10 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen

Who’s in your wallet? It might be more than a some dead presidents and a few bank logos ... and how.  Check your card statements and immediately report any fraud. Going Phishing - Nearly everyone has gotten an email from X bank or Y credit card claiming there’s a problem, and if you could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:47

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This Weekend. . . Blink & Tip with Author Malcolm Gladwell

This weekend. . . . . . spend an evening of storytelling mixed with social science, ... .  Cash or check only.  I’d recommend getting there early, as this is going to be a hot ticket. Parking ... are in the area.   Photo credit:  flickr Tags: authors, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:21:00

Looking for Tips About Make Money At Home – Check this Publication

For a secure business as well as for a developing one, to have an affordable debt can be a good factor. There is nothing wrong with taking a credit for setting up or developing an own business. Remember that for any business to prosper it is almost always needed money investments and hence you do not have to be shy of coming to a bank or to a close friend for a loan. The only idea of having someone`s money gives chills along the back of many people and this fear is irrational. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-22 17:02:27

Weekly Roundup and Carnivals

This week check out these blog carnivals and festivals I participated in ... , have an emergency fund, and no other debt like a car loan or credit card debt. Think Simple ... of Financial Planning 12-15-08 Carnival of Bankruptcy and Debt 2nd Carnival of the Economy, Debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 14:30:27

56,000 More Victims of Heartland Breach

About 56,000 members of Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union have been notified that their debit card accounts were exposed to fraud. It is the latest casualty of last year's breach of Heartland Payment Systems, one of the country's largest credit card processors, where information from more than 100 million credit and debit card transactions was exposed. Not until the end of May did Suncoast discover that some of its customers who use Visa Check Cards could be in danger. [more...]

Date: 2009-06-18 23:04:00

Paintball fraudster got tax cash helping hand

By Michael MacLeod SCOTTISH Enterprise has come under fire for dishing out £30,000 to help a Scots paintball company run by a convicted fraudster. Edinburgh-based Bedlam Paintball got taxpayer-funded help to develop its “brand strategy” in 2007. But there are calls for the quango to review its background checks after it emerged Bedlam’s owner Roman Rock, 49, was jailed for three years in 1997 for his part in a £100,000 credit card fraud . [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 16:15:02

Checking In On The Music Mags

Realizing, of course, that the entire publishing industry is cratering, still: it’s been awhile since we checked in on the health of music magazines. Folio just summarized the latest Publishers Information Bureau statistics for 2008. Auto ... is unknown, but you have to give credit to Paste for really pushing their thinking waaaay “outside the box.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:13:18

Making a list, checking it twice…

Ah, I do love making resolutions. I generally revise them on a monthly basis – goals are good! – but here's a snippet of what I'm plotting for 2009 ... some more friends who enjoy playing board games. 7. Part ways with the credit card, for good. Learn to love ... the fact that this resolution is already off to a bad start. 11. Catch up the number of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 14:26:51

ESPN's Chad Ford Still Doesn't Believe In The Orlando Magic

I ran across Chad Ford's chat wrap a few hours ago, and seeing that I'm a curious person .. I decided to check and see what he had to say ... ? Do they have the resources to pry Brad Miller out of Sacramento? Chad Ford: You're moving down ... I'm crazy, but that statement reads a lot like a guy who's still not willing to give credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:47:50

Do You Trust Your Twitter News Sources?

By Mona Nomura of Pixel Bits (FriendFeed/Twitter) Yesterday morning, a disturbing Tweet in ALL CAPS from @BreakingNewsOn caught my eye ... to Twitter to double check the Tweet. It was gone. (But you can see it archived in Twitter search ... responded via DM (direct message) Though I give them credit for the prompt response, they have lost [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:04:49

Reality/Pattern Check

  Want to know a secret?  I might buy banks tomorrow, but only under the following circumstances: BAC gets $15 bil. in TARP Funds ...  I’m taking advantage of the possible push higher.  I don’t care how bad the financial write-downs ... ?  Not at all, for they’re still a write-down ridden, credit and mortgage crisis-ed bank.  Sounds like a theme [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:03:59

Second Economic Stimulus Check: Obama’s Economic Plan

The ink hasn’t even dried on the first economic stimulus checks mailed out last month and this month and there’s already talk of another stimulus ... , as well as debt relief for students. It’s the first economic salvo fired by Democratic Presidential ... Foreclosure Prevention Fund (which would include a credit of 10% of their mortgage interest payment [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 22:09:01

Love Them or Hate Them, Make the Most of Gift Cards this Holiday Season

Today’s guest post comes from PT, who writes at Prime Time Money: a site dedicated to helping you save more money, get out of debt, ... out gift cards, check out these tips: Choosing Between Generic Card or Store Brand Cards There are two basic categories when it comes to gift cards. Those that are basically like a prepaid credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 11:00:26

Ten For Tuesday (January 6, 2009)

1. First off, check out this resource I discovered a couple of days ago. It’s called NewMogul.com ... . 6. Lazyman has some tips on how to have a successful 2009. 7. Tricia wrote about credit card offers on college campuses. She said, “I have come to realize that whenever you get a credit card through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:55:07

Hooverville

Who abhors a vacuum? Nature and, close second, your credit card company ... of freedom, the relief that, in this one part of my financial life, I had gained control ... business with, never even heard of sent me offers and come-ons and those scary blank checks anyone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:35:59

Oh, Thank You!

I am back in the swing of things, and just wanted to extend my thankyous that are in due order ... credit to Chris for coming up with the idea (brilliant), and if you do need more direction ... that. You should see her dining-room make-over. Be sure to check out the gorgeous mirror she pressed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:01:00

When The Checks Stop Coming In: The Human Beat Box

Posted by Bossip Staff Yes. Another one bites the dust, again: Rap icon Doug E ... by banks looking to collect more than $3.5 million in unpaid mortgages on a trio of his Harlem homes. The rapper, 46, also is being chased by American Express for nearly $60,000 in credit-card debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 15:10:01

Finally Finished Paying Off My Medical Bills.

In July, Mrs. Micah issued a personal finance challenge to her readers; ... , and I just finally wrote the last check out for $208.96 for the removal of my stitches. Sure, something else may ... know how lucky I am that I could pay off these bills with cash and not have to go into credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 16:00:37

Will There Be A Second Stimulus Check? I Hope Not.

Man, do I hope not. The first stimulus check cost us $168 billion dollars, ... ; we are already doing that with the bailout. If they want to create a fund to pay for road repair or fixing ... spent - it was either saved or put on a credit card to pay down debt. It was not used to stimulate [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 13:00:23

Bachelorettes in Debt -- The New Reverse Dowry System

My wife raises an interesting point that I've never heard anyone discuss ... . Right. Thus, an awful lot of them have a lot of debt, especially credit card debt, which they keep ... card debt, which she's paying $5500 per year of interest on, does the idea of a joint checking account [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 22:28:55

Economy Doesn't Stop George Soros from Enjoying Chekhov, Ethan Hawke

Economy Doesn't Stop George Soros from Enjoying Chekhov, Ethan Hawke Posted by Brian Parks at 1:47 PM, January 15, 2009 [ cherry-orchard-sammendes ... .jpg credit: Joan Marcus It's nice to know that the meltdown of the world economy ... not in a new Stoppard version. For info about either production, check out www.bam.org. For Feingold's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:47:59

Instant Background Check

by Ben Dave Background Checks are typically conducted discreetly. By that token, it is sneaky to some degree ... , Negligent Hiring being the big issue that it has become in human resource operation. Credit or loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:48:59

Check Out My New Blog: Darwin's Finance

I've been mulling over making the jump over to WordPress for some time now and I finally got around to making the switch ... from recent global market tumult, commodity, currency and credit events, the traditional buy and hold approach [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:02:00

Episode 3: Reality Check in Financial Literacy!

Online Resources for Classroom Use AND Materials that Will Assist Learners See Financial Realities CLICK to {{{ LISTEN }}} ... s calculators and also inflation calculators cost of living calculators, and credit card calculators [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 01:21:02

Science Event Pick: The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial

Photo Credit: Evolve2009.orgThe first movie I ever remember watching was the immortal "Inherit the Wind" about the famous 1925 Scopes monkey trial ... | Student $30.00. For more info, check out the event website. Tags: KQED, Science [more...]

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

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