Identity Theft and the Military: U.S. Service People are Prime Targets

As happens each year, this Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11, 2008) the United States honors those who have proudly served their country ... credit reports for a year or even more and take advantage of this lag time, say U.S. Army spokespeople ... loans…and ruining your credit. How it Happens Officials note that a prime target for identity theft [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 06:01:09

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Identity Theft and the Military: U.S. Service People are Prime Targets

As happens each year, this Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11, 2008) the United States honors those who have proudly served their country ... credit reports for a year or even more and take advantage of this lag time, say U.S. Army spokespeople ... loans…and ruining your credit. How it Happens Officials note that a prime target for identity theft [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 06:01:09

PNG budget goes for growth despite financial crisis

The Papua New Guinea Government handed down a PGK7.6 billion (approx.US$3 billion) budget for 2009 yesterday ... and telecommunications. PNG’s Standard and Poor’s credit rating was upgraded in 2007 to B+ for long-term foreign ... impact on service delivery, with anecdotal reports suggesting many districts were unable even to obtain [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 05:44:00

Cheney Defends Torture, Claims Country is Guided by the “Hand of Providence”

Last week, a group of conservative journalists sat down with Vice-President Cheney for a two hour discussion on the last eight years in the White ... not get credit for a lot of things that didn’t happen; or to translate, Cheney is again making the claim ... the country safe in the future. We know, from the Senate Armed Services Committee report releas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 09:56:00

Debt Relief Services

We’ve spent a bit of time here talking about various ways to prepare your finances, in both good times and bad ... of this payoff, the creditor will report to the various credit bureaus that the debt has been paid ... , including a great FAQ on credit card debt consolidation and other debt consolidation programs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 03:59:06

Gas prices sink below $2

By David Goldman and Aaron Smith CNNMoney.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... 9, 2005, the average price of gasoline fell below $2 a gallon, according to a report from motorist group ... . The survey bases its information on credit card swipes from up to 100,000 service stations across the nation [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 15:37:30

Headlines of Interest

Here is a one week snapshot of some recent headlines from local and national media: ... Slump- Credit Options Shrink for Small BusinessTough Budget Forces Hard Choices at UW01/08/2009 ... 01/8/2009 P-I STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES Retailers report dismal December sales 01/8/2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:26:00

Another reason to love Maine

A recent breach report on The Office of Inadequate Security described a mailing error breach involving the Finance Authority of Maine ... our apologies, and offer the credit monitoring service. This being Maine, we also have heard stories [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:46:10

Text messages boom despite credit crunch

With the world poised, balancing precariously on the edge of the recession precipice, mobile messaging it seems, is on the up ... to a recent report from ABI Research, mobile messaging services revenues will grow from $151 billion ... sometimes including hundreds of free texts. We think it’s quite possible this has something [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 10:30:46

Ike's Impact on Local Creditworthiness Minimal

The credit market impact from Ike, the Category 2 hurricane that made landfall Sept. 12 on the southeastern Texas coast, so far is not nearly as severe as the flooding and wind damage suffered in the coastal areas, said Moody’s Investor Services in a special report on the storm’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 19:18:26

Infidels Quagmired!

Just ask the Taliban. News you can use re Afghanistan starts with the Taliban’s report that they slayed more than 5, ... , according to a statement from a spokesman. The wire service more terrorists trust, to its credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 02:08:12

Airline Warning: Lufthansa and AirOne Customer Service Complaint

Lufthansa 747-400 photo credit: alex-s It had to happen. I had to write this post ... check_0471 photo credit: hoyasmeg They emailed me a response that said since I did not report ... my summer voyage to Texas or might recall some positive things I’ve said about Germany’s largest airline [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 05:00:30

Ecosystem Markets Take Off

Image credit: WikipediaEcosystem markets, exchanges of nature's various services, are adding new ... group New Carbon Finance, which released a report on the topic last week. The net worth of the carbon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:46:45

Audit of California Avocado Commission uncovers at least $1.5 million in questionable spending

During the three-year audit period, 18 employees used commission credit cards to pay for purchases including meals, flowers, luxury spa services and clothes from high-end retailers, the report says. Something has been rotten at the state agency behind a splashy $7-million annual marketing blitz on television [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 08:00:00

US colleges likely to feel the pinch

The estimable Chronicle of Higher Education in the US held a shindig earlier this week with Moody’s Investors Service, ... The potential impacts of the combined credit freeze and recession on some colleges and universities ... . The problem with the mess we’re in at the moment, said a Moody’s report, is that it isn’t going to go away [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 16:44:12

Verizon Wireless paid me to take a Storm

Verizon Wireless paid me to take a Storm Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:42 am Categories: General, Wired & Wireless, Mobile, Research In Motion, RIM, ... for renewing. stormscreen.png And a credit of roughly $160 for two months free service ... a month all included. Also see: Lines around corner for BlackBerry Storm Boy Genius Report: The real [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 11:42:10

The Haringey child protection case. Society, family, intervention and social services December 3, 2008

Posted by WorldbyStorm in Social Policy, Society. trackback It’s hard to conceive in our society of an individual series of events that can be much ... services, to an extent that some of us might find hard to credit. And despite this he was murdered. Since the original report by Haringey there has been an Ofsted investigation which have resulted [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 08:02:11

Apple's MobileMe service set to debut

Apple MobileMe box (Credit: Apple) Update at 10:08 a.m. PDT, with clarification on how users' e-mail will be handled ... $99, which is similar to the .Mac price, but purchasers of an iPhone 3G will be able to score a subscription for $69 on Friday, the report notes. [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 18:57:43

IVR (Interactive Voice Response) - A Brief Explanation

IVR (interactive voice response) is a telephony technology that allows users to interact with a database through phone keypad or voice commands ... to do things like check bank balances, manage credit cards, check for store hours or locations, or order ... hours. IVR systems are also used to report non-emergency problems to cable or utility services [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:48:05

Monday Opening Report: San Marzano, River Barrel, Hanci Certified Open, Billy Sunday's Tomorrow

billy%20sundays.jpg Billy Sunday's BBQ Photo Credit 1) ... : A commenter recently remarked on a December plywood report that pizzeria San Marzano had opened on Clinton ... more. They're doing dinner, too, and though the Yelpers were quick to bitch about service kinks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:39:48

Hong Kong Finance chief given report on minibonds saga

Joyce Man, South China Morning Post 01 Jan 2009 The banking and securities regulators handed a report on the minibonds saga to the financial ... , but consist of high-risk credit-linked derivatives. They are marketed as proxy investments in well-known ... products, a spokesman for the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said. He said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:02:26

The COntroversy Begins: Service Woes at Lahey's Newest

co.jpg The Scene Outside Co. on Saturday Night Photo Credit ... , you're not Una Pizza yet Co.; better get that act together. From the comments:"Last night ... reports to see if Lahey has smoothed it all out. · Monday Opening Report: Co. ~E~ · All Co Coverage ~E~ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:58:00

The retail crash bodes ill for services

This is bad any way you slice it: Retail sales plunged far more than expected in December, a record sixth straight monthly decline as consumers were battered by a recession, a severe credit ... of the housing slowdown continued to seep into the local economy. According to a report Tuesday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:06:15

No Costs Are Fixed

My first year in business was bewildering. The various services necessary to run a business took some effort to figure out and pull off at the right time. Insurance, credit card processors, telephone and Internet, payroll and accounting, and even ... guys handled. A smart company has IT report to finance because techies are like kids in a candy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:00

bmi Launches In-Flight Voice Communication Without Voice

We’ve just heard how Delta is ready to launch it’s WiFi service across its fleet and it looks like they aren’t the only ones to launch ... threat of credit and debit fraud, for the first time consumers can now use a...MOTOTRBO Digital Two-Way ... . Will bmi offer full voice support in the future? WiFi? We’ll be there to report it! via Engadget [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 02:41:45

China Yeepay (Ease Pay) suffers large-scale hacker attack

Yeepay (Easy Pay), the leading e-payment service in China, confirmed that starting at 4:20 pm on January 14th, ... the site. The attack was reported to the Beijing Public Security Bureau and a suspect is currently ... . The challenge is that many of them don’t have traditional bank accounts or credit cards, so monetizing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:46:25

US-MIDEAST: Media Eyeless in Gaza at Key Moment

By Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib | Inter Press Service The death toll in Gaza topped 700 Wednesday, including at least 219 children and 89 women, medical authorities said. Credit alestinian Centre for Human RightsWASHINGTON, Jan 7 (IPS ... wing were killed by Israeli ground forces, threatened the ceasefire, its report was carried by only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:28:00

US-MIDEAST: Media Eyeless in Gaza at Key Moment

By Jim Lobe and Ali Gharib | Inter Press Service The death toll in Gaza topped 700 Wednesday, including at least 219 children and 89 women, medical authorities said. Credit alestinian Centre for Human RightsWASHINGTON, Jan 7 (IPS ... wing were killed by Israeli ground forces, threatened the ceasefire, its report was carried by only [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 10:50:29

A Step-By-Step Guide to Getting Your (Actually) Free Credit Report without Accidentally Signing Up For Extras: Part One – TransUnion

Those songs from a certain misleading ad campaign sure are catchy – and I don’t just mean that their melodies are hooky and infectious. The main catch from this supposed freebie website  (which shall not be named so as not to introduce any possible confusion with the only FTC authorized vendor of free annual credit reports) is that while the credit report is free, the “credit monitoring” service certainly isn’t.Aand it’s no walk in the park to cancel it either. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-27 10:54:03

FreeCreditReport.com Review: Not a Free Credit Report

Have you heard of those commercials on TV that talk about “free” credit reports? These services, such as FreeCreditReport.com are *not* truly free. They offer free trials for a limited time (usually 7 days) but they’re actually paid subscription services after the intro period is over. They’re in the business of credit monitoring and tracking your credit standing. Image by Andre Rolim/Getty Images These services exist to help us keep an eye on our credit reports. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 04:01:28

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

Keywords That Will Power Your PPC Campaign

by Brian Basch The Secret to a Good PPC Campaign is choosing the best group of keywords ... when they are looking for these goods and services. They might type “free credit report” or “credit card offers” ... credit” may be attempting to find out ways to get a credit report, ways to improve personal credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 13:17:55

Taking Advantage Of A Credit Legal Repair Service

by William Blake When it comes to restoring credit reports, there can seem to be nothing more important at that present moment ... on your credit report that does not belong then it is certainly time to take action. Generally your basic credit report repair service will be able to assist you but if they cannot, then there are other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:42:48

Finding The Right Credit Repair Service

If you're dealing with bad credit, you know that it can be really difficult to get a loan ... score. A credit repair service starts by looking at your credit report. Once they see ... to lenders and others who use your credit report to determine your trustworthiness will pay close attention [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:51:20

Interesting Reads 26 Sep 2009

Here is a video of Buffet praising a Chinese suit company I found this week. I thought this was pretty interesting because it looks like Buffet doesn’t wear any other suits these days, so their suits must be really good or at least really good value for money. On to some other great posts this week: Savings Account Rates: The Latest on High Returns @ The Digerati Life Credit Monitoring Services check your credit report @ The Smarter Wallet Understanding Marginal Tax Rates @ M is [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 14:05:47

Beware of Bogus Credit Repair Companies!

So-called “credit repair” companies claim they can remove negative information from credit reports. Advertising as “Credit Advisors,” “Credit Rating Correction Services” or “Credit Consultants,” they trumpet variations on this message: “Turned down because of bad credit? We can help!” Many [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 15:21:10

Beware of Bogus Credit Repair Companies!

So-called “credit repair” companies claim they can remove negative information from credit reports. Advertising as “Credit Advisors,” “Credit Rating Correction Services” or “Credit Consultants,” they trumpet variations on this message: “Turned down because of bad credit? We can help!” Many [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 09:25:07

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