chen Until someone has had to go through the absolute horror of being reported to ChexSystems, it’s hard to realize how much of a pain it is to deal with. Of course, you’re unable to open a checking account in most institutions, so you can’t pay your bills with a check. You can’t pay online either because online bill pay requires a valid checking account. And since having a debit card is not an option, that means that you walk around with lots of cash. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 18:16:50

Bring Back Your Smile Through Fast Personal Loan

Are we incompetent to encounter your monthly expenses? If nonesuch of income is hidden a complacency of your family, do not be apprehensive. Opt for a quick personal loan and prove a needs of your desired ones.Fast personal loan is categorically written gripping in thoughts a obligatory sequence of income of infancy of a population. It has additionally been termed as a payday loan since a income which we make make use of of to compensate off a loan comes from your personal income. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 14:36:09

US Bank Easing Overdraft Penalties – Analyst Blog

US Bank, a subsidiary of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp ( USB ), has recently announced easing of its overdraft penalties. The bank is modifying its service charge policies for checking accounts which will become effective in the first quarter of 2010. U.S. Bank will eliminate fees when a customer’s account is overdrawn by less than $10, regardless of the number of overdraft transactions that may have occurred. It will also limit the number of overdraft fees to three or fewer per day. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 22:24:57

Directors no longer need to file home addresses [Jolene *Data Queen* Phillips]

As you're probably aware, as from 1st October 2009, Directors are no longer required to file their home addresses making it harder to do back ground checks when offering credit Please read this article here If you are already credit checking (EVERY small UK Business that's invoices should be credit checking and monitoring their clients) in place, you will agree that having the Directors Home Address is a massive help should you need to do a background check on him (with prior permission). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 12:43:19

Cautious Home Buyer Wants To Rent With An Option To Buy

O ne of the more popular blog posts that our readers have enjoyed is called “ What Sellers Should Know About Lease Purchase Agreements ” and it was posted back in March of this year. The reason that I wrote the article about alternative home selling processes is that I suspected that market conditions and the glut of homes would require different solutions in the coming years. Those times are definitely upon us. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 11:49:33

What to do if you’ve been turned down for a loan

Turned Down For a Loan?  Improve Your Loan-Ability! This article was written by Becky House, Education Manager for American Financial Solutions. For more information about credit scores, budgeting or managing your debt, visit MyFinancialGoals.org or contact Becky at 1.800.894.3946. Two years ago, someone with a 600 (poor) credit score could qualify for a mortgage or car loan. Now, reputable lenders will not even consider lending to someone with a score below 700. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 14:37:00

Bad Credit Score: Effective Ways to Repair It

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Having a good credit score rating means everything in today’s world. It is something that you should have in order to live life comfortable and as easily as possible. This is why many people work hard in order to have good credit rating score and prevent them from plunging in to a bad credit rating score.You now ask what kind of things that you can benefit from by having a good credit score. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 02:23:32

Debts Missing From Your Credit Report? Don't Count It Out Just Yet.

One of the top rules of managing debt is that all consumers should regularly be checking their credit reports for mistakes and inaccurate information. Mistakes by credit reporting agencies and creditors are common but typically it is minor information that is being reported incorrectly. However, there may be a rare time that a consumer is very conscious of an outstanding debt that doesn't seem to be listed on a credit report. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 10:00:00

Identity Theft – What You Need To Know

Identity theft is a crime used to refer to fraud that involves someone pretending to be someone else in order to steal money or get other benefits. Are you a victim of identity theft? If prevention works like a lock, identity theft detection can be compared to an alarm. Learn how to detect identity theft. Ben Bernanke is a victim of identity theft. This is proof positive that it can happen to anyone. This article and related links tell you what to do if you are a victim of identity theft. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 20:17:50

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Stress Free

by Dina Salinas For most people, having bad credit would be like the end of the world. People rely on credit for even the simplest transactions in this modern world. If you have bad credit, then simplify your life with a credit repair that is within reach. If you’re having financial issues, chances are that creditors already know. They can tell by the way you handle your credit, the way you pay it, etc. For instance, if you are changing your credit pattern or taking cash advances. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:08:52

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 mis management of our finance s, and in most cases that is true! However, many of us don’t realize that thousands of men and women every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 1% sure on how this happens, it’s a method by criminal organizations that are stealing your identity and using it for financial criminal activities. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 14:31:03

How to Replace Bad Financial Habits With Good Ones

This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. His first book, The Power of Less, was recently published by Hyperion. It was Aristotle who said, “We are what we repeatedly do … Excellence is therefore not an act ... situation? Some ideas: Impulse spending. Overuse of credit cards or other debt. Spending without tracking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:09

Tips On Starting Up A Successful Online Digital Photography Business

by Dan Feildman If you have the knack of originality and a proficient hand at handling digital equipments, starting your own photography business would not be a mean feat for you. However, possessing excellent technical and photography skills do not qualify you as a business person capable of sustaining your own photography business. To commence your own new photography business successfully, you need to have prior knowledge on the legal, financial and management aspects of it. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 21:03:25

Your Credit Report Scores And Your Future

by Andy Zain In our credit based world, you need to know how to manage your credit report scores effectively and accurately. Information on your reports is reflected in a score, and often when you are applying for a car loan or even just setting up your utilities in a new place the company looks at the number and makes a decision from there. We all know that a poor credit score can prevent you from getting the car or the home that you want. It can cost you in other ways as well. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 08:27:25

Tips on Getting the Best Bad Credit Loan

Copyright (c) 2009 Liz Roberts Usually, people with bad credit history will apply for sub-prime loans. Bad credit loans has higher interest rates and fees because people that apply to this kind of loans are seen as high risk borrowers. if you are one of them, what can you do? Can you still get a loan that has a reasonable rate despite of your credit score. Loans for Bad Credit – Choosing the Best Different lending companies offer varying loans especially for the bad credit market. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 05:46:14

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