When You Owe Money to the IRS Tax Debt Relief Can Help

The IRS may offer a settlement deal, or they may agree to a more flexible payment plan Whatever solution you agree to will be the one that you keep Failure to comply with this agreement can result in garnishment and reassessment of penalties and interest [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:10:48

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Tips To Short Sale Your House

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates from BB Articles.Powered by WP Greet BoxIn today’s economy, property owners in trouble are considering every option at their disposal to resolve their housing debts. We are seeing this trend growing each month, although varying from state to state. All too often, in many cases, it is hard to imagine a real solution that will not do additional harm to your already damaged credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:05:45

Managing Debt Wisely

Leading a debt-free life is the best way to provide a secure future for ourselves and our families. Long term debt, when becomes very large, can wreck a persons life. So, it is imperative for everyone to meticulously manage their finances to avoid huge debt payments. It has been proven through research that most people have debt due to their spending habits. So, if there is a need to change our lifestyle to prevent a debt situation in the future, it should be done immediately. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:41:49

Money

A succinct account of just what ails our financial system from Janet Tavakoli. (via Jesse's Cafe Americain ) Wall Street’s Fraud and Solutions for Systemic Peril By Janet Tavakoli TSF Opinion Commentary – September 29, 2009 http://www.tavakolistructuredfinance.com/Fraud.pdf   Last week I gave a presentation to members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) explaining the corrosive atmosphere that allowed the largest Ponzi scheme in the history of the capital markets to flourish. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:04:06

Megawoman

From a Philosopher King to a Businesswoman in a Pantsuit It was once said that as goes California, so goes the nation. That may not be as true as it once was. California is certainly a very blue state in a very purple country. But just because the nation will never be as pro-choice as the Golden State doesn’t mean that general trends don’t tend to start out west and work their way eastward. California discovered Nixon before the nation did. Ditto with Reagan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:55:33

Using Your Home As A Second Job

Today's LA Times has a very good article by Peter Hong with an unfortunate title: "Don't bank on your home as an ATM" . The notion that Californians took equity out of their homes during the bubble earlier this decade and spent it on frivolities like cars and vacations is a widespread belief. "Using a home as an ATM" is the way this practice is derogatorily described on many of the otherwise excellent housing blogs that have charted the collapse of the real estate bubble. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 21:11:10

Weekly Wisdom Roundup #46 (Links You Don’t Want To Miss)

Readers, Hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Miguel Barbosa -Founder of SimoleonSense SimoleonSense Weekly Favorite: Video: EO Wilson 1 hour profile - Via Meaning Of Life TV Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor emeritus at Harvard. His awards include the National Medal of Science and two Pulitzer Prizes. Exclusive Features: The Embodied Mind and the Nature of Skill - Via Phil.MQ.Edu - Cricket is suffused in memory. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 17:03:12

Who Is Donating To Charlie Crist, And Why?

From the Orlando Sentinel : And a half-dozen attorneys with Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan 's Morgan & Morgan mega-law firm maxed out at a fundraiser that netted $300,000 for Crist in June. Crist's lieutenant governor, Jeff Kottkamp, is a former partner in the Morgan firm. Morgan, a Democrat , is supporting Alex Sink in the governor's race against Republican Bill McCollum . But he said Crist will be the top draw for those willing to open their checkbooks this political season. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 22:32:00

Understanding Consumer Debt Consolidation

Amazon.de Widgets Living today has never been more difficult and the fine line between keeping ones head above water and drowning has never been finer so it is hardly surprising that more and more people are looking to consumer debt consolidation programs for assistance.Consumer debt consolidation programs have increased greatly in number over the past three years as the requirement for professional counseling and guidance has become more apparent now than ever before. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 11:48:54

How Baucus Plans On Hiding Costs

Thanks to the Wall Street Journal’s article , we now know how Sen. Baucus’s legislation hides the total cost of the legislation: One reason it allegedly “pays for itself” over 10 years is because it would break all 50 state budgets by permanently expanding Medicaid, the joint state-federal program for the poor. Democrats want to use Medicaid to cover everyone up to at least 133% of the federal poverty level, or about $30,000 for a family of four. Starting in 2014, Mr. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 03:37:07

“How to Create Wealth Automatically – Guaranteed!”

Are you sick and tired of? Living in debt? Worrying about your financial future? Not having money at the end of the month? Not being able to spoil yourself whenever you want to? Not enjoying overseas travel? Working for a boss? Having to leave your children in day-care while you fight the traffic and your job? We have a financial solution, whether you want to make a little or a lot of extra cash. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:24:05

Get Your Credit Card Debt Paid Off

In an ideal world, the way to avoid debt is to never get in it. This is probably unavoidable as you are deep in debt as you read this. You may have liked the low interest rate when you first open the account. Then life happened and you had the charge everyday items on the credit card. And before long you found yourself suffocating from a massive debt load. In addition to credit card debt you may also have tons of student loan debt or medical debt. You could also have student loans from your college days. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 14:16:34

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Stress Free

by Dina Salinas For most people, having bad credit would be like the end of the world. People rely on credit for even the simplest transactions in this modern world. If you have bad credit, then simplify your life with a credit repair that is within reach. If you’re having financial issues, chances are that creditors already know. They can tell by the way you handle your credit, the way you pay it, etc. For instance, if you are changing your credit pattern or taking cash advances. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:08:52

Bailout Mania As Miracle No Diet, No Exercise Weight Loss Drugs

Peter Schiff, writing in the Wall Street Journal, aptly describes our policymakers’ current fascination with bailouts as a desire for a pain-free ... avoidance. Individuals, companies or cities with heavy debt and shrinking revenues instinctively know that they must reduce spending, tighten their belts, pay down debt and live within their means [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 05:20:42

The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, Bishop of Hulme was just on the BBC News saying - and I had to rewind and listen to this to make sure I heard it correctly ... in debt to stop overextending themselves, but instead is urging us to spend more. That is morally suspect ... on it. Disaster. It is obvious that people already deep in debt should not keep spending. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 11:28:29

Having Problems Paying Your Bills?

Take a few minutes off and answer the following questions.1. What financial concerns are giving you headache right now?a. Credit card billsb ... in debt, try this next suggestion. My Fapturbo is an automated trading system that will help ... 1?a. File a loan to pay other loansb. Drop the insurancec. Declare bankruptcy d. Take second [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:15:28

Kerching Casino launches affiliate program

Kerching Casino launches affiliate program Million2-1 Ltd, an IGT-UK Group subsidiary, are pleased to announce that Kerching Casino has launched it’s Affiliate Program through the specialist online gaming agency McBoom, utilising the Affiliate interface technology provided by Brand Conversions. Italian player hits $93,000 Jackpot at Planet23 Casino During the interview which was held yesterday, Sandra said: “I was shocked when I saw the machine hitting the jackpot. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:25:35

Choose A Credit Repair Company With Care

Many of the people that would like to find a way to complete a credit repair program quickly do not understand the importance of finding a good credit repair company.  There are thousands of credit repair companies across the nation and each one is charged with matching each person to the credit repair process that is best for their needs and their financial situation.  Finding a good credit repair company can be very important for being able to get out of debt and be able to secure credit for the future. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 07:40:45

PONZI PREDICTS

Economy: Enjoying the Pre-Game Show?Sorry to be missing from the Angry Bear scene – but I have had several long and serious medical outages in 2008 ... bets.There seems to be a lot of talk in AB and elsewhere about this thing called “solutions”. Solutions are not my department – predictions are. Any reasonable solution is by definition politically [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:04:00

Sorts and Formulas of UK Email Marketing Services

E-mail Marketing Services Email marketing services are as varied as the people who provide them and the people who receive them. In the UK, there are many different types of email marketing communications you can send to customers and prospective customers. Note that in spite of the fact that numerous email marketing companies target sales, the field of email marketing is a lot wider. Below is some info concerning the forms and measures of email marketing solutions that you can mull over. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 08:27:40

Agriculture incomes are rising and investors are bullish as AgChoices conference nears

Alberta farmers and ranchers will gather in Red Deer on February 11th to discuss new opportunities and ideas in agribusiness ... instruments, like asset-backed debt, become increasingly complex and, as it turns out, worthless, a certain ... , understand that inflation is an irresistible tool of government even when compared against taxes and debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:54:40

Updated: Nortel Is Bankrupt, More Layoffs Coming

Updated with confirmation, comment from Nortel: In a sign of just how deep the troubles of the troubled telecommunications industry currently run, ... in the last few weeks. Tomorrow it has to make a $107 million interest payment on its debt — ... in debt, and faces declining sales for its gear as operators pause network deployments. To further [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:58:08

I’m In Debt - What Are My Options?

“I’m in debt. How do I get out of it?” It’s a common question these days, and a problem that’s made no easier by today’s economic troubles ... consolidation loans; IVA and Trust Deeds. To some people, they’re just names – but to others, they’re a path ... consolidation loans. Rather than struggling to keep up multiple payments to multiple debts, many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:23:18

Foreclosure Conflict

The problem of foreclosure is becoming common every where due to the extremely low economic level for several homeowners ... from their relatives or friends. Though this increases the debt ratio but the success in their job ... with strength and hope. Consulting the lender or the bank officials can help the owners to find many solutions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:09:29

Ultimate Debt Guide - Get Out of Debt With Debt Consolidation?

by Ash Ford How to get out of debt by not filing for bankruptcy or by signing up to a long-term debt relief plan which has the potential to push you ... truth about the credit card game is clear to me now and you’ll learn why numerous people remain in debt ... and be in over your head with loans, credit cards, car payments, mortgages etc. Finding a way [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:47:14

Credit Repair Can Make Your Life Stress Free

by Dina Salinas Having bad credit can be a nightmare for most, because we live in a world that is fast-paced, costly, and always requires credit. It goes without saying, credit repair can make your life simpler if you’ve had some problems with your credit. The manner in which you use the available credit at your disposal is plain for creditors to see when they check your credit score. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 18:18:14

Dissecting the 2012 GOP Candidates

As more and more current and former elected officials signal to the media and conservative organizations their intention to seek the nomination in 2012, I decided to analyze where the candidates have positioned themselves in the Republican political spectrum, on both foreign and domestic policy.  I combined their legislative advocation, voting records and most recent statements and writings on public policy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 12:31:50

What is a cram down in bankruptcy?

What is a cram down in bankruptcy? We’re answering this question a lot lately more than likely because of the headlines Citigroup — among the ... borrowers falling deeper into debt — it appears that Citigroup is willing to go along with a possible major plan to help alleviate the foreclosure situation. Is it an effective solution? The Mortgage [more...]

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

SEBI asked BSE to improve its technology platform before listing of its own shares

Sep 29, 2009SEBI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the 134-year-old Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to set its house in order before planning a listing. BSE had been planning to list on the exchange for a while and had approached Sebi for permission to list without an initial public offer. Sebi also has to formalise norms for regulating self-listed companies. Some BSE members were keen on the listing of the exchange so that they could sell their shares. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 13:28:11

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/2/2009

In tonight’s news: Israel is poised to send ground troops into Gaza.A Muslim family was removed from a plane before takeoff, and is being compensated by the airline for the error. CAIR is in high dudgeon about the incident.Thousands of shoes were dumped on a Miami expressway — is that a message for President-eject Bush? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:42:00

Despite Reports, Nortel Operates as Usual

Reports are circulating that Nortel has declared bankruptcy and pieces will be sold off to foreign firms. Company sources say this is untrue ... from encouraging companies and individuals to take on as much debt as they can to abruptly stopping all financing and debt renegotiation. During the dotcom/telecom bubble, VCs poured money into companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:14:40

YRC Worldwide Pursues Long-Term Solution to Improve Financial Condition

Cancels Tender Offer and Evaluates Better Opportunities with its Banks National Integration to be Complete by Early Spring 2009 YRC Worldwide Inc ... facilities that would enhance the company’s financial flexibility including changes to its leverage ratio. The company’s credit agreement defines the leverage ratio generally to be total debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 09:26:02

Sarah Palin: COMMON SENSE CONSERVATISM

tothepointnews.com Written by Sarah Palin Thursday, 24 September 2009 You can call me a common-sense conservative. My approach to the issues facing my country and the world, issues that we’ll discuss today, are rooted in this common-sense conservatism… Common sense conservatism deals with the reality of the world as it is. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 17:28:31

Chrysler CEO: Fuel Economy’s Up, Future is Green

Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli sent a letter to the automaker’s employees yesterday in which he reflects on the past year, ... ;P analysts wrote, the agency considers the offer to exchange secured debt for equity or new debt ... to provide financial assistance as well to protect Canadian manufacturing. This support underscores [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 18:00:54

What We Talk About When We Talk About News

Updated: Old-media newsrooms are dying, as are some of their less-lucky online rivals ... of collecting relevant stories — more often than not ones published by enterprises that are cutting back ... of the past few years, risks defaulting on $400 million in debt this spring. And yet this week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:00:26

The Massachusetts Mess

By The Honorable Arlene Wohlgemuth News coming out of the Massachusetts experiment with “socialized medicine lite” – the combination of insurance coverage that is free, subsidized, or mandatory to make it near universal – continues to be distressing for reasons other than the predictable, ever-escalating cost to the state [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:10:42

A Peaceful Solution The Haybilongs

Eddie Jorge on drums, Alex Goethe on bass and Glenn Maresca on guitar and vocals ... around. Here we go, twin crises of exponentially growing debt causing huge market disruptions ... . The change we voted for seems to be more debt, increased military aggression in Afghanistan, Big Government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 00:41:52

How To Contact Creditors To Help With Credit Repair

Good credit has become nearly a necessity these days. Credit has become almost essential to buying a car or a home ( ... a problem because you’d be surprised at what kind of credit repair you can accomplish by being ... out of embarrassment or even fear. Unfortunately, it’s best to deal with the problem immediately [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:57:12

Obama’s Solution to the Government Engineered Economic Crisis? More Government Interference

FreedomWorks Opposes President–Elect Obama’s Stimulus Plan — Borrowing and spending is not the solution for a problem caused by too much borrowing ... out of the recession is to get private capital back into the market and restore consumer confidence. Borrowing ... of bailouts and have no appetite for taking on two trillion dollars worth of debt in 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:15:02

Paul Krugman Doesn't Get It, Part Whatever

What would Christmas be without more idiocy from Paul Krugman?  My present to Paul is a good fisking.  Here is the entirety of Krugman's blog post from today's NYT, with my commentary interspersed in italics: Just a quick question for those who think that FDR prolonged the Great Depression by preventing a fall in nominal wages: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 18:49:27

CESI Can Help You Get Debt Free

by Imus Jackson There are all kinds of groups and programs and companies out there that claim to provide help for those folks who are stuck in a financial nightmare, and don’t know how to get out of it. CESI is an organization that provides all kinds of services and counseling for just those kinds of folks and they have multiple options available to fit almost every circumstance. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 09:24:17

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... latte or deciding to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial ... matters, it is occasionally difficult to admit your mistakes and even harder to own up that you need help [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:37:08

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... or deciding to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is sometimes tough to admit your mistakes and even harder to admit that you need help. Online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:44:59

Financial Forecast for 2009, Considering Resource Limitations

In this post, I consider some major issues contributing to our current financial problems, before making a financial forecast for 2009. These are 1 ... from the bottom: Layer 1. Household Debt (Mortgages, auto loans, credit card debt, student loans ... debt-based financial system operating. 3. Where we are now, and the role reduced resources [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:10:32

IndyMac: Private Equity Gets Smart About Banks

Private-equity firms are getting clever again. Private equity is known as “smart money” but in recent years it has made some less-than-bright investments. After paying billions of dollars in 2006 and 2007 for deals that many considered overvalued and that burdened the targets with too much debt, private-equity firms have before them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:42:52

IndyMac: Private Equity Gets Smart About Banks

Private-equity firms are getting clever again. Private equity is known as “smart money” but in recent years it has made some less-than-bright investments. After paying billions of dollars in 2006 and 2007 for deals that many considered overvalued and that burdened the targets with too much debt, private-equity firms have before them [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:41:00

20 tips for living on one income

Thanks to everyone who came by with Christmas greetings over the holidays. Hanno and I appreciated them very much ... and one of you loses your job?Your main goal is to keep your home, feed your family and pay off your debt ... it a try. We had already paid off our mortgage but we had a small amount of debt on our credit cards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:21:00

Get Out of Debt Fast With The Ultimate Debt Guide

by Ash Ford The Ultimate Debt Guide is a system that uncovers how you can become debt free without signing up to a long-term debt relief plan or ... . What are you looking for? Is it authoritative information on debt consolidation? debt consolidation loans? credit ... into debt and be overwhelmed with credit cards, loans, mortgages, car payments etc. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:49:47

The Value of Reliable Information

At the Free Exchange Greenspan Roundtable: The Value of Reliable Information, by Mark Thoma, Greenspan Roundtable, The Economist: ... of the problems in financial markets than I think is warranted. Thus, rather than advocating robust solutions ... insurance and to enhance interbank liquidity by guaranteeing debt. Another emphasizes the importance [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 20:24:00

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is often not easy to admit your mistakes and even harder to own up that you need help. Online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:45:07

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