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Compare credit card offers for people who are looking to re-establish their credit or have bad credit. Apply for the credit card of your choice with links to easy online applications.
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Bad Credit-card Debt Could Be Next Shot To Rip Through Economy
bad credit-card debt could be next shot to rip through economy
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Billings Man Gets Prison For Id Theft - Billings Gazette
a billings man who went on a spending spree using other people's credit card numbers will serve nearly five years in federal prison. senior u.s. district judge jack shanstrom on wednesday sentenced richard laufer iii, 42, to 57 months and ordered him ...
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On The Money Latest Home & Real Estate Posts - Cnbc
i've received a ton of mail from you all about mortgages, managing debt and investing wisely. i've highlighted a pair of emails below with some answers that i hope you find helpful. stay tuned for much more on these hot-button issues... carmen: i don ...
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Bad Credit-card Debt Could Be Next Shot To Rip Through Economy
credit-card debt is on the brink of imploding and will be the next storm to hit the fragile finance industry, an investment research firm predicted this week.
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Financial Crisis: Credit Card Companies To Lower Balance Transfer Fees - Daily Telegraph
when customers transfer their debt between credit cards they are charged a fee - a percentage of the balance - by the company they are transferring to. people move their debt because credit card companies often offer 0 per cent interest on balance ...
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bad Credit Card Debt Will Hit Early 2009
a hurricane of bad credit card debt will start crashing ashore in the united states in the first quarter of next year, even as the mortgage crisis continues, analysts at new york research firm innovest strategic value advisors warned monday.
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Creditcards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report
annual percentage rates for new credit card offers lacked a clear direction this week, according to the creditcards.com weekly credit card rate report, as hsbc and capital one tweaked some of their card offers.
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Democrats Seek Pay Limits For Executives - Gloucester Daily Times
washington (ap) — judges could rewrite mortgages to lower bankrupt homeowners' monthly payments as part of changes congressional democrats are seeking in the bush administration's proposed $700 billion financial system bailout. also, companies that ...
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Bad Economy Makes Credit Score Even More Important
the tightening credit market makes keeping your credit score in good shape more important than ever.
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Marrying For Money Might Not Be Such A Bad Idea… - Fallbrook Bonsal Village News
thursday, october 2 nd , 2008. issue 40, volume 12. when dating couples begin to consider settling down together as husband and wife, it isn’t uncommon to focus on immediate and unimportant issues like the wedding and ignore the nitty-gritty stuff ...
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Credit Card Debt Jumps 8 Percent From Last Year - Kdka
american credit-card debt is up more than 8 percent from a year ago, the highest amount ever recorded. this has caused credit to tighten in unexpected ways. consumer reports says some companies are doubling and even tripling their interest rates, and ...
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Credit Cards Likely To Raise Fees And Rates, Cut Limits
credit-card holders, you’re in for a rough ride. as the financial crisis deepens, some experts say card issuers will be even quicker to raise interest rates, drop people’s spending limits and tighten up credit.
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Another Shoe To Drop - Marketwatch
chicago (marketwatch) -- credit-card debt is on the brink of imploding and will be the next storm to hit the fragile finance industry, an investment research firm predicted this week. according to innovest strategicvalue advisors, banks will charge ...
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Wall Street Woes Lead To Credit Card Crunch
the financial meltdown is now being felt in consumer wallets -- and could wind up in an increase in minimum payments or lowered credit limits.
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Tight Credit Becomes Problem For Small-business Owners
as lawmakers debate the proposed financial bailout bill, small-business owners who are especially vulnerable to financial meltdowns face even tighter credit than usual.
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Outsourcing Aids Many Data Thefts, Verizon Says - San Francisco Gate
the reliance of restaurant chains and retail stores on outside companies to handle credit-card processing and other information-technology functions is partly to blame for a rash of consumer data breaches over the last few years, according to data ...
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Credit Crunch: A Roll Of The Dice? - Ohmynews
this past week, as it became increasingly clear that an infusion of $700 billion in taxpayer capital might be necessary to stave off national economic "calamity," a number of americans expressed increased feelings of doubt, confusion and frustration ...
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Thieves Raise Credit Card Bills With Stolen Checks
talk about a shock; opening your credit card bill only to find somebody's been running up your account without your knowledge. it's all because many companies are sending convenience checks in the mail. those checks are becoming inconvenient as they become a target for greedy robbers.
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Column: Bailout Won't Cure Economic Stress - Boston Globe
new york— once the government decides it will spend $700 billion to get the economy started again, don't expect immediate results. it's a little bit like those ads for protein drinks that show skinny milquetoasts turning into schwarzeneggers in 60 ...
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Savvy Consumer: Clean Up Your Credit While You Still Can
if nothing else, the recent credit crunch means one thing to all consumers: credit scores are more important than ever.
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