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Date: 2008-10-24 10:46:08

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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

Trump - a (late-20th century) American icon

Donald Trump will go kicking and screaming into the new American "culture of austerity" that was thrust upon us all last month. Throughout the two-decade long credit bubble, the New York real estate developer ... according to this WSJ report: Donald Trump's tallest construction project ever is facing some tall [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 21:42:00

How Steven Spielberg Handles the Credit Crisis

WSJ colleague Lauren A.E. Schuker reports: The global credit crisis has roiled the country, but in Hollywood the stars are still spending ... wrote a $26.5 million check this week to Paramount Pictures. speilberg0115_DV_20090116105743.jpg ... it wanted to take from Paramount to the new company–hence the $26.5 million check Mr. Spielberg just signed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:14:23

It’s Not Even Logical Anymore In New York

A report from Metro New York. “Mayor Michael Bloomberg outlined a local stimulus plan Thursday intended to ease the burdens of the economic crisis ... of the Hamptons have been hit even harder by the sinking economy and credit crisis than [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 16:15:50

Maybe Someday We Can Be Like That

Wow. Europeans actually have elected officials who look out for their privacy interests! ... allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card ... Ocean. The potential agreement, as outlined in an internal report obtained by The New York Times [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 10:59:03

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

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

Bill Would Make Ratings Agencies Share Liability

A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies — which have been widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning of the risks in subprime mortgage securities that triggered the financial crisis — responsible for each other’s assessments by holding them collectively liable for inaccuracies.The Associated Press reported that a new draft bill by the lawmaker, Representative Paul Kanjorski, a Pennsylvania Democrat, includes a plan meant to address what critics contend is [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 09:07:48

Avoiding ID Theft and Credit Fraud

Avoiding ID Theft and Credit Fraud Article excerpted from the new book, "How to Do Space Age Work with a Stone Age Brain" TM copyright 2004, ... these credit bureaus remove your name from their lists: TRW (800) 353-0809, Equifax (800) 219-1251 and TransUnion (800) 241-2858. Once a year carefully check out your free credit report from Experian [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 09:00:08

9 Million Identities stolen in US each year - $49.3 Billion in losses vs. $17.6 Billion for all other forms of property crime

There are new rules that any company that offers any form of credit has to comply with for reporting identity theft incidents ... against individual's for theft - violent or not. Its kind of interesting - the FTC reports identity ... . The rules stem from FACTA - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act. In some sense [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 11:15:18

Tribune Company Weighing Bankruptcy

Tribune Company is considering whether to file for bankruptcy, according to several news reports out today ... how seriously Tribune is considering bankruptcy, according to a cautiously written report in The New ... . has cash and could draw on an existing line of credit with its senior lenders to pay Monday's bill [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 20:57:31

Credit Defaults Swaps Peg Corporate Bond Risk at Record Levels

As the prospects for the economy deteriorate, the cost of default protection on corporate bonds hit a new high ... van den Broek, the Amsterdam-based head of credit strategy at ING Groep NV, wrote in a report today ... , a Munich-based credit strategist at UniCredit SpA, Italy’s biggest bank. “There is fear in the market.” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 19:46:01

N.J. man learns modifying mortgage to cut payments may impair credit rating

by Moe Bedard on September 29, 2009 · 0 commentsin American Nightmare To confuse consumers even more, not all lenders follow the guidelines.That may change on November 1, when lenders can use a new code to report them as a “loan modification under government program.” The code will clarify which borrowers have taken modifications, but because the modification process itself is not streamlined, it won’t be the only worm squiggling out of the can.The bigger impact on credit scores may depend on how [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:48:05

Security

"The ultimate security is your understanding of reality." -H ... Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reports that identity theft happens to nearly 10 million ... either by new credit cards being opened under your name or thieves gaining access to existing [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 05:48:00

Europe Backs Super Grids

Wind boost: This wind farm in Galicia, Spain, is among the developments that make Spain the largest wind-power producer in Europe ... . A new link between Spain and France will help. Credit: Arnejohs Last month ... networks," the EC report says, and "there is little strategic planning" between nations to build [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:26:00

Widespread Mortgage Refinance (Good Credit Doesn’t Pay)

Mine won’t be one of the three million mortgages expected to get a new deal via The Bailout ... , to have the right numbers on our credit report. AND a month later when every headline ... , and took the best mortgage deal we could get. Who Wouldn’t Take an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? Because [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:35:53

The Early Bird: September 18, 2008

Central Banks Announce $180 Billion Credit Line To Encourage Lending In a move aimed at easing a worldwide credit crunch, the U.S ... of central banks that will, in turn, provide new lines of credit to firms who would otherwise face ... will no doubt take some lumps today following an AP report that notes he's never visited or held official [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 14:14:03

If It Stops Moving, Subsidize It

Naturally, now that government plans to intervene in the economy with a massive stimulus package, everyone wants their “fair” share. Robert D ... that wouldn’t be there otherwise.  A new report by the Information Technology and Innovation ... grid. And a Silicon Valley petition calls for a tax credit for companies that spend more than 80 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:15:11

Data Mining and Credit Profiling: How Lenders Lure You to Borrow

Although responsibility for every penny of debt ultimately rests with the borrower, ... the Fair Credit Reporting Act. But Equifax and its rivals started offering new sets of unregulated [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 12:00:54

Downgrades of European Real Estate Companies More Likely

The European real estate sector’s business model resilience and companies’ financial policies will be tested over the coming months,  Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says in a new Industry Report Card. In the context of lower investor ... . Technorati Tags: credit-ratings, European real estate, standard-and-poors [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:24:08

What’s the minimum you can survive on?

What’s the minimum amount of money that someone living in Britain needs? ... it up). This is provided through Pension Credit, and the research found that universal services from free bus ... The new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, “A Minimum Income Standard for Britain“ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 08:10:23

GM, Ford Death Watch

Fortune is reporting GM plunges 31% as outlook dims Investors cast a shocking vote of no confidence in the future of U.S. automakers Thursday ... a new report by Global Insight that shows U.S. auto sales hitting recession levels this year ... is coming back to haunt them. Lenders dramatically cut standards for credit worthiness at the beginning [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 05:40:52

New Year’s Round Up

1. Hidden Gem:  MoneyGrubbingLawyer.  Professional presentation, well-written with a wicked sense of humour, ... , of course, featured prominently in an auditor general’s report only last year.  The meltdown got reported ... on the mainland.  The credit crunch.  The auditor general’s repeated warnings about government finances built [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:13:00

New Year’s Financial Resolutions

Guest Post by Dara DuguayEach year, the most popular New Year’s Resolutions usually alternate between losing weight and getting one’s finances under ... report and affect your credit history.4. Contribute the maximum to a retirement savings plan ... , come with fees and interest rate charges that are usually higher than your credit card purchases [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 05:34:00

Understanding Sun's Business - Q1 Results

We announced our earnings today, and put specifics around our preannouncement from a week ago ... , which reflected a dramatic slowing in the US and Europe, and the effects the credit crisis is having ... for investors and analysts, we've added a new management report to our quarterly updates [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 21:46:37

Second, and Possibly Third, Stimulus on the Way as Unemployment Poses Next Major Hurdle for the Economy

With gross domestic product plummeting and the jobless rate at a 14-year high, U.S ... have been reluctant to admit that this cycle, unlike 1998’s credit crisis, is imbedded in the real economy ... send you an important new report for free: “The Three Best Investments in Asia.” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 15:23:47

NH’s Attorney General’s Resolutions

NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS SOME NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSUMERS TO CONSIDER ... IS TO PROTECT PERSONAL INFORMATION, FROM CREDIT CARDS TO DRIVER’S LICENSES. HER OFFICE IS PROVIDING TIPS ON GETTING A FREE COPY OF YOUR CREDIT REPORT, STAYING SAFE ONLINE, FOILING PHONE FRAUDSTERS - AND EVEN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:43:47

It is soooo coold.. brr. Post Roundup

YEAH! Its melting Creative Commons License photo credit: *Micky The past few days have been extremely cold here in Minnesota, ... With Good Ones Time To Chck Your Annual Credit Report! Problems with Gift Receipts? Debt? What Debt? Mortgage Refinance Rates Continue to Fall The New Frugal Forum @ frugalhacks.com Free Advice [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:21:15

Thoughts on Geithner tax-gate

TIM GEITHNER'S mangling of his tax returns earlier this decade, the New York Times reports, ... to do so. (Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:10:21

Obama campaign may have received $63,000,000 in illegal foreign donations

For a while now, we've known that the Obama campaign deliberately disregarding address and security-code verification that would have ensured that online credit card donations were being made in compliance with election laws. Now, a new report ... . And the thing is, it's just so obvious. For example:Someone named Good Will from Austin, Texas [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 19:57:00

U.S. TREASURY TO EXTEND BAILOUT TO INSURERS

The Treasury Department is working on ways to broaden its $700 billion bank rescue program to help insurance companies that are a critical backstop ... said. Treasury is worried that insurance companies, many of which report earnings next week, could face similar fates as American International Groupas the credit crisis worsens, triggering a new [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 22:04:39

Opportunity For Beginning New In Life

by katie George It is not surprising that more and more people are making payment faults as they continue to spend beyond their earnings ... up to 15 years. Take out your credit report and check it for any misrepresentation of the payments ... to financial mess as well. However, bad credit loans can fund their variety of needs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:27:14

U.S. Banks Refuse to Detail How They’re Spending Federal Bailout Money

After receiving hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded federal bailout money, the biggest U.S ... up right now, and we’ll send you an important new report for free: “The Three Best Investments in Asia ... . Some of those buyouts deals are being done in markets as far away as China. Meanwhile, credit remains tight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:56:33

Today's Stimulus Hearing

This morning's Republican hearing on the economy offered several alternatives to the Democratic stimulus package that was set forward just afterward ... : A "net new hire" tax credit, which would make it less risky and expensive for businesses to expand ... businesses to make such investments, as they must currently report depreciation losses slowly over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:53:16

Bailout efforts lacking - Oversight board

By David Goldman CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... on improving financial stability, credit availability, and the economy as a whole,” the draft report ... it’s using to bail out banks is working, according to a draft report by a congressional oversight [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 12:23:28

Skepticism About Fighting Terrorists With Data Mining

According to the New York TImes, the British government is considering setting up a database of all phone, email, ... for advertising and credit card reporting agencies, it has much less success predicting the behavior ... a consumer's credit history with the history of millions of consumers to predict a person's [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 18:01:59

It’s A Dead Market

The Journal News reports from New York. “Second-quarter housing trends continued to track a dismal path in Westchester and Putnam counties, a function of tougher credit requirements, unemployment and other factors, a regional real estate ... do not bode well for the market,’ the report said.” “Harding Mason, president of the Westchester County [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 13:20:40

International stock market quotations 16 January 2009

International stock market quotations 16 January 2009 Frankfurt - The following index quotations were noted on the world's major stock markets:.. ... bourses plunge on losses by global markets, Gaza war » IMF warns against credit crunch ... » British adventurer hopes to reach Timbuktu in flying car » Report: Yahoo to name Bartz new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:57:04

Save these dates: Your 2009 money calendar

By Jessica Anderson JANUARY Jan. 1: If you have a kid heading to college in the fall, submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) ... . 9: Watch the mail for notice of your new Medicare Part B premiums. Jan. 12: Get a free copy of your credit report at annualcreditreport.com. Jan. 15: Estimated federal taxes for the fourth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:49:19

Commonsense Regulatory Ideas Ignored Prior to Mortgage Meltdown

What continues to bother me about the financial crisis is that so many people saw the warning signs and yet so many others refused to pay attention to the risks. A new AP report reveals the extent to which the Bush administration ... 2006: Regulators told bankers exotic mortgages were often inappropriate for buyers with bad credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:25:05

The Note: Obama Waits on Change for January

ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Friday's Note: Change doesn’t have to wait until January. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is gone. ( ... has chosen not to play in the current crisis: “With the stock market plunging and the credit market entering a new freeze, cries are being heard for a new government intervention to prop up major financial [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 13:21:47

End of the World? Perhaps, Not

Not to pull the rug out from this week’s History Channel special on Nostradamus, ... get more complicated. Want to learn more? Check out a new report by the National Science ... is quite now, but storms are a'coming. Credit: SOHO/ESA, NASA [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:15:36

A Second Day of Job Cuts at Barclays

A Second Day of Job Cuts at Barclays January 14, 2009, 12:14 pm ... an additional 2,100 jobs in its retail, commercial banking and credit card businesses, The New York Times’s Julia Werdigier and Landon Thomas Jr. report from London. The announcement comes a day after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:14:13

Thursday Stories: Why Real Estate Is Down; Sun Sets On Saturn; Health Care Flowchart

Stories I'm reading this Thursday: Report: 1 in 3 home loan applications rejected Are distressed homes worth buying? Bernanke navigates regulatory "turf war" No surprise as credit card delinquencies hit new highs Collapse of Saturn deal stuns GM China keeps snapping up African oil Landlord sets example more should follow Mastercard takes a swipe at 7-11 The ultimate health care flowchart Bill Gates once again [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 16:37:07

Research house upbeat on property stocks

Research house upbeat on property stocks It cites falling interest rates and possible favourable Budget measures By EMILYN YAP INVESTORS can ... credit for new investments,’ it explained. Banks may also introduce more attractive mortgage ... the operating environment for real estate companies this year, said Kim Eng Research in a report yesterday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:00:37

Opportunity For Beginning New In Life

Opportunity For Beginning New In Life by katie George It is not surprising that more and more people are making payment faults as they continue to ... . Its repayment duration ranges up to 15 years. Take out your credit report and check it for any ... : Debt Consolidation Articles Amend Your Financial Situation with Adverse Credit Tenant Loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 10:11:14

Another Environmental “Solution” Starts To Fall Apart: EU Infatuation With Ethanol Grows Cold - Canada, Too [Reader Post]

Give some credit to environmentalists: they don’t just tell us that we are killing the Earth they do frequently have “environmentally sound” ... of biofuels. At the same time, a new report for the British government cast fresh doubt on using ... down, citing a newly released report warning that current targets for biofuel production could cause [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 17:21:35

GPTCashCow Todays Info

Lots of new offers have been added today. Some of these offers only report once daily so you wont see the credit for them right away ... going to start a new contest for the first to 100 offers. Prescription savings card has returned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:23:11

ClassicCloseouts Randomly Charging Up To $70 On Past Customers' Cards [Classic Closeouts]

Bells just wrote in with some alarming news for past customers of ClassicCloseouts.com: It appears that classiccloseouts ... and giving all their past customers a nice new charge on their credit cards. Of course, they don't answer ... . Rip-off Report has a similar story from another customer, this time for $69.99. In that instance [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 20:22:50

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