Weekend Reading: August 24, 2008

I’m going to keep this round up nice and short since my family isn’t doing so well with cold and fever running rampant ... closer before forming your opinion. Credit Report Versus Credit Score at Free From Broke – A nice primer that distinguishes credit report from credit score. 4 Things That We Can Do to Fix Our National [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 04:31:38

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How To Fix Your Credit Score

One of ten Americans face the problem of having terrible credit scores or credit reports. If your one of them and are searching for a program to repair your credit, and are a few good solutions for you to look into. Post Excerpt from: BecomingWhoYouWantToBe . Click "read article" to see complete version. Looking for more information on business, success and careers? Visit our affiliate sites: Health Wealth & Happiness and Finding My Passion in Life . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 21:35:41

If It's My Credit Report, Why Can't I Fix It Or Always Have It For Free?

For all the concerns people have about internet search, privacy and "all that info Google knows about us," ... -- it's just some company that chooses to report my credit history without my consent or cooperation. Nevertheless ... , to see the actual number listed, I'd need to request a copy of my credit report, and that would [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:34:10

Recognizing a Credit Repair Scam

by David Wada Companies target consumers with poor credit histories all the time, making promises to fix their credit report so they can get their dream car, a bigger home, health ... is, these companies cannot deliver an improved credit report using the ‘unique’ tactics they promote [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:06:09

Time For the Experian Credit Check

You get a free credit report once a year from http://www.annualcreditreport.com ... .  I just ran my Experian Credit Check and they had 3 minor errors.  So I’m off to dispute them now.  My credit report will still be horrible after the two fixes but it’s just nice to limit the damage as much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 01:47:49

Credit Repair Agencies - is it a scam ?

It is important to have a good credit history in difficult economy.  It is especially important if you are buying or refinancing a house ... fix for creditworthiness.  You can improve your credit report legitimately, but it takes time ... is that negative, yet legitimate info can stay on your credit report for 7-10 years, under federal law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:36:53

Beware of Credit Repair Scams

2009 may go down as the year when more Americans resolve to fix their credit than at any time in history – because high scores are now a requisite ... of finding errors is high. In fact, one in four credit reports contain errors. These include data entry ... on credit card debt, so want to feel very certain that you're going to pay them back before they [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:55:48

Thinking of credit repair? Think twice

You’ve probably heard ads promising to fix bad credit ... that deceptively claim they can remove negative information from consumers’ credit reports, even ... to the FTC’s brochure titled Credit Repair: How to Help Yourself, here’s how to tell if the company [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 12:06:26

Is Credit Repair for you?

My take on credit repair is this: there’s no quick fix solution and those who say differently are selling something ... on your credit report, whether valid or not, or creating a new credit profile It is important ... . It takes time, a conscious effort, and a serious personal repayment plan to increase your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 12:46:32

Fix Your Life In 2009

24 ways to fix your life in 2009 From credit reports to skin care and college tuition to high heels, it’s all here. Friday, January 02, 2009Whew!Last year at this time, we were wondering if it could get any worse.It did. Trouble in the subprime market exploded into an across-the-board rout. The credit crunch evolved into a global financial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 18:44:41

Becoming a Subprime Society

From MarketWatch: Foreclosures could top 8 million: ... to a recent report. Credit Suisse’s fixed-income research team forecast that 8.1 million mortgages ... Credit Suisse More than 8 million mortgages could go into foreclosure in coming years in the wake [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 11:35:04

All You Wanted to Know of Bad Credit

Martin Henderson is in a fix these days. Because of his failure to repay a loan he had taken a few years back, ... . If not, then they report the matter to the credit reference agencies. Credit reference agencies ... he has been adjudged as a bad credit case. And, in spite of much effort, he has not been able [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 04:58:12

Considering Credit Counseling?

by Rob Kosberg Although repairing your own credit is highly recommended, it is sometimes beyond what you believe to be our capability ... questions. You’re going to want to find out how the process may affect your credit report, debt ... you will find an abundance of agencies with magical sounding claims about fixing your credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:38:53

Fix Your Bad Credit

Lately, have you heard from a friend or from a family member that nowadays, ... points or more in their credit scores as reported by each of the three major credit bureaus. 54 ... it's pretty much alarming that there are already a numerous cases of bad credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 14:03:00

Random Weekend Reader

SINCE I’M BROKE and the economy has been tanking I’ve been perusing a lot of economics blogs ... , ways to avoid medical bankruptcy, and how to write letters to fix your credit report. Cons: many [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 00:46:18

How to Fix Bad Credit and Reduce Stress

All of us have made financial mistakes at one point or another; after all, we are only human. However, the trick here is to not live with the problems that come along when you have bad credit any longer than necessary.All information, regardless if it is good or bad, will stay on your credit report ... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 19:17:09

Update: who is going into foreclosure?

How do we help people in foreclosure? Or, is the question still, do we help people in foreclosure ... delinquent again within 10 months, according to a Credit Suisse report. A couple of disturbing numbers ... has proved hard to fix: Falling home prices: More than 23 percent of home owners with a mortgage owe [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:41:47

Alaska News Nightly: October 22, 2008

Aleutian waters may have claimed 11 lives and a 92-foot fishing vessel overnight. Search teams have found debris and a body, but no survivors so far ... t meet its credit guidelines. In Juneau, some home buyers can’t get credit and that’s hurting the real estate industry and others. Department of Law to report on fuel price-fixing investigation Dave [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 01:55:34

All About Collateralized Mortgage Obligations, Known As CMOs.

By Marcel Ford In much of this unique world of financial instruments such as MTNs, CMOs and BGs, ... declining market. This is a portion of a detailed eighteen page report covering every aspect ... and notable yield advantages over other better known fixed-income securities of comparable credit quality [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 06:02:03

Information trickle down

UPDATE: 7:45PM NZDT:ODT reporting:ANZ and National Bank have announced they are dropping their fixed-term mortgage rates ahead of the next Official ... fall in line with what the RBNZ does on 29 January.-- UPDATE ENDS RNZ reporting that the S&P credit rating downgrade has affected our dollar. I have always said that credit rating agencies will trigger [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:43:00

Should a Venture Capitalist be Head of the SBA?

I was starting to get really impressed with President Elect Obama’s cabinet choices ... doesn’t provide credit access to enough small businesses. So my question is: how will we fix ... States, according to the MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:43:15

Recession Gets Worse - The Fix Won’t Kill Ya

Recessions have a ripple effect on countries. Problems that start in one sector quickly spread to another ... and the real estate bubble, is now affecting job (the highest unemployment level in 16 years), credit ... released a report today highlighting the crisis. Here’s the key finding: Nationally, to maintain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:08:39

MortgageNewsClips: Catching Fraud, HSH on Fixed Rate, Super Human, Stephanie Pomboy, Reverses Go Live, Tom Brown, Mod Section 6 links, FDIC Highlights, Accounting

Discussing Loan Reviews with Andy Hall  - John Clapp - MortgageOrb chats with Andy Hall, ... that it will take consumers at least five years - and probably more - to recover from the credit crisis ... Oversight Panel’s First Report: Unfortunately, Just What We Expected  Elizabeth Warren seems determined [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 12:53:02

Posts about Condo Reports as of January 14, 2009

Rockwell Village: Wrong Project, Wrong time. Wrong Market. - ocono ... to hide away while they rehabilitate their credit report. Enter … to a market that just doesn’t exist ... .com 01/13/2009 Sarcasm Shooter set to Kill: One thing that will certainly fix our ailing economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:37

Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS

Security Vulnerability Found in Safari RSS Tuesday January 13, 2009 12:10 PM EST Written by Eric Slivka ... browser until Apple issues a patch. Mastenbrook, who has received credit from Apple for reporting a number of security issues over the past year, says that Apple has not given a timeframe for a fix [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:10:59

Finance - Books on Personal Loans

by Jorg Maurer Personal loans and all the terminology that goes with it can make your head spin after awhile ... issues including fixing up homes, then this book will give you calibre information in both areas ... , there have been a couple of which yield we report upon how to compensate off debt, together with credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:40:29

Islamic Bonds Issuance Suffered Drop of 56 Percent in 2008, Following Confusion Over Shariah Laws, Impact of Credit Crunch

The value of Sukuk, or islamic fixed-income securities, issued last year tumbled 56 percent last year to $14.9 billion, according to a report by Standard and Poor's. Sukuk have emerged over the past three ... from the fallout in global credit markets, the increase in borrowing costs and the subsequent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:41:20

Fixing the Unemployment Outlook

by The Mogambo Guru Mish Shedlock at globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com has looked at the latest Z1 Flow of Funds report, and found that "$7 ... !), PLUS give me a tax credit (which is cash in my pocket!) for, oh, say, 10% of what I spent, as a sort [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:04:08

Britain fails the Crockery Shop Rule in Iraq

There are various versions of the Crockery Shop (or Pottery Barn) test but the essence is: If you break it, you own it ... , credit should go to President Bush for rejecting two years ago the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study ... had entered Iraq we had a responsibility to fix the chaos that ensued. Portillomichaelst Former [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 07:13:00

Toyota: Credit Not Responsible For Current Sales Slump, But Please Hurry Up And Fix! [Toyota Sales]

Jim Lentz, Toyota's US sales chief, told the Detroit News yesterday that consumer financing isn't their challenge right now; rather, ... out of showrooms. As the report notes, though, consumer confidence isn't an easy ship to right once it begins ... are visiting his showroom just to look around, convinced that they're not able to obtain a loan. "Many [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 14:00:00

Don't Blame the Internet

Credit: Technology ReviewLast year, after the social-networking site MySpace found that its members included some 29,000 registered sex offenders, the nation's top state prosecutors demanded a technological fix, asking that the industry "explore ... to any significant degree," says the report, written by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:44:00

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

Bing ads to warn of online scams

Microsoft on Tuesday began serving up scam warnings with Bing search results for topics such as fixing credit scores or rescue from home foreclosure that are prime material for online cons.Microsoft worked with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Postal Inspection Service, and Western Union to provide public service announcements (PSAs) in the form of advertising posted on relevant Bing results pages.“We believe this program can help fight back against scams by reminding consumers to exercise [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 05:21:31

Michael Moore: Interview of “Capitalism: A Love Story”

Thanks to Radical Eyes for suggesting this interview, which appeared on Democracy Now, and is available in audio.Guest: Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker. His latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, opened in New York and Los Angeles yesterday. It opens nationwide on October 2nd.JUAN GONZALEZ: It was a year ago today when President George W. Bush gave a primetime address urging Americans to support the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 16:29:27

Washington - Distracted Drivers Are a Safety Hazard on King County Highways

During Wednesday morning’s commute an off duty trooper observed an erratically driven BMW passenger car in the northbound lanes of SR-167 in Auburn.The off duty trooper reported the vehicle as he was certain the driver was impaired as he was watching him for over 3 miles drift in and out of his lane, driving on the shoulder, and at times taking up 2 lanes of travel. It turned out that the driver hadn’t had a drop of alcohol, but instead was reading the daily newspaper while driving to his destination. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:19:06

Real Estate Investing – Why And How

In the world of Globalization, everybody wants to make investments for varieties of reasons like to secure his future, for his family or may be for more success and wealth. Now the investments options available are stocks, bonds, gold, bank certificates and deposits offering easy and good returns. These options are quite simple to make; just visit them, give your funds and you’re sorted out; however Investments in Real estate are little bit complicated to understand. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 23:17:46

Is Obama Fulfilling ACORN’s Agenda?

Here is a copy of ACORN’s so-called People’s Platform , via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which we first posted back on October 16, 2008 . As is noted below, this platform was updated in 1990 in Chicago, which was just two years before Mr. Obama began to work for the organization via Project Vote and as a trainer for their "power" seminars. Note how many of ACORN’s demands are being accomplished by Mr. Obama since he has assumed office. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 04:00:00

AEI Interns’ Transcripts in Date Order: Their Own First Draft of History

First of all, I want to reemphasize everything Laurie just said. This is not a new threat, and this is not a threat we did not know about. Saddam Hussein has, in many ways, openly dreamed of mass death in the United States. He has shared his dreams with his nation and the world many times. We also know he has actively planned to do so many times, and Laurie’s book is a rather convincing argument that he is active and successfully implemented plans to do so as well. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 08:30:21

Mega Collection of Top Applications (more than 80) - vinay

MEGA SOFTWARE COLLECTION ALSO SEE PAGE-6 CRAZY TALK 5 PRO DFX SOUND ENHANCER V8.403 BIT DEFENDER TOTAL SECURITY 2009 Unlike other security solutions, which rely heavily on a list of pre-existing viruses, BitDefender security solutions use proactive B-HAVE technology that identifies and blocks new and zero-day threats. Additionally, BitDefender Total Security 2009 Systemâ??s maintenance and backup tools keep PCs running at optimal speed and protected from data loss. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:20:53

President Obama And Congressional Liberals Get An ‘F-’ On Economy

The bad economic news keeps rolling in this weekend as we learn a generation of young people may have permanent scars as a result of the failed liberal stimulus bill and its moronic reliance on government jobs programs to lift this nation out of the Great Recession: 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: 2009-09-27 15:27:01

Know the Basics of Buying a Home

When it feels about time to stop renting and time to purchase a home there are a few basic things that you should understand. Here are the steps you will need to take in order to make purchasing a home more than just a dream. First, get a copy of your credit report and clean up your credit record as much as possible. This will help you when it is time to get a loan from the bank. Second, go to your bank. Talk to a loan officer and tell them you want to buy a house. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:52:42

Recent Tweets from the BARN

CLICK HEREto hear parts of these stories inside theBARN’s Morning Ag News with NAFB Broadcaster Brian AllmerNational Ag News for October 1, 2009Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation“September Pork Loses Climb”U.S. hog producers lost around 46-dollars per hog during September. According to experts at Iowa State University, that’s the largest per animal loss in the string of monthly losses that have now gone on for two years. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 11:45:02

Find Out How To Repair Your Poor Credit

by Martha Gonzalez For nearly all people in life the major financial purchases like buying a house or a vehicle require credit. Of course, in order to be approved for credit you must have a decent credit score. Life and finances both tend to be less expensive and much easier when you have a good credit score. But what can you do if your credit score is already shot? There are a few steps that you can take to improve and repair your credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 05:59:50

No surprise here; FBI and likely other federal agencies abuse the use of National Security Letters. Support the JUSTICE Act unless the Republicans can do better.

I have been railing against the Patriot Act (which is anything but) since its passage and I physically protested same back when AG Ashcroft visited Salt Lake City in circa 2003. Numerous provisions of that Act signed into law by the SOB (Son Of a Bush) were and remain egregious. The Patriot Act assailed our rights on so many fronts, not the least of which was broadening the use of National Security Letters (NSL). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 19:56:34

Speak No Bias: The Times Only Concedes ‘Insufficient Tuned-in-ness’

Poor Clark Hoyt. He has the toughest job in journalism. As public editor of the New York Times, it is his job to explain away the Gray Lady’s bias.Whenever the Times doesn’t report a bad-news-for-the-left story or mangles a hit piece on a conservative he’s there to tut-tut, but never under any circumstances will he concede the error is due to political bias.He was tapped this past weekend to explain away the non-coverage of ACORN by the Times. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 07:18:25

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

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

Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change

There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11

Still no plan for fixing billing system for youth in L.A. County detention

Earlier this year, Los Angeles County probation officials vowed to fix their system for billing parents of youth in county detention after county supervisors questioned why the department had mistakenly billed low-income and foster parents. Supervisors gave a group of probation and other county officials three months to propose changes, but six months later the group has yet to present a proposal. Probation officials declared a moratorium on new probation billing Feb. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 22:43:35

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 9/24/2009+

Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series. Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database (SADB) .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps, Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 21:52:00

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