US Consumers $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt

I tell you, the more I read about the antics of credit card companies (jacking up interest rates, etc) ... of how many debt collection companies are abusing consumers makes me cringe. I’ve walked in those abused ... consumers to the unscrupulous and minimally regulated world of debt collection. Credit card companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:45:57

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It’s Like A Big Bomb Went Off In Florida

The St Petersburg Times reports from Florida. “A national report released Tuesday said Florida leads the nation in mortgage fraud. As the report was being released, a federal jury in Broward County was returning guilty verdicts in a scam case that included $5-million in fraudulent mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 19:16:55

Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Guide

What is Chapter 11 Bankruptcy? Chapter 11 bankruptcy is a reorganization of debt, and it is typically filed by businesses, not individuals ( ... debt. At this time you will also propose a repayment plan for your debts. In a chapter 11 ... chapter 11 bankruptcy instead.) Basically you and/or your creditors propose a reasonable repayment plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:47:05

Debt collection

It's all over the news that the US Economy is slowing down, ... and get professional services to help them with their business. Take the case of Debt Collection and agencies ... accounts for collection when there are debts unpaid for several months already. The Collecting company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 09:53:00

CompuCredit must "Comp You Cash"

$114 million refund in pipeline for subprime credit card users - Action Line - MiamiHerald ... Capital Systems, a debt collection company wholly owned by CompuCredit, engaged in deceptive conduct in marketing credit cards as part of its debt collection activities and engaged in abusive practices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:15:00

The Basics Of Offshore Bank Accounts

by Benjamin Mulletonin Offshore banking accounts are typically found in a place, or a place with a low tax burden on the offshore bank account depositor. Offshore accounts are administered by banks and give traditional banking services which make it more convenient to utilize the funds held in the bank accounts for everyday spending, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 20:18:20

Debt Collection M&A Booms as Collections Collapse

Business Week reports that amid a general collapse in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ... , there is an ocean of debt that is defaulting, giving the debt collectors an opportunity to cash ... on defaulted consumer debt. Acquisitions of $1.8 billion this year already exceed last years total of $1.65 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:19:40

Globalisation..Who…Where…And When…

“One World or None” “Time is Running Out” Globalization Index - Peter Myers, Canberra, Australia, ph.                +61 2 62475187        . August 31, 2001; update January 16, 2006. My comments in quoted text are shown {thus}. Write to me (Peter Myers) at myers@cyberone.com.au [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:47:46

Sensible Debt Collection

This post has been republished from the SitePoint Tribune #427 ... Now, your further action could be sending it to a debt collector, asking your lawyer to become involved ... now either receive your money, or you won’t. The beauty about using a debt collector or tribunal [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 23:14:08

The definition of insanity

First off, apologies for going AWOL; I’ve been without heat for six days — I was sincerely grateful for some this morning when the thermometer read ... , and then issued an … ummm … apology. Oopsie. Doesn’t care that the national debt has increased [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:34:43

Comic for January 9, 2009

Comic for January 9, 2009 Posted by guestpost as Funny Stuff Comic for January 9, 2009 just to make you smile ... m Considering a Sweep Loan to Pay All the Credit Cards Off. - Jonathan How Do I Pay My Credit Card Bills ... Things Credit Cards Credit Report Credit Score Credit/Debt Counseling Customer Service Debit Cards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:33:29

How to Choose a Collection Agency for Your Business

How to Choose a Collection Agency By Asad Haroon CEO of InsideUp com Business Debt Collection is when a business needs assistance to collect outstanding debts from clients customers and vendors When a business has to use collection services they will hire an outside company to pursue a non payee .. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 05:39:39

Watch Palm's CES Launch Demo of the Pre and webOS

GearBits' Predictions for 2009. To my surprise, some of them are already coming true: 3) Palm Launches New OS to Fanfare, Skepticism I predicted that Palm would announce its new OS and show off at least one device at CES, which they did...in spades [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:31:22

BT sends in the debt collectors

BT sends in the debt collectors January 16th, 2009 Today, which is, unless I am going gaga, is 15 January, ... me that I would receive a call from her manager within 24 hours. I never did. I rang the debt collection ...   I received a letter from a debt recovery service telling me that unless I paid them £327.58 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:21:56

Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business Through Nature, Genius, and Compassion: Sissel A. Waage, Ray Anderson

Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business Through Nature, Genius, and Compassion: Sissel A. Waage, Ray Anderson [ ... a debt of gratitude to the pioneering work of Ray Anderson, Matt Klein, and others affiliated with …” ... the compelling metaphor of “Ants, Galileo and Gandhi”. This collection, developed from The Natural Step’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:38:19

Advanta Credit Card Scam

Advanta Credit Card Scam by John Monderine I sit at my desk completely frustrated with Advanta. I opened up a business credit card with them 3 years ago and made a purchase of $6500 to help build my business credit for Rapid Recovery Solution, my Collection Agency. I have paid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:40:16

Debt collection

Most collection agencies operate as agents of creditors and collect debts for a fee or percentage of total amount owed, but sometimes some agencies operate in Debt Collection . They purchase the debts from the creditors for fractions of debt value and pursue the debtor for full balance. To get Collection Agency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 01:39:13

Ternus delivers State of the Judiciary

Iowa Chief Justice Marsha Ternus -- the state's first female chief justice -- delivered the 2009 State of the Judiciary address to the Iowa Legislature this morning. In her two previous addresses before lawmakers, Ternus has successfully pressed for more help with juvenile courts and juvenile offenders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:19:26

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... , wealth, and love! Debt & Credit The credit crunch is in full effect right now - lenders ... are taking on less debt, leading to an increase in the savings rate in the US. I think that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

Having problems with debt collection?

For the Chinese, this is indeed one of the busiest time of the year ... of you having difficulty with their Debt Collection, then you may want to check out this debt collection agency to see if they can help you out or not.Only two weeks to go. Have you started shopping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 06:13:00

Barack Obama's speech in Jacksonville, Florida

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama—as prepared for delivery Monday, November 3, 2008 Jacksonville, Florida John McCain just doesn’t get it ... of Maine to the sunshine of California, we are one day away from change in America. Tomorrow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 16:09:10

Companies that may cook books!

After the Satyam debacle it would be better idea to stay away from markets for few days. DLF: DLFs non-DAL revenues declined 44% QoQ to Rs22 ... exercise. Jet also capitalised Forex loss of Rs6.2bn on Forex debt and adjusted it against carrying value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:35:00

Collection Agency

.fullpost{display:inline;}Do you know anything about Collection Agency? As far as I know collection agency is a business that pursues payment on debts owned ... . To get Collection Agency service, the company or individual can get it in some websites one of them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:56:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/24/2008

The big news of the evening is that the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of 108 counts related to the funneling of money to Hamas. Add this to the serving of CAIR (see last night’s GoV), and we can only hope that Nihad Awad has heartburn from it all.Thanks to C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 04:45:00

Views on the News - 1/10/2009

NO MORE BAILOUTS! – eventually we have to learn from our mistakes from the last bailout / stimulus package: ... had Congress approved this proposal than it quickly morphed into a program aimed at infusing capital [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:09:14

11-17-08 Twenty-Something Finances-Carnival

Welcome to the 11-17-08 Carnival of Twenty-Something Finances! ... on enormous mortgages, car loans, CC debt are usually not 18 and starting out, they are older ... away from debt but how is it different from Bankruptcy or Foreclosure? It’s not. And consider [more...]

Date: 2008-11-17 14:00:09

Are We Crazy? Starting a Business NOW?

Here is some much-needed sanity from Business & Media Institute commentator Dan Kennedy: ... are not about Obama and his minions, nor the running up of trillions of fresh federal debt, nor bail-outs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:45:32

Focus on Trengganu: Vote for virtue, not vultures

TO KUALA TRENGGANU VOTERSI read with concern the nature of "gift-giving" that is happening in this by-election. Here are my thoughts:First, a video on the cost of corruption:Vote virtues, not vultures into power. This should be the guiding principle for Malaysian voters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:00:00

2009 Predictions and Changes at Glazer’s

A lot of readers helped us come up with predictions for 2009, which we believe will be as full of changes (some unexpected) as last year ... as one reader put it: "The past 30 years of consolidation has paved the way for new players." The economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:38:04

Report : Unfinished Business: A Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery

A New UNESCO/WISE publication: Unfinished Business: A Comparative Survey of Historical and Contemporary Slavery By Dr Joel Quirk, ... trafficking, debt-bondage, child labor and other related problems are analyzed in view of the historical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:04:20

Repudiation now

We have not acquired any debt. The so-called public debt really belongs to the oligarchy ... Calls foreign Debt Illegal, Defaults on Payments Last month, the government of Ecuador defaulted on a US$ 30,600,000 interest payment on US$ 510,000,000 in bond debt. They will be defaulting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:03:45

Cash Money Life - A 2008 Retrospective

2008 was an amazing year for me on many levels - personally, professionally, and as a blogger ... to one of my articles. This site would be nothing but a loose collection of articles without the support [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 15:47:03

Assessing Your Debt Situation (3)

C. Understand Your Options for Dealing With Your Debts You normally have about a half dozen options for dealing with your debts—probably more than ... Strategies to Cope With Your Debts, by Robin Leonard and Deanne Loonin (Nolo). Taken From : Credit Repair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:53:31

Comic for January 10, 2009

Comic for January 10, 2009 Posted by guestpost as Funny Stuff Comic for January 10, 2009 just to make you smile ... Consumer Debt Cool Things Credit Cards Credit Report Credit Score Credit/Debt Counseling Customer Service Debit Cards Debt Collection Debt Confessions Debt Consolidation Loan Don'ts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:30:24

Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia?

Should Barack Obama Go To Georgia? Democratic Senatorial candidate Jim Martin hugs state Sen. Nan Orrock during a rally on the Capitol steps, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008 in Atlanta. Martin is challenging incumbent Sen. Saxby Chambliss. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:30:00

Business start up series 1 - Should you start your own recruitment company.

I thought I’d tackle one of the big questions first ... your dream of owning a company, or if its just something you like to dream about when your boss ... that company won’t be sold unless you choose to. 2.  Money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:28:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings

Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:02:52

Ten years later, tobacco deal going up in smoke

Consider this the next time you see a teenager take a drag on a cigarette: ... , when a collection of state attorneys general delivered a crushing blow to Big Tobacco. On Nov. 23, 1998 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 10:00:00

When it is a matter of what looks good and no state wants to say there’s a problem and deflate projections and egos -

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/46/17/37671574.pdfDATA AND METADATA REPORTING AND PRESENTATION HANDBOOKThe need for the articulation of a comprehensive ... of different definitions and concepts and differences arising from varying collection and statistical data [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:46:36

On Althusser and the RCP in Decline

This continues a discussion started in “The RCP’s Debt to Louis Althusser: Why It Matters.” It is also intended as a beginning response to Bill Martin’s “recoil theory” regarding the RCP’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:01:49

(AA) Small-Cap Investing: How to Play The Emerging Small-Cap Rally

Small-Cap Investing: How to Play The Emerging Small-Cap Rallyby Louis Basenese, Advisory Panelist Associate Investment Director, ... , recession. You see, these guys - albeit a collection of the most educated and intelligent economists [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:27:36

Obama's 'Main Street' Focus

Obama's 'Main Street' Focus President-elect Barack Obama at today's press conference announcing his economic team. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak President-elect Barack Obama had but one central message in his brief press conference today announcing his economic team: I feel your pain [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 19:00:00

Rauchway on the Great Depresson and the New Deal

Eric Rauchway of the University of California at Davis and the author of The Great Depression and the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction, ... . Back to the 1920s, run-up to the Depression. Have to go back to 1919. New system of debt created after [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 11:30:32

Reason's Matt Welch and Adrian Moore and Big Hollywood's Andrew Breitbart on what comes next

Reason's Matt Welch and Adrian Moore and Big Hollywood's Andrew Breitbart on what comes next Publicado por Ricardo Valenzuela en 08: ... taxes, national debt, or printing the money (growing inflation), the government has to damage long [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:14:00

Reviews Of The Best Discover Credit Cards and Offers

Updated List Of The Best Discover Credit Cards Below In the United States and Canada, ... I ever applied for and my first exposure to the use of revolving debt. I applied for the Discover Card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 07:20:58

Debt Collectors Are Your Friend In Business

Misconceptions are everywhere in modern society, perpetrated by numerous media outlets from tabloid newspaper hype to televised stereotypes ... . For businesses, having a debt collection agency on-side has many advantages outside of collecting money owed ... point of view the debt collection agency is your friend. When businesses themselves need money [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 08:13:16

The Art of Debt Collection … By Neil Smith

12/1/08 If you have been in business for any amount of time at all, be it freelancing or running a larger operation, ... the debt collection process. Debt collection can be a tricky situation. If we send Louie with a baseball ... misleading because unfortunately when it comes to collecting from a deadbeat client, one collection letter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 02:16:22

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