Stores see surge in applicants for holiday help

From department stores and convenience chains to call centers, managers who only a year ago had to scramble to fill holiday jobs are seeing a surge in the number of seasoned applicants — many of them laid off in other sectors and desperate for a way to pay the bills [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 23:26:33

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FTC Crackdown on 36 Credit "Repair" Companies

sweep.jpg Ever wonder if those TV ads claiming to help you repair your credit are legit? ... they are able to scrub your credit reports of accurate, negative information for a fee are lying - plain ... information from consumers' credit reports, even if that information is accurate and timely. The FTC [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 11:15:52

Bankruptcy: Two More Guys Who Don't Know What They're Talking About

It's always unsettling to read an author you think is really really smart and then observe him writing about something you actually know something ... or impossible collection mechanisms; and three, “exemptions.” It's the third point that causes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:20:00

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

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

Debt Elimination Scams — A Growing Problem for Consumers

Debt Elimination Scams — A Growing Problem for Consumers 26 December 2008 Consumers seeking debt assistance are faced with a bewildering assortment of debt companies, services, programs, books, ebooks, and websites. How to tell ... . It goes under different names, such as debt elimination, debt termination, or debt reduction [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 00:57:12

Credit Repair Firms In Crosshairs of Federal Trade Commission

Credit repair, or how to make your credit report lie, is not something you want to get involved with. It is much better for you to focus on dealing with a bad credit issue and resolve it, focus on rebuilding your credit report and credit score and just don’t waste one minute or one penny on paying [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 19:46:53

Rays, A’s and Marlins: Still Good

Us, nine weeks ago: Somebody wake the A’s, Marlins and Rays from their collective wet dream. There’s no way they can all keep this up ... and is quick to pay off a gambling debt. I was not forced to send in any hired goons to try to exact [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 20:45:46

Blog Carnival Edition 3

Here is the submission received into the blog carnival edition 3 of The Money Maniac ... Early and Saving Often posted at Debbie's Debt Advice. Debt Free Destiny presents Considering a Short Sale? Think Again! posted at Debt Free Destiny. Credit Card Assist presents You Can Prevent Hidden [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 07:43:00

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different By Ben Pershing Two days after the House failed to pass a financial rescue bill, sending the stock market into free fall, the Senate will take its own shot tonight by voting on a measure with extra sweeteners designed to attract additional votes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 17:10:57

Unemployment in the Nation with the Soul of a Church

Yesterday’s news about how grim the national unemployment situation has now become has me thinking about what happens to those who are unemployed ... in a Port Orange, Florida, newspaper about a father who was out of work. His business had failed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 17:14:00

Value Added Tax

Normally I write my own essays, but a light went off when I read this from Fortune Magazine Online ... out into these pages between photo essays of the Fabulous Florida Keys:by Shawn Tully, Editor at Large.NEW YORK [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 18:06:00

CONGRESS: THE FAILED LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The election is over. Most of the extremists and radicals in Congress are once again gerrymandered back into office ... , have created a system that continually returns a very large collection of self-serving pols to office [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 08:01:00

NEWS & POP CULTURE

Gay marriage goes before Iowa Supreme Court(Des Moines, Iowa) The Iowa Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a case challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Both sides on the marriage issue will be given 30 minutes on Tuesday to make their arguments [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:33:00

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Date: 2008-06-18 21:23:35

DECLARING WAR ON THE TRAVEL AGENCY "CARD MILLS"

THE REAL "SKINNY" ABOUT THE CARD MILLS ASTA defines a card mill in part as, "Those businesses that sell deceptive identification cards, sometimes accompanied by a package of worthless training materials that falsely identify the purchaser as a travel agent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 00:38:10

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

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 02:41:00

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 11:26:00

Javelin study shows at least one child ID theft victim in every school classroom

Javelin study shows at least one child ID theft victim in every school classroom October 28th, 2008 Last week Florida’s attorney general Bill McCollum alerted parents to the widespread theft ... . Of those 5%, there is an average of $12,779 in wrongly assigned or fraudulent debt. One child [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:34:55

London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 Pre-Collections

London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 Pre-Collections The London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010 pre-collections are now available to view online at the LFW website. From Basso and Brooke to Roksanda Ilincic, you now can take a sneak peek at what will be showcased in September. So what are the trends and themes that are highlighted in the collections? [more...]

Date: 2009-08-10 20:22:57

Towards A Competitive Malaysia #117

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Date: 2009-08-19 23:48:41

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: 2008-11-14 18:04:01

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: 2008-11-26 18:04:01

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: 2008-12-03 18:04:00

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: 2008-12-05 13:04:00

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: 2008-12-11 18:03:52

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: 2008-12-20 18:03:35

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: 2008-12-29 13:03:18

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

Weekly Roundup - Twas the night before Christmas Edition

I'm taking a few days off from the blog this week to celebrate Christmas with my family. In the meantime, here are a few links from the Tuesday edition of the "Weekly Roundup." Merry Christmas!Obama to use Lincoln BiblePolitico - Dec 23, 2008On January 20th, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 17:00:00

Grow The Mo :: Movember And Prostate Cancer

October recap last week, I am happy to get back into the swing of things with this edition of Speedlinking ... interested in the mention of Totlol by Erick Schonfeld over at TechCrunch. Totlol is a collection [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 02:00:28

CHPP Daily Brief - January 13, 2009

In This Issue· The Daily Brief· The Middle East in Focus· America's Jihadist Problem· Israel Goes Alone· Today's Update from Israel· Emergency Conference Call on ThursdayGreetings!Capitol Hill Prayer PartnersP.O. Box 5152Herndon, VA 20172-1970chpp@patriot.netThe Daily Brief Tuesday, Jan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:09:00

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

Socialists Brian Moore and Stewart Alexander send their thanks

Ed, Art, Socialist Party Members, Family and Friends: No, it is Stewart and I who wish to thank all of the SP members, friends, ... , long hours, for our party and our candidacies. Thank you, Mark. We owe you a debt of gratitude [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 17:04:36

Ten Financial Entities On The Brink

Clearly Lehman (LEH) is on the brink of disaster. I talked about that on Tuesday in Lehman In Deep Trouble ... Have An Enormous $223 Billion Debt Rollover Problem. Washington Mutual (WM) Is On The Brink [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 06:24:03

A local Ponzi

Maryland had a Ponzi scheme exposed a few decades ago and it involved Jeffrey Levitt and the Old Court Savings and Loan ... that had both debt and assets and strip away the assets for himself and leave the debt to the suckers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 19:00:12

Somebody Was Asleep At The Switch In Florida

The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “Sorrento Springs, an upscale development amid the lush, rolling pastureland of rural Lake County…has an 18-hole golf course, a resortlike clubhouse [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 13:28:03

Create a Life of Fulfillment Through the Mastery of Life Management Systems with Anthony Robbins

Create a Life of Fulfillment Through the Mastery of Life Management Systems with Anthony Robbins - San Antonio family law firm offering ... computer.Attorney specializes florida law Catalog, research [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:12:23

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Date: 2008-12-30 16:11:55

Personal Finance Advice from Personal Finance Blogs - November 29 2008

Personal Finance Advice from Personal Finance Blogs - November 29 2008 Carnival of Financial Planning - November 29  2008 Edition Personal Finance Blog Financial Articles Welcome to the November 29, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Financial Planning. The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 07:55:48

Personal Finance Advice from Personal Finance Blogs - November 22 2008

Personal Finance Advice from Personal Finance Blogs - November 22 2008 Carnival of Financial Planning - November 29  2008 Edition Personal Finance Blog Financial Articles Welcome to the November 29, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Financial Planning. The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 07:55:48

New twist on old scam tricks Florida teen - The News-Press

New twist on old scam tricks... by 419legal Today 03:40 PM 3,545 3,637 Phishing Alerts The Latest Phishing Scam Alerts. Wachovia online Banking... by Scamfighter 12-12-2008 06:41 AM 3,738 3, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 15:40:38

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