Senators: credit scores shouldn’t determine insurance rates.

A person’s financial history should not determine how much they pay for auto insurance, say three south central Senators. “If you have a low credit score you pay a higher amount,” said Sen. Oletha Faust-Goudeau ... it so insurance companies could set premiums based on credit scores. She is co-sponsoring the measure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:01:51

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Credit information

  The Trump Blog, I thought the information in Trump’s blog would be worthy to share with you ... .  According to the article, the breakdown is as follows: 35% - Payment History 30% - Amounts Owed ... debt. Don’t use your whole credit line every month, even if you pay your balance off in full every [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:20:37

CES 2009 home audio wrap-up

With its unique design, built-in BD-Live Blu-ray player, Netflix onboard, and Wi-Fi compatibility, the Samsung HT-BD7200 encapsulated cutting-edge home theater this year. (Credit: Samsung) The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is history. As far ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:42:39

Bush, Obama, the Financial Rescue, and Housing Prices

Ya, that sums it up pretty well.  Of course, maybe not all the blame should go to Bush regarding management of the financial crisis ... -backed and other credit-related securities.  And if Obama succeeds in reducing foreclosures ... (as if history or his legacy need any more damning judgements on Bush) that he wasted months dilly-dallying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:04:50

Temper, temper

I might be raising a brat.  We already know he is a biter, and lately, The Boy has taken to throwing tantrums ... , like the end of dinner.  Maybe it's just the willful ones (credit for that phrase to Oz over ... , especially when he already has a history of biting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:30:29

CASINO WALL STREET

Bill Werner is an Engineer in Missouri City, Texas. The following is his attempt to Encapsulate All of Modern Economic History ( ... The Vast Matrix of Models of Mind-stuff” we abide in. ~~~ “Credit-default swaps… have become mainly side ... the United States government will go bust.” -Michael Lewis & David Einhorn in How to Repair [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:28:11

EconLog Book Club on For a New Liberty?

Tyler's been having fun with his MR Book Club on Keynes' General Theory: I will go through the book, chapter by chapter, ... Liberty? I've got a lot of history with this book, which is now available online. I read ... ). For extra credit at the end, we can also talk about the original 1973 edition. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:21:27

Review: Blessed is the Match

The most truthful moment contained within Roberta Grossman’s documentary, Blessed is the Match, comes from parachutist Reuven Dafni ... t make any serious efforts to ask whether Senesh’s martyrdom was premeditated, or whether history ... and a missed opportunity. For are not noble actions committed without the expectation of credit? If Senesh [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:47:55

It's Magic! Al Franken creates 359 votes out of thin air

Over the course of the last decade the Democratic Party has assembled an impressive history of vote fraud ... cocaine.Barack Obama's presidential campaign intentionally disabled all elements of credit-card security ... recount, Rossi lost by 133 votes and subsequent investigations found rampant fraud involving [more...]

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

Presidential Inauguration Day of Events

As you are busy making your plans for the next week, keep in mind that if you aren’t able to make it to DC, but still want to partake in this making of history, check out the timetable of events ... tuned for local events in South Florida. Photo credit: tiltti @ flickr Tags: obama, presidential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:53:49

Pitts to Bush: Live Long So History Can Judge You

As usual, Leonard Pitts nails it in his column today in the Miami Herald: Dear President Bush: I am glad you are, at 62, ... . History, it is implied, will say you were a far better president than we ever gave you credit ... likelihood of your being with us for decades yet to come, and I dearly want that. You see, history’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:36:17

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

We’re starting off with a little history. During the presidential campaign in 1932, Frankin D ... everyone borrows from the banks, licensed lending companies, credit unions and the car makers who offer ... up in Washington can talk about “freeing up the credit market” and “easing liquidity”, but it all comes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:51:55

Posh, Er, Katie Holmes Promotes Alien Clothing Line

Katie Holmes, earlier today in a ridiculous ad. Now it's Victoria Beckham turn to model - in next to no clothing at least. Posh is the new face ( ... Kim at a Klub Kim and Brandon On the Go Making an Escape Photo Credit: Splash News Maybe ... to convince us Jason Mesnick is not the hottest star in The Bachelor history. And we don't think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:37:14

Recession Journal Part I: 'Fast' Money in the '09

By Jabulani Leffall The year 2008 is history in every sense of the word ... bailouts, volatile equity, debt and commodities corrections and the worst credit conditions in perhaps ... and doting on doing a drastic, detailed, (and apparently alliterative) debt-diet, why not just try [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:11:29

10 Great Tips For Credit Repair

You need to clear up your credit report and make yourself look credit-worthy before applying for a major loan ... thousands of dollars to attorneys, credit clinics and other professionals who claim ... you or your wife made the debt. • Check out your pay history making sure that it is correct. If you find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:49:42

Credit Card Fraud–How to Protect Yourself

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . This week, Albert Gonzalez was charged with involvement in the biggest case of credit/debit card data theft in United States history. Federal prosecutors allege that he was part of a group of hackers that seized access to 130 million credit and debit accounts. This is a startling number and a good reminder of the importance of protecting account information. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-20 18:57:27

Fire Sean McDonough

Devil Rays superstars Andy Sonnanstine, B.J. Upton and Scott Kazmir were at historic Tropicana Field to witness history — the inaugural St ... he could have picked Scott Kazmir out of a lineup five minutes ago.” To the credit of the producers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 11:59:15

Government Bail out fails - That’s a good thing

Yesterday was most likely one of those days that will go down in economic history ... the panic? Fear that Congress might not be able to come up with a fix to the nearly frozen credit ... to continue day-to-day operations. Businesses of all types depend on these loans and lines of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 10:49:17

Financial gain will occur again in the USA

Finally there appears at some point there will be the chance that this economic downfall may fade into history. Untold numbers of American households have been left deserted by what has occurred and left holding a burden of credit card debt. The best resolution people have been utilizing is a plan called debt settlement . This process emphasizes saving tons of money and time on the road to debt freedom. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-08 07:16:18

NO JUICE CREW DIS

Kool G Rap and DJ Polo: I Declare War Craig G: Drop a Bomb On 'Em From The Juice Crew EP (DWG, 2008) (Originally posted to Side Dishes) ... $80? And is vinyl only? Give DWG (Diggers With Gratitude) credit - like Kane, ain't no half ... edition items have been a part of hip-hop (and pop music) history for ages. I do feel bad for genuine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:33:11

Weekly Giveaway - “Birth of a Statesman: Barack Obama”

On Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 history will be made in the United States ... has more books from other photographers. You have to give someone real credit though [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:54:58

Better Hope the “Blame Bush” Part Works

Better Hope the “Blame Bush” Part Works Jennifer Rubin - 12.22.2008 - 12:48 PM Well, let’s give Alice Rivlin credit ... concrete results in areas such as providing mortgage relief or extending unemployment benefits ... a legacy of debt, transforming the biggest surpluses in history into the biggest deficits and affecting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:48:14

Best Prepaid Credit Card – What To Look For

September 27, 2009 | By Dan Moskel In Finance | by Dan MoskelYou may have heard of these and asked, “why are they called credit cards if you receive no credit?” To answer that question and many others, let’s look at them in detail.Nearly all of the major issuers offer these. The concept is very simple. Once you are approved, and nearly everybody regardless of their history is, you get a card in the mail. It looks identical to a regular one typically with a Visa or MasterCard logo. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:13:10

How security compliance became important

Over the past 20 years, we’ve seen some downright amazing changes in business. Looking back to when I was a child growing up in Bishop, California ... credit, and only for orders that had to be shipped from far off locations such as Los Angeles or Salmon ... be called if a theft had occurred, and take a report obtaining any evidence of the crime right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:54:44

Think Big 3 Bailout's A Good Idea? Jaguar's History Suggests It Isn't

By JOHN TAMNY | Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:20 PM PT With England's economy gasping in the mid 1970s due to a combination of nosebleed rates ... by the British government in 1975 thanks to skeptical credit markets, and it remained that way until ... up for frequent Jaguar sightings at auto-repair bays wherever the car was sold.In later years, after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:59:00

That Epic Fail That Was 2008: #2

Wall Street Crumbles Unlike more financially successfully friends, I didn’t spend much time studying Economics while in college ... their credit card bills. The government can bail us all out. That’s it. I’m buying an Audi R8 on my starter Visa. Future failings: You know what happens to those who don’t follow history, right? Failed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:22:48

Of Piracy and Politics

Guest Commentary by Edward Cline:The Associated Press reported on January 11th what was otherwise an amusing episode in the saga of the Somalian pirate infestation off the east coast of Africa.Five of the pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a $3 million ransom…the day after the bundle of cash was apparently dropped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:50:00

How to Write a Resume That Will Land an Interview

Many people haven’t looked at their resume in years; they haven’t needed to. But in 2009’s collapsed economy, jobs are shaking out like coins from a piggy bank. If you’ve been laid off or you’re worried you might be, blow the dust off your old resume and bring it back to life. Whether you are just updating or starting from scratch ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:10:41

Clueless

This has got to break some sort of record for stupid. Yesterday, I heard a man equate the sacrifices made by Thomas Beatie so that he and his wife could have children, with the crowd of idiots who trampled a man to death so they could get inside a Wal-Mart to go shopping. No kidding, this was on (OMG!) “Janet Parshall’s America” ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:49:21

Book Review - The Subprime Solution

The winner from last week’s drawing for Working Longer is Chris.  There were only 5 entries last week, so come on peopel! ... , and complacent borrowers. Like me, Shiller believes that overly easy credit allowed many people ... in the average consumer, combined with easier lending standards created the bubble. He then looks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:00:29

Urban doubt-fitter

By Ryan Avent Barack Obama, man of the city. Photo: Based on image by Matthias Winkelmann The effort to save the American economy is front and center at the moment, but a term is four long years. Beyond the immediate crisis, President-elect Obama -- who hadn't exactly set a modest agenda before the economic collapse -- hopes to transform much [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:40:46

Bush Farewell Address-- He Liberated Millions... He Kept Us Safe

President George W. Bush gave his Farewell Address tonight. He said he followed his conscience and always acted in the best interests of the nation. A U.S. Army Soldier gets a lift from an Iraqi boy and his mule on Route Douglas in the Jamilla Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, June 9, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Tech. Sgt. Cohen A [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:00:25

Obama’s Blunders

Obama is looking pretty weak and without convictions before even being sworn in. The biggest concern I think every one has ( ... projected a lot of hopes and wishes (and fantasies). His handling of the Blagojevich incident was a bad ... the $3,000-per-job credit last week as one of five individual and business tax incentives aimed at winning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:23:57

Historian: Bush was right

President Bush isn’t a perfect president, and that’s been the theme of the Democratic press for all but a month of his two terms in office ... draft of history” did not work. Historian Andrew Roberts declares, in a fairly comprehensive article for The (London) Telegraph, that “History will show that George W. Bush was right,” particularly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:31:37

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

Updates...

So, I was just about to post about all of the craptastic things that are going on with all of our bills/accounts, but one slightly more important thing just came up...  Boogie is, apparently, missing me terribly tonight...  He promised Clark that he had it together and that he would not cry if he got to talk to me on the phone, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:00:43

FHA Mortgage Insurance Fund Down 40%

Mortgage Law Central reports today on FHA’s Oversight Capability.  The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing to look into the recent Business Week story alleging that predatory lenders are alive and well originating FHA loans. The committee listened to testimony from HUD on the approval process for FHA lenders, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:30:06

Bush's Legacy

I am always slightly disturbed when I encounter Bush-haters amongst my friends. Disturbed not because it surprises me that Bush-hater exist but because my friends are otherwise smart, informed, thinking people who have a healthy degree of scepticism towards the left-wing, anti-conservative values of the media and hollywood; [more...]

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

Al Kooper: a lot like a Rolling Stone

Al Kooper’s memoir, "Backstage Passes and Backstabbing Bastards," was reissued in an updated edition in 2008; the Zelig of the music world was on hand last night at Book Soup to take questions about his undeniable musical talent and his propensity for being in the right places at the right (and sometimes the very wrong) times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:33:12

The New Monster: It’s More User Friendly, But Is That Saying Much?

I don’t fit neatly into anyone’s standard job taxonomy. So it was no surprise that in the “new” Monster (profile; site) none of the industry choices really fit “My Profile.” What was a surprise, not to mention a disappointment in this new, “user-centric” incarnation, is how much work it is for a jobseeker to play [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:30:09

Mood Shift Underway

A quick read of history reveals that good times and good relations among nations generally go hand-in-hand ... are now widening as dramatically as the spreads on financial risk at the onset of the credit crunch. Whether it is the Indian rupee, the Shanghai bourse, or Kremlin debt, the stars of the credit boom have fallen [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 20:20:33

Stimulus Bill Outlined By House Democrats as Senate Budget Sees a Wall of Debt

This morning, House Democratic leaders released summaries of the $275 b. of tax cuts and $550 b ... to stimulate the economy.  The bulk of it paid down debt or was saved.  Now we're trying again ... mortgage foreclosures and to clean "troubled" assets from bank balance sheets.  Allen Sinai supported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:04:23

another one of those “Thailand” posts

Ok so I’m back to scheming about getting the best exchange rates for my Australian money in Thailand. Obviously, cash is always best ... advances on my credit card and then pay it back to the card pronto pronto to avoid interest charges ... , with 20,000 baht, they make 728 baht, or 3%. To compare that with regular purchases on my credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:29:06

PAUL BLART: MALL COP likely to unseat Clint Eastwood as box office champ this weekend; MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3-D is hurt by slow conversion to digital, but could still reach $20M; NOTORIOUS targets $10M!

The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend brings four new wide releases to America’s multiplexes along with one major expansion. The Monday holiday means stronger-than-average business on Sunday and a bonus fourth day of steady sales, especially for younger-skewing movies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:07:47

Protecting Your Good Credit

It’s safe to say that if you have built a good credit score, you’d like to keep it that way. Who wouldn’t? ... . If you have a good credit score, but can foresee rougher roads ahead, maybe you should consider debt consolidation ... appear to be a larger payment, in fact you are paying a lower payment to each individual company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:45:25

Episode 5006 (1/13/2009)

A house divided against itself cannot stand, but it’s worth squat in this market anyway. This is The Colbert Report!” Gas-Nost: “Tonight, Russians cut off the natural gas pipeline to Europe in the most boring James Bond plotline ever.” Actually, this is still a better plotline than Tomorrow Never Dies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:12:43

Live-Blogging the Hearings for Obama’s SEC Chairman Pick

Mary Schapiro, President Barack Obama’s vaguely controversial pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, is appearing on the Dodd & Shelby Show today (otherwise known as the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, of which Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd is the chairman and Alabama Republican Richard Shelby is the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:16:09

Live-Blogging the Hearings for Obama’s SEC Chairman Pick

Mary Schapiro, President Barack Obama’s vaguely controversial pick to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, is appearing on the Dodd & Shelby Show today (otherwise known as the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, of which Connecticut Democrat Chris Dodd is the chairman and Alabama Republican Richard Shelby is the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:37:43

RICHARD RYDZE SPEAKS....AND MORE STILLER NEWS

One of the most under-reported stories in Pittsburgh sports history has to be the case of Dr ... with the team in 2007. I distinctly remember a report that he had purchased $150,000 of HGH on a credit card, which probably didn't look good given today's touchy atmosphere on that topic. Today, ESPN [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:23:00

Kicking Off the Panic of 2009

“Sir, there are no seats left. You’re going to have to stand in the back.” I was only 10 minutes late, but the conference hall was packed. Every seat was taken. The walls were lined with people. At that point, I knew without a doubt, there was a lot more downside left in real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:10:34

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