Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 10/1/2009+

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: 2009-10-01 23:00:00

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Will a short sale hurt my credit score?

When I meet with homeowners who are struggling with their mortgage are maybe behind on payments and have no equity in their home, ... get this question - “Will a short sale hurt my credit score? And if so, by how much?” I have been doing ... or foreclosure on one’s credit report. I recently came across some great information provided by a mortgage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:14:24

Circuit City To Liquidate… Over 30,000 Jobs To Be Cut

Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., unable to work out a sale of the company, said Friday it will go out of business _ closing its 567 U.S ... had been seeking a buyer or a deal to refinance its debt, but the hobbled credit market and consumer worries ... stores and dealer outlets in Canada. Galardi told a judge there are still bids for the Canadian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:58:08

Economy Weakens PC, Chip Sales

Things are not looking good for PC and chip manufacturers as consumers held back on electronics purchases during the holidays ... for the first time in 6 years in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to a new report from IDG ... tightening credit, eroding confidence, and growing unemployment,” said Doug Bell, research analyst [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:37:39

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

1-16-2009 (Fri Evening) Fin. & Econ. Activity

House Democrats’ version of the $825 billion recession rescue package would end billions of dollars in tax breaks the Bush administration quietly ... debt until 2019, hoping to encourage new lending - CNN Money, David Goldman Top Videos of the Week ... s biggest bond fund, said Friday - CNBC (Reuters) >>>Credit Where Credit is Due….In truth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:00:46

Buck Slightly Higher

In the currency market, the dollar inched higher against the euro. Late Wednesday, the euro was trading at $1.3176 vs. $1.3187 on Tuesday ... margins.” The Fed’s Beige Book report covering early December to early January painted a sober picture ... credit standards and a drop in lending activity. Banks’ woes continued, as Deutsche Bank warned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:10:52

Highlights and Lowlights of BofA’s Earnings Call

Bank of America moved its earnings announcement up to this morning to soothe investors after The Wall Street Journal’s report that BofA would need ... and $27 billion in credit costs. Many of the problems originated at Merrill Lynch, which had a loss ... Goldman Sachs research analysts noted wryly in a research report this morning. BofA CEO Ken Lewis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:01:30

Journalists call Livni ‘terrorist’ during press conference on Gaza operation

Press conferences are pretty much stage managed these days. Ever heard of a journalist accusing Bush, Cheney, Rice, Blair etc of being a terrorist? ... press conference Friday in Washington, D.C., moments after she signed an agreement ... moments came when one journalist began to quote at length a Human Rights report on the situation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:40:39

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Showing off your elegant neckline is an excellent way to draw attention to your well-formed upper body, and to bring a natural glow to your face. Oftenitmes we forget dreams as soon as we wake up. Small business credit cards are unsecured ... copy of my credit report? Yes. - Avoid shaving as much as possible; while shaving takes care to avoid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:34:22

South Carolina Attorney General Reacts to ISTTF’s Report

So here is some follow-up to this week’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force report that downplayed predators on social networks and encouraged ... Carolina has withdrawn from the group (which was collective of 49 of the state AGs – only Texas chose not to participate). He has left based on the fact that the report downplays the threat of sexual [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:33:28

soon, but not now.

Although I have no plan of getting another credit card after all the things that I’ve been through, I am still hoping that one day, ... for most. In my case anyways, I am still making my way to improve credit score since, I have lost most ... my payables completely, still, everything has this effects or has affects my credit score. Sad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:28:10

You Can Stop a Junk Debt Buyer’s Collection of Your Older Credit Card Debt

by Matthew Highlander A consumer with knowledge of existing consumer protection laws can stop a junk debt buyer’s credit card debt collection attempts. Junk debt buyers are companies that buy batches of thousands of discharged credit card accounts from the credit card banks for pennies on the dollar (under 10 to 15 cents per dollar of debt). Junk debt buyers also resell these accounts to each other for as little as less than one cent per dollar of debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 18:47:03

Chinese banks facing risks from bad loans

China’s lenders may have evaded the worst of the global credit crisis so far, but they are facing plenty of risks of their own, economists with credit agency Fitch Ratings said Friday. A larger-than-expected downturn ... ,” Chu said in a conference call following the release of a report outlining risks for the industry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:39:30

Post-Holidays Ideal Time to Check for ID Theft

We know, we know: that stack of bills on your kitchen table can’t possibly have a bright side. Right? ... . Request a Credit Report Unless you’re planning on requiring one for another purpose (such as a loan) within the next 12 months, now is also a good time to order a credit report. (You may obtain [more...]

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

BofA: Mounting Costs Could Lead to Quarterly Loss

Bank of America is scheduled to report fourth quarter 2008 results before the market opens on Tuesday, January 20. Based on our analysis, we at EarningsPreview.com are expecting BAC to report disappointing ... to suffer in this recessionary environment. Consumers are in the midst of a severe credit crunch [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:56:16

How can we build a coalitions on progressive issues?

One of the big challenges for progressives is how we connect up campaigning on different issues to build effective coalitions for change ... change deal – by Copenhagen this December. Will the deal we need be credit crunched? Last week ... , while trade unionists have tried to build international links to domestic campaigning. But how far [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:13:50

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, ... bloggers who are on their way to building something big. Here’s how the study was organized: I sent ... of interesting bloggers. I contacted them to see how they would respond and asked each of them two interview [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:19

CDS report: EU nation default risk touches record high

The cost of insuring debt issued by the Irish government leapt higher this morning as Europe's beleaguered credit derivatives traders swallowed hard ... premiums for protecting the debt of Spain, Germany, Austria and Ireland against default also all jumped to record highs according to credit default swap data provider CMA.... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:19:32

Forecasting The Current Recession

We all know that the current economic conditions are unlike anything we have ever seen before ... , and even to understand how these things are tracked to begin with. James Picerno from The Capital ... in a November 2007 report, ECRI explained that "the leading indexes are not yet in a recessionary configuration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:23:03

Green Business Wrap-up

We end this week looking expectantly to the start of what is hopefully a new beginning in government, green business, and sustainability. I write this week's business wrap as I prepare for a trip to Washington DC to attend ... Fund. The resolution calls greater CSR transparency, requiring Apple to publish a CSR report by July [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:39:18

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented $825B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a $7,500 tax credit; local school ... the package is large enough but disagree on how the money should be spent. Still others suggest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:15:12

What's It Going to Take to Lock Up Drug Company Execs?

A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals the shocking extent of how corrupt drug companies are ... seizures. How did U.S. annual sales of Neurontin increase from $98 million in 1995 to nearly $3 billion ... -- and how the Neurontin financial bonanza was created. In 1996, David Franklin, a young biologist [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:59:01

Farewell

Farewell Posted by Lorie Byrd Published: January 15, 2009 - 6: ... of the free world to Texas retiree, I have a feeling that George Bush looks forward to it. He has been far from perfect, but has had some great achievements for which he has received little, if any, credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:17:28

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

2008 Earning Report: Achieved Goal of More than $25000

I know, I know, I know! I am the culprit that I did not update the monthly earning post for November and December 2008 ... time I used to think about this post, I used to think about you people who probably wait to see how ... . So how these last two months flared up for me when I was busy in my personal stuff: Private [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:01:59

Checking in on the… Ivy League

David Zeitlin is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League. Let’s see … what to report from the Ivy League from the last two weeks. Hmm ... and Harvard Celebrate the Win Over BC (photo credit: NBC Sports)When Harvard (9-6) pulled off that shocker ... No. 1 team in the land. And two, how ’bout that Tommy Amaker, huh? While I agree that Harvard is the best [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:22:00

I think I have been the victim of identity theft. What can I do?

The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question ... in any way. Q: I got my social on January of last year and I’ve been trying to make credit applying for credit cards and they send letters saying that I already have bad credit, and criminal accounts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:33:48

Media Alert — Caution, Real News in DC This Weekend

We hate to disturb working reporters covering the vital Celebrity Inaugural Ball lobster-booze-caviar beat, but real news may break in Washington this weekend. Okay, real political news, but that’s as close to “reality” as most remaining Washington scribes get these days.Sleep-deprived, hung-over DC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:55:32

Stealers Will

The last time we did this it was brilliant, I can’t find the link but it was pretty funny - basically we inserted a few key words into a PSN Store ... , but the internet seems to think it is. PS3Info.pl - no credit Noizless.ru - no credit, and nicked our graphics The official US forums - no credit PlayStationHome.com - no credit (via Google Cache [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:08:42

December California Defaults up 100%

Mr Mortgage is a 20-year mortgage banking veteran, specializing in wholesale and correspondent sales and sales/operations management and bringing ... housing, mortgage and credit meltdown’ and company-specific events. He owns and is the primary ... to the Truth located at http://mrmortgage.ml-implode.com ~~~~ Mr. Mortgage: Dec CA Foreclosure Report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:15:46

Id Theft Kingpin Eludes Police for 6 Years

He lived high on the hog for six years, but never held down a job. He didn’t have a trust fund, or a wealthy lover. He did, however, end up a wanted man. You see, all the credit cards he lived off of weren’t his! The Hunt for a Con Artist Jason Brown became known as the kingpin of ID theft, as he slipped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:20:19

Weekly Market Recap 1/16/09

Precious Metals fell early in the week as the United States Dollar grew stronger, and dropping commodity costs reduced demand as a hedge against inflation. As precious metals fluctuated a bit this week they had a mid-week surge after the U.S. retail sales reported the largest slump in at least 16 years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:39:00

Got TARP? How About Tax Haven Subs?

As we arrive (almost) at the inauguration of the new administration, we are still facing an enormous financial system problem, headed by banks that got too big and gorged on the profits from speculating in risky derivatives at a cost ultimately to be borne by the taxpayers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:53:31

Sheppard: Middle Road Has Fewer Bumps

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton didn’t ditch slow practice areas when the economy was booming and now they are reaping the ... of the Los Angeles-based firms to report their year-end results. The Recorder reported results http ... the biggest decline, at 21 percent. Pillsbury was the only firm in this survey to report a slight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:10:00

Details are for the little people

A comment from Zifnab got me thinking: I think everyone has basically hit all the numbers on this ... is a journalist for a small time political rag at the ass-end of the beltway, so its understandable ... Maureen, why don’t you go out and report about something significant, go out and see poor people [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:54:07

Junk Debt Buyers Hope You Do Not Know How to Stop Their Credit Card Debt Collection Efforts

Junk Debt Buyers Hope You Do Not Know How to Stop Their Credit Card Debt Collection Efforts by Matthew HighlanderThe good news is current consumer protection laws make it possible to put a stop to a junk debt buyer’s credit card debt collection efforts.Junk debt buyers invest in discharged credit card debt for pennies on the dollar. They also sell and resell the debt they have purchased to other junk debt buyers for smaller and smaller sums of money. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 18:47:04

Why Even Good Credit Might Get Cut

(Photo: Dan Esparza) You can afford your mortgage, you have a high credit score and you pay your bills on time every month ... and how you shop. Here are a few examples of some of the ways that good credit may get cut off ... . So why did American Express just slash your credit limit? Could be because of where you shop [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:35:39

IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER news

Researchers have used modeling to determine that the ivory-billed woodpecker could have survived the unchecked deforestation of the first half of the 20th century, so there is hope for the species survival into modern times. From Science Daily: Mattsson, a former doctoral student working with Cooper, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:40:12

President Bush: more concerned about getting results than getting credit

After eight years of nothing but nasty, antagonistic coverage, ... now that he’s in his last days in office. Today we learn how committed President Bush was to helping ... . This particular accomplishment is unsung because the media refused to report on it. The media refused [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:29:50

Confused about Conficker?

CNN reported that there a new sleeper virus out there. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/01/16/virus.downadup/index ... personal and financial data, and they also report that it “it is not very serious in terms of what it does. So far it doesn’t try to steal personal information or credit card details.” Huh? Ok, I’ll follow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:07:11

Satan Has A 350 Credit Score

By John Rasor indulgence, greed and envy can take over and send your credit in a downward spiral. The lowest credit score you can have is a 350 ... , gluttony and being a debtor with outright disrespect to the creditor can earn you a bad credit rating. I have personally never seen a 350 credit score but supposedly they do exist. If you have bad cred [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:01:48

No Brainer: Bankster Bailout is Unconstitutional

No Brainer: Bankster Bailout is Unconstitutional It only took the New York Times a couple months to publish an article proposing the obvious: ... drifting back to the 9/11 memories theme it explored... Read more... Big Brother Report: U.S. Surveillance Society Running Rampant Report: U.S. Surveillance Society Running Rampant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 22:55:48

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/15/2009

Forget global warming. Hello, global cooling! If the experts are right, we’re in for a new Ice Age.But it’s still the fault of George W. Bush, of course.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fausta, Insubria, JD, KGS, Tuan Jim, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:37:00

Austrian Banks The Most Exposed To Eastern Europe Forex Lending

Bloomberg are reporting (via Der Standard) that Austrian banks have the biggest exposure to Forex lending in Eastern Europe ... an as yet unpublished International Monetary Fund report to the effect that Austrian banks ... collapse of May 1931 when Credit-Anstalt went down – and from a string of Club Med countries [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:34:26

Australian Open Preview, Draw Analysis, Predictions and Daily wrap ups. January 19th - February 1, 2009. Melbourne, Australia.

Australian Open 2009 - Men’s Preview. With the years first Grand Slam on deck, ... as the winner predictions. Seed Report. 1. Rafael Nadal (ESP) - The Spaniard comes into Melbourne ... racket hold a title defense? Is his fitness on the same level as his rivals? Finally how will Nole [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:06:59

Banks’ Loan Losses Could Reach $2 Trillion

It is little wonder financial markets are taking a beating ... U.S. loan losses. In a report released late Tuesday night, Goldman economists estimated that losses ... , up from an earlier estimate of $780 billion. Add in losses from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:04:50

Borrowing Beyond your Limit can Result in Consumer Debt

Consumer debt has risen to worrying percentages in the past few years ... of the loan, how much the borrower is able to pay back per month, their current credit score ... debt can be acquired in various forms, including through a credit card or a payday loan. There are many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:24:29

Laws in Credit Repair

Laws in Credit Repair There are certain laws issued for people that have bad credit and to know these laws is important to protect all those ... Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protect you from collection agencies and creditors. If you have bad credit ... from your credit report. If it has not these people are in violation. There are several reasons why [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:05:26

And If The Promotion Doesn’t Yield A Sale? What’s Next?

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “Foreclosure filings in Gallatin County have tripled since 2006, when 37 homes were foreclosed upon ... of Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Tulsa, said the past year shows that the state isn’t immune [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:04:08

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