The Jim Treacher Porn Debt Crisis:

America's $15 trillion ticking financial timebomb - and what you can do to defuse it An Iowahawk Special Investigative Report by David Burge ... in considering Mr. Treacher's loan request. Perhaps he didn't have the most spotless credit history [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 20:49:23

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A 90?s Flashback for Commercial Property

Angela Pruitt reports: Commercial property is bracing for a tough time that could morph into a crisis similar in scope to the free ... in history. But with the credit markets in lock-down mode, consumer confidence battered [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 15:40:57

ChexSystems: A Fast Route To Trouble

ChexSystems: A Fast Route To Trouble Not everyone has heard about ChexSystems and, ... , that can be a problem. ChexSystems is a consumer reporting agency, just like Experian, Equifax and TransUnion. Those three are better known, because they report on your credit history and score [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:39:49

One in the Hand, Two in the Bush…

  As our current President is completing his last days in office, it occurred to me that he and I have many things in common ... over the largest economic deficit in history. Have you seen my latest credit card statement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:16:32

Treasury announces bailout plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Normally, financial crises happen because really, really rich people screw up, because they're the ones who have most of the money ... and borrowers with poor credit histories. "Fannie Mae recently reached an agreement [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 08:19:16

Solus ID Interview: SolusID discount code and interview with Rob Berger from Solus ID

Click here to save 10% on Solus ID's Services In this interview, we talked with Rob Berger from Solus ID ... Protection: Your good name, your credit history, your health, your job - all define ... through automotive dealers over three years ago. During one of our annual strategic planning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 19:46:17

from my cold, dead fingers thou shalt pry ...

UPDATE: “Anybody be dissing my girley ass in Missouri gonna gets them an e-vest-ti-ga-tun!” Good lord, Bambi, settle down ... his political-finger-in-the-wind changes aside. Let’s look at his history:(UPDATE: I forgot to credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 23:34:00

FHA Streamline Refinance: Some Changes Effective January 1, 2009

This site is primarily focused on providing information for originators of FHA loans, ... unless the house has lead paint. FHA does not require a credit report, but some lenders may require ... history for the last 12 months (or the length of time the mortgage has been held). HUD’s Credit Alert [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:40:38

Daily Links: Trial by Fire Edition

Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, has a new television show debuting on The History Channel tonight ... , doing so will ding your credit score, but sometimes that’s better than deeper debt. Also, I have first ... you to check out the show! Here’s a YouTube preview: Meanwhile, you folks have been sending me a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 00:00:58

Permanent Link to 306. More incompetence at the VA

306. More incompetence at the VA In the largest breach of its kind in history, on May 3, 2006, ... for free credit monitoring for veterans. And the cost to avoid this mess? Nothing but a little common ... information, dates of military service, and claims data [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:57:43

Consumed by Consumerism

The market is talked of as a neutral impersonal force that must be unquestionably followed, rather than as a human creation driven by a particular view of life. If there is demand ... s history. But then again, Ireland owes 3.1 billion on credit cards.After reading this, my first thought [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:25:00

Free Credit Reports Through the Generations, Part I

Finances are something that often change dramatically over a lifetime ... no matter what stage of our life we are in is our credit report. Once we begin our lives as consumers making financial decisions, the history of these decisions is played out on our credit report [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 17:19:20

Latest News in Credit History and Jobs - Jan 09, 2009

Israel Bombs Gaza, Hamas Fires Rockets After UN Cease-Fire Vote - Bloomberg 9 Jan 2009 at 4:25am Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) ... for an immediate cease-fire. The Council voted … Credit crisis prompts Toyota leadership shuffle: report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:56:20

Focus Of Financial Meltdown Blame Shifts To Barney Frank (D-MA)

FRANK-LY DISGRACEFULCongressman's Key Meltdown Role Increasingly Clear*** NEW: ... loans to people with poor credit histories in the name of "social justice". Frank was at the very [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 19:12:00

College Loan Refinance

College Loan Refinance div style=’float: right; width: 100px; padding: 5px; margin: 5px; background-color: #FFFFCC; ... strategy is to have a good credit history. Refinancing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:45:49

We Need to Encourage Growth, Not Growth Killers

Harvey Golub, former chairman and CEO of American Express, ... , people without sufficient documented income or employment history and little or no savings or credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 14:41:44

Real Estate: Buying your first home.

Wondering about buying your first home? Are you ready to move up or down-size??? Have you heard they aren’t making loans any more? ... ???.. In simple terms Lenders want: Stable work history; Two years Employment in the same field is considered ... . Good credit; your credit score needs to be 620 or higher, in most but not all cases. FHA [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 16:00:42

Senators: credit scores shouldn’t determine insurance rates.

A person’s financial history should not determine how much they pay for auto insurance, say three south central Senators. “If you have a low credit score you pay a higher amount,” said Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau ... it so insurance companies could not set premiums based on credit scores. She is co-sponsoring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:01:51

behold the power of berube

michael berube has proof that his return to blogging single-bloggedly elected obama as president: seriously: if you look at the polling history, ... like this.and here we thought we got the credit. addendum: be sure to check out berube's report on how [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 01:13:03

How Can Lawsuit Funding May Help To Avoid A Bad Credit

Many lawsuit plaintiffs have financial troubles while they wait for a settlement problem that could make more low their credit level . Credit reports are piled up by firms named credit bureaus that get reports directly from lenders about their customers paying practices. Founded on a debtors history of paying bills and the amount of debt the man has , credit bureaus go with a credit score for each man . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 13:20:28

Cash In On Bailouts With Index Trading

by Doug West President Bush has been on the TV a lot lately. Too late for him to go down in history as a good president, but we will give him credit ... suggested an interest in nationwide economic activity. At that time, Smith hoped to obtain a contract [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 10:44:08

Consumer Reviews Cell Phone Camera

Using Google as a research aide for her thesis on money laundering was a common occurrence of one individual law school student ... to another party. Not only are the user's keystrokes and browsing history examined in this type ... of the program, such has tracking credit card data. Anti-spyware programs that are kept updated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:04:49

Pressure's on for Barack to beat the blues

Pressure's on for Barack to beat the blues POSTED January 15, 2009 | 12:05 AM 'Contagion of happiness' Washingtonians, beware: ... . A combination of cold weather, holiday credit card bills and broken New Year’s resolutions ... that although history holds this Monday as a sad one, Barack Obama’s inauguration and his message of hope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:55:07

Suze Orman’s Free Book - Fixing Your Finances in 2009

Barack Obama’s speech warning of devastating unemployment levels and a lengthy recession was no surprise to most Americans ... into the history behind the economic downturn, the book has 7 main sections: Credit Retirement Investing Saving ... to do this year. For example, the general Credit advice for 2009 is: Make it a priority to pay off your credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:29:00

Carter Has NEW Book on Middle East

You got to give Jimmy Carter some credit, he may have been the worst president in American History but almost 30 years after since he left the Presidency he is still diligently working to screw [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 02:10:11

Houses, Credit Reports, Lenders….ACK!

Wondering about buying your first home? Are you ready to move up or down-size? Have you heard they aren’t making loans any more? ... terms Lenders want: *Stable work history; Two years Employment in the same field is considered ... your needs. *Good credit; your credit score needs to be 620 or higher, in most but not all cases. FHA [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 12:00:06

Why banks shouldn't be given government help.

Banks are the property of their shareholders, and may act in accordance with the best interests of their shareholders in mind ... of my payment history. I have never missed a payment. When you pull up a TransUnion credit report ... from a bank recently. You may have heard about banks calling in lines of credit. Essentially [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 19:18:31

How To Find Out If Your Bank Is Next In Line To Fail

18 banks have gone under so far this year. But how do you know if yours will be next? ... this year amid the ongoing credit crisis. With total assets of $5.1 billion and total deposits ... in U.S. history, reaching all the way back to 1934, U.S. News & World Report said at the time. That begs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:00:40

CASINO WALL STREET

Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt to Encapsulate All of Modern Economic History ( ... The Vast Matrix of Models of Mind-stuff” we abide in. ~~~ “Credit-default swaps… have become mainly side ... the United States government will go bust.” -Michael Lewis & David Einhorn in How to Repair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:28:11

Time for a Taxpayers Revolt

Congress will be voting this week on the biggest give-away of our tax dollars to the financial sector in our nation’s history ... , many are skeptical as to whether the bailout will even restore confidence – and credit – to the banking system. As one report notes, “Doubts remain as to how it could immediately thaw the frozen money [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 01:05:28

Polaroid PoGo camera: Big, boxy, lots of fun

(Credit: Polaroid) People are still lamenting the passing of Polaroid Instant Film into history, but thanks to technology featured in its tiny portable PoGo printer launched in 2008, the company is offering a new shoot-and-print option: the Polaroid PoGo Instant Digital Camera. And despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:36:00

La. looking at carbon credits

| Sourced From Theadvertiser.com |NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana, scene of one of the biggest environmental reconstruction projects in U.S. history, could become a major player in emerging cap-and-trade markets by selling “carbon credits” tied to the restoration of its Mississippi River delta.At least that’s the hope of Republican Gov. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:00:25

Improving Your Odds of Getting Approved for a Mortgage

by Troy Cruz William Engle Dawn Khoury James Nissen Robert Hill Chris Laning Janet Taylor Jack Enders Bruce Gross Rick Bean Keith Wood Ray Johnson ... on what your financial history is like. If you aren’t sure what it is, get a copy of your credit score and your credit report. Banks look at your credit report and score to determine what their risk is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:30:22

Dow plunges 679 for 6th triple-digit loss in a row

A runaway train of a sell-off turned the anniversary of the stock market peak into one of the darkest days in Wall Street history Thursday, ... closed at its record high of 14,164. Since that day, frozen credit, record foreclosures, cascading job [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 03:11:14

Barack Obama credited with saving all lives in NYC Hudson River jetliner crash!

.The greatest  President      in history Barack Obamasaves every life in HudsonRiver plane crash!by Dink T ... ,was too busy trying to hog the credit for saving the passengers.Sullenberger made no mention ... reporting for T.M.M.C.F.O.W. in New York City..Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Barack [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:27:22

Insanity?

Bruce Bartlett with a brief history of tax rebates.Back in 1957, ... , it's possible that the prospect of a tax credit for employment will encourage businesses to lay off ... particularly how Obama's proposed tax cuts are really just rebates without the check. I don't believe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:41:00

Merida: Dance Performance On The Square

Merida is a city that struts its dichotomous historic center, its’ ancient Mayan history dominated by the Spanish Conquest; ... trying to warn the people not to take on credit card debt and to prepare for “la crises economica” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:04:43

Van Jones Testifies on Green Collar Jobs, Makes Complicated Things Seem Simple

I’ve written about how much of a relief it is that adults have been put back in charge of our energy policy ... will be in the history books. 100 years from now students will study this Congress, and they will ask ... on credit cards. Lets get back to building rather than borrowing in the United States. … [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:26:25

The 7 Keys To Professionally Selling Your Website Business.

The 7 Keys To Professionally Selling Your Website Business ... . Organized financial statements and good history of statistics like visitors to the site, conversion ... . Particularly in today’s economic climate and tight credit environment, sellers shouldbe more willing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:04:55

Eagles stun Giants to advance to 2008 NFC Championship Game.

Donovan McNabb will get another chance to chase that elusive Super Bowl title. Eli Manning threw away his opportunity to defend it ... to get something done, get a spark to make a big play, that’s when we didn’t do our best,” Manning said. Credit ... in the air, and also helped skew the score: This was the first game in NFL history to finish 23-11 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 02:56:22

Pitts to Bush: Live Long So History Can Judge You

As usual, Leonard Pitts nails it in his column today in the Miami Herald: Dear President Bush: I am glad you are, at 62, ... . History, it is implied, will say you were a far better president than we ever gave you credit ... returning to it, reminding us how Harry Truman left office not much more beloved than [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:36:17

Arizona?

For all the fun we’ve had at Jim Mora’s expense over the years, he still gets credit for uttering the single most resonant comment about the National Football League in its storied history. “You don't know. You just don't know. You may think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:32:30

New poll gives Obama high marks

New poll gives Obama high marks A new Associated Press poll has some good news for President-elect Barack Obama ... improve. –61 percent believe Bush will go down in history as a below average or poor president ... determined to use all its powers to get the credit markets unfrozen and people back to work. The language [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:06:51

Sundance Review: Tyson

I don’t think I’ve been awake at 8:30 in the morning more than 7 days over the course of the last year ... t the uncensored expose that I naively believed it might be. I realized this fact during the opening credit ... . The film is a look at the life of one of the most famous fighters in Boxing History, as told through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:10:40

Is Nortel a Victim of the Global Financial Crisis?

Some would paint Nortel as a company that was on the verge of making a big turn around, but was blindsided by the financial crisis ... at its earnings history. I dug through old Nortel annual reports and tried to resolve all the inconsistencies ... . If only the credit markets were in better shape, Nortel wouldn’t have been forced [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:08:00

Obama's daughter: 'Better be good'

Obama's daughter: 'Better be good' The words of the president-elect's daughter speak of a moment in history. Posted January 16, 2009 7:30 PM ... today and secured an interview days before that inauguration. Credit King for eliciting words many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:30:09

Bush and the War in Iraq

George W. Bush does not get the credit he deserves for keeping our nation safe from terrorism since 9/11 ... disappointment.’For many historians -- not allowing a little history to pass before rendering judgment -- this makes him a ‘failed president.’ In a 2006 survey of 744 history professors, 82 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:39:00

Credit Card Fraud–How to Protect Yourself

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . This week, Albert Gonzalez was charged with involvement in the biggest case of credit/debit card data theft in United States history. Federal prosecutors allege that he was part of a group of hackers that seized access to 130 million credit and debit accounts. This is a startling number and a good reminder of the importance of protecting account information. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-20 18:57:27

Guest Post by Miriam Lyons: What does an Obama win mean for Australia?

Director of the Centre for Policy Development Miriam Lyons writes: Barack Obama’s victory represents a watershed in American history, ... with the Green Jobs Act, and elements of the President-elect’s energy and environment policies look ... on cheap credit.” But the days of easy credit are over, Obama said, “because there is too much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 10:04:25

The Inauguration Day Drinking Game

What good are momentous events in our nation’s history if we can’t use them as an excuse to get hammered and make some bad decisions? ... hippie. Jesse Jackson takes credit for Obama’s campaign. A Fox News correspondent speaks in hushed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:10:44

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