I Have An Amazing Sweet BF

Last night BF surprised me by meeting me at work. He had to bus there after work because our trucks starter died and we don't have time to fix it ... was and they said exchange or store credit only. On a $300+ coat? I'll pass for now.BF seemed a little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:54:00

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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

What To Do To Secure Your Financial Future

If you want to secure your financial future, you must take action ... that there is a government bailout or Wall Street rally right around the corner that will fix everything ... items though. She says that if your credit score is above 720 and your interest rate just shot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:31:34

Sue the Fed, Dubai in Trouble, Coming Food Crisis and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias The Fed’s first credit crisis lawsuit… who’s suing and why AmEx, Fannie Mae unload more financial follies… government “fixes” problem with more taxpayer dollars Chris Mayer with a credit crisis byproduct (and opportunity) that could affect the entire world [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:39:55

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

Sue the Fed, Dubai in Trouble, Coming Food Crisis and More!

The Fed’s first credit crisis lawsuit… who’s suing and why, AmEx, Fannie Mae unload more financial follies… government “fixes” problem with more taxpayer dollars, Chris Mayer with a credit crisis byproduct (and opportunity) that could affect the entire world [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 17:46:53

Detroit Auto Show: Toyota's all-electric city car

As CARB's mandate for carmakers to start selling plug-in hybrids and zero-emissions cars gets ever bigger in the window (2012) ... and improved 2010 Prius, which will be unveiled Monday. Check back Monday for your nerdy green fix ... battery pack with plug-in capability. -- Dan Neil Photo credit: Dan Neil / Los Angeles Times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 18:37:43

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

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

State ends troubled police radio contract

State ends troubled police radio contract by The Associated Press / The Post-Standard Thursday January 15, 2009, 12: ... statewide emergency radio network failed to fix 15 flaws found previously in a two-county test ... of credit from M/A-COM, a division of Tyco Electronics, to cover the state's expenses. Office [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:34:13

Depression or Recovery? Both

We are getting a daily diet of doom and gloom. Crashing markets, key economic sectors imploding, mounting foreclosures, ... year than everyone expects. Internet Time. Make no mistake, the credit collapse created a Modern Depression but it wasn’t allowed to metastasize. The fix, the only one known for depressions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:58:55

One Story to Embody 2008, Two Ratios Show Room to Fall for Stocks, Death of the Euro, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias A fitting end to 2008… an easy money crisis “fixed” with more easy money Equity bottom still out of reach… ... , maybe credit shouldn’t be so easy!” Today, they’re back. Never mind that GMAC is borrowing money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:05:01

More Panhandling

The summer 2008 fundraising drive is off to a good start. I want to thank you for your generosity ... is busted, so I have to get that fixed before the next annual smog check. I presume a catalytic converter ... deductible credit card contributions to me here (click on the first "Make a Donation" button [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 10:54:33

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

Jan 16, 2009 • Photoshoot Update Hey.I’ve added a few more photoshoots into the gallery.A couple are quite rare so please credit us.We also noticed theres a problem with the comments,we’re working on fixing this. Gallery Link - Photoshoots Posted by Sam • No Comments Jan 15, 2009 • [more...]

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

How to Save Lost Sales

Unknowingly, membership sites are fast becoming the one of the easiest way to make money online ... at all! Like it or not, things happen and you can’t control them. From my experience, some of the common issues are credit ... with the registration and it’s up to you to find out why and fix it. For example, say a member has stopped making [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:40:01

Survivalist shopping list

Survivalist shopping list Section: NEW PIONEER — by veg-head, ... and, wary of the erratic behaviour of his colleagues as the credit crunch develops, he is battening down ... of washable nappies for his baby. He’s fixing his car up so it’ll run off-road - and he’s taking good care [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:35:18

New Shaun White DLC is Freeeeeeee

New Shaun White DLC is Freeeeeeee LazySAGamer - January 16th, 2009 at 11:00 am - 12 views - 3 Comments ... that Ubisoft has taken notice of our complaints and have moved to fix the problem, it has just been announced ... Xbox360Fanboy are also trying to take credit for this huge Lazygamer coup but we know [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:59:40

Mortgage Rates for Friday Afternoon

Compared to the past few weeks, this week seemed a little more calm with regards to mortgage interests rates.  30 year fixed hung around 5.875 - 6 ... is based on owner occupied with a mid-low credit score of 720-739, “full doc” purchase with a sales ... of the year, check in with your mortgage professional.  Some lenders are beginning to either pull [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 22:14:30

WOW 3.0.2 Patch Available For Download

Blizzard has just released the 3.0.2 Patch for World Of Warcraft and it comes with a lot of improvements, bug fixes, ... the interface. While many achievements are not retroactive, we have done our best to credit as many [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 01:29:05

Wealth - The Two Things That Matter

Here’s the simplest equation describing what we talk about everyday ... Enroll in your 401k Decreasing Your Spending Cut your credit card Don’t look at advertisements ... the web when something breaks to see if you can fix it before going out to buy a new one I bet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:00:30

Recent Financial Blog Posts

3 Cheap and Easy Formulas for Homemade Windshield De-Icer (Plus Bonus Tips) Took 7% Gain In FAZ and Other Stuff Fix Housing First: A Plan For Another Real Estate Bubble ... Endowment Style Portfolios for December 2008 Preliminary Credit Suisse Indices for December 2008 Nine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 23:23:15

No Turndown Payday Loans

The presence of large number of lenders offering the same loans, it raises the bar of competition. So to attract maximum number of borrowers, the same set of rules for fixing their fees ... . All this is possible for the online from the financial support. In fact those with credit problems to perceive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:17:37

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

Fixing the financial system

This two part NYTimes editorial on what happened and how to fix it is worth a glance ... he'd be replaced by someone willing to make money from the credit bubble. In other words, every [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:34:00

Repair Bad Credit, Avoid The Scams

The credit crisis has left behind a swath of ruined credit — from people who are struggling to avoid bankruptcy and foreclosure. For a lot of people things seem hopeless, and unfortunately, these are times when vultures come out of the woodwork to try to exploit the vulnerability of those who are desperate or naive. These vultures are attracted to your bad credit like a moth to flame. Well, that’s because it’s how they make their money — by trying to help you fix it for a large fee. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-26 04:35:44

Hope

T RUTH Be told, it’s hard for me to credit all the hope being invested in Mr Obama with optimism ... we can get down to the business of fixing this - no matter what your vision of “fix” might be. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:06:20

Fixing The Real Problem

Nouriel Roubini says we need to save the homeowners: ... capital to avoid an ugly credit crunch and to foster new credit creation that is needed for future growth [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 14:57:31

Hepzibah Tales

Talking about money management and budgets is not something I enjoy. I’d rather discuss dismemberment, or the landscape of Idaho ... of the condo, plus some child-related debt. I did pay off all my credit cards, from the home equity ... happen. I am bringing my lunch to work, which is really a savings. I was fixing my big spinach salad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:33:40

"Another first: Presidential portrait shot with digicam"

Another first: Presidential portrait shot with digicam 0 Comments Published January 16th, 2009 in Entertainment Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II… (Credit: Pete Souza) Barack Obama’s campaign proved itself ... The Nail In The Head When Advertising Video: Not the best way to fix your plasma HDTV [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:53:12

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. “ ... you information on how to pay off debt, including credit cards and personal loans. “Live Debt Free” (3rd Edition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:31:03

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

Update on Alternative Billing (ILTA09)

Writing Alternative Billing Alternatives gave me an excuse to contact my friend, Jeff Rovner , for some background detail on the superb session he, Jeffrey Brandt,Thomas Gaines, and Eugene Stein presented at ILTA09. In our e-mail exchange today, he provided the following additional insights: In his original example, he proposed a 10% discount in rates for discussion purposes.  However, in our conversation he told me that a 15% discount is becoming increasingly common in the market.  If [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 03:40:27

Should Ken Lewis get his payday?

Ken Lewis started at Bank of America 40 years ago, working his way up from junior credit analyst to the CEO suite. His employment contract at the nation’s largest banks obviously predates the government’s bailout of Bank of America. Yet pay czar Kenneth Feinberg may have a say on whether he cashes in on retirement benefits and accumulated compensation worth $125 million. Some argue it is simply inappropriate for Feinberg to try to tackle Lewis’ retirement package. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 21:43:27

Here Are The Five Things We Need To Fix About Banking Right Now

Chairman Frank, Ranking Member Bachus, and other members of the Committee, I appreciate the opportunity to discuss ways of improving the financial regulatory framework to better protect against systemic risks. In my view, a broad-based agenda for reform should include at least five key elements. First, legislative change is needed to ensure that systemically important financial firms are subject to effective consolidated supervision, whether or not the firm owns a bank. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 13:39:00

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

Poll Position – What DO You Want To Watch?

The Intro Initially, I was battling to get this column finished before Raw . I’m planning on wrapping up the state-of-the-business ranting before taking a detour into some slightly more lighthearted topics, and I didn’t want to be confronted by anything that might result in yet another epic journey into all the things that make me angry about wrestling. I was fairly confident that this week’s Raw was going to make my blood boil. And then…well…it didn’t. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 03:23:29

From a Fat Old Nurse

Home with a cold, nothing to do but scan the news, and blog about how to fix this health care mess… Part I– Money Corrupts Congressman Patrick Kennedy has many faults, but I’ll always appreciate that he helped hold off Columbia HCA from buying Roger Williams Hospital in the late ‘90’s because by the end of the decade Columbia was paying huge fines for Medicare fraud and Roger Williams has had a little staff turnover. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:20:21

Considering Drupal For Your Next Website Project? [VIDEO]

Well, I had a great time attending the Introduction to Drupal training yesterday at Advantage labs! Not only was it a great starter on how to get into Drupal, the group was diverse on CMS experience, careers, gender and race! Barry led the training and covered a lot in the 2 hour session. I took the photos.   View (and use them) them on Flickr . What is Drupal? It’s a safe and fun website platform that can be customized to bring your message to your audience. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 18:21:08

Prototype of Intelligent Home Screen shows signs of what’s to come

Though it is still classified as a prototype, when it was revealed two weeks ago, the Intelligent Home Screen from Larva Labs really caught our collective eye here at Android and Me HQ. It’s retro-futuristic styling looks like the love-child of HAL (from 2001: A Space Odyssey) and the Starship Enterprise (from the original Star Trek) updated for the 21st century. Once you get past the unique style and design though you realize that you have all your data available to you on one screen. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 21:55:48

Assistance with Poor Credit

When your credit is low you may decide that you need help correcting your bad credit, and this article will help you discover some of the ways you can do this. You can almost always repair your credit if you follow the right steps. 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: 2009-10-01 01:47:22

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

How You Can Buy A Home In Foreclosure

Buying a home is a huge investment. One important factor in the decision is to determine if you are getting a good deal for your money. Buying a home that is in foreclosure is a great way to purchase a quality home that is worth more than you will pay for it. This home can be used for your personal living or as an investment. Many real estate investors purchase homes in foreclosure then fix them up to resell. They are able to make considerable profits depending on the market in the area for homes. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 02:00:29

The failure to address the looming too-big-to-fail issue

Last week I was at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting to listen to their ideas on how to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems like poverty and education. I may have more to say about this topic in a later post, but I wanted to first address the too-big-to-fail issue which became a central focus of a panel discussion that featured regulator Sheila Bair and bank CEOs Peter Sands and Jamie Dimon. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 19:37:52

The Three Hidden Traps of Getting a Debt Reduction Loan (and How You Can Avoid Them)

by Sean Payne If you’re in debt up to your eyeballs, you’re probably on the telemarketers’ list. They call, offering to give you a debt reduction loan. At first, this kind of loan sounds like a dream come true. After all, why wouldn’t you want to lump all your smaller debts into one easy-to-pay loan with a low interest rate? As the saying goes, there’s no such thing as a free ride. This absolutely applies to getting a debt consolidation loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 08:54:45

Bad Credit car loan Refinancing

Auto loan refinancing has become rather simple these days with lots of lending agencies coming up. Year after year the competition is increasing in any field and loan lending firms are not an exception. All of the financial institutions try their heart out to reach to thousands of clients, provide quality services, and try to be on top in the list of best companies. When it comes to bad car credit loan refinancing the situation is not reverse. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 06:59:40

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

Mortgage Interest Rates Hit New Lows

Mortgage interest rates are sitting at about the lowest they have ever been. The averaged 30-year fixed rate loan is hovering at about 4.97% and the average 15-year loan is sitting at just 4.25% as of the week of September 25 th , 2009. These banner rates will be available to consumers with good credit scores, have significant home equity, and know how to shop around for the best deal. If you meet this criterion, it’s an absolutely great time to refinance your loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 17:45:59

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

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