Debt Management Operation Settles FTC Charges A credit counseling agency, and several companies related to the agency, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they deceptively marketed themselves as a not-for-profit enterprise in order...
What To Do When Your Wallet is Stolen. My husband was mugged earlier today. He's on the other side of the world - Equatorial Guinea to be exact - and someone pointed a gun at him and...
What's In Your Wallet? Capital One has made that line famous in it's commercials for it's "no hassle" credit cards, but it's a question you should be asking yourself: What cards are in...
Nortel Announces Waivers and Amendments Under Credit and Support Facilities (FinanzNachrichten) TORONTO, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nortel(x) Networks Corporation (NYSE/TSX: NT) today announced that it and its principal operating subsidiary, Nortel Networks Limited ( Nachrichten ) ("NNL"), and NNL's subsidiary Nortel Networks Inc. ("NNI") have entered into an amendment and waiver with the lenders under Nortel's US$1.3 billion one-year credit facility (the "2006 Credit Facility") and
ID Theft Victims Are Getting Younger The Federal Trade Commission reports the number of identity theft complaints involving Americans 18 or younger has nearly doubled in the past three years, with over 400,000 children becoming victims...
Silicon Graphics files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (USA Today) Silicon Graphics, a struggling maker of high-performance business computers, Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a round of restructuring measures failed, sending its shares plunging 75%.
Cameroon: Cameroon's Post-Debt Relief Challenges (AllAfrica.com) Last week Cameroon reached the completion point under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and qualified for additional debt relief under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). This marks an important milestone for Cameroon since it reached the decision point under the HIPC Initiative in October 2000. I would like to congratulate the Cameroonian authorities for
IFC Credit Corporation Converges Voice and Data Network Communications With Virtela Managed MPLS Services (SYS-CON Media) Virtela, the global network solutions company, today announced that IFC Credit Corporation, a leading provider of commercial financing services, is using Virtela's managed MPLS Virtual Private Network (VPN) and remote access services to enable all of its employees to exploit high-performance VoIP communications as well as share data and applications across its offices throughout the U.S.,
ID Theft Victims Are Getting Younger The Federal Trade Commission reports the number of identity theft complaints involving Americans 18 or younger has nearly doubled in the past three years, with over 400,000 children becoming victims...
Which Affects Your Credit Score More . . . getting married or having overdue library books? Answer: A library fine that goes to collection can shave 100 points off your credit score -- and boost your annual interest payments by...
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Credit Suisse Hires UBS' DeChellis (KiplingerForecasts.com) Credit Suisse on Tuesday named Anthony DeChellis to the newly created position of head of private banking in the Americas, effective May 22. DeChellis joins Credit Suisse from UBS, where he ran the company's private wealth-management division, which is focused on clients with very high net worth.
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Have You Checked Your Credit Report Recently? If you haven't checked your credit report recently, it may be time to see what your report is saying about you; errors on your credit report can be costly, and...
Another Possible Bump to the Debt Ceiling (Washington Post) A $2.7 trillion budget plan pending before the House would raise the federal debt ceiling to nearly $10 trillion, less than two months after Congress last raised the federal government's borrowing limit.
Crisis Threatens Island's Credit Rating (Sun-Sentinel) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico faced a possible downgrade of its credit rating as political leaders remained deadlocked Sunday over how to resolve the island's fiscal crisis seven days into a partial government shutdown.
A Win for Check Collectors I promise to lay off the court rulings for a bit after this post. Really. This one is just too important to pass up. A recent court ruling...
Korea’s Average Credit Score: 74.3/100 (donga.com) Nowadays, a person’s financial dealings are assessed and given “credit scores.” As information on these scores is shared among financial companies, your credit score will restrict which companies’ services you can use.
What's In Your Wallet? Capital One has made that line famous in it's commercials for it's "no hassle" credit cards, but it's a question you should be asking yourself: What cards are in...
Fuel prices hit UAL after exiting bankruptcy (The Buffalo News) CHICAGO - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said Monday that its first-quarter loss before unusual items widened slightly, reflecting the impact of record fuel prices in its first quarter since emerging from a 38-month bankruptcy restructuring.
Have You Checked Your Credit Report Recently? If you haven't checked your credit report recently, it may be time to see what your report is saying about you; errors on your credit report can be costly, and...
A life in bankruptcy is not an unbearable phase if you look at it from a positive angle. If you found it unbearable, Im sure you wont want to go through it again. While the court reorganizes you by...
Bad means bad no matter where you go! It is cumbersome and heavy, a threat and negative. So, you are taking this burden of bad debt every time you make a loan application for personal loans. It cant...
If you are like every other home owner or general consumer out there, you need to pay for your expenses somehow. If you have bad credit, you might be limited in your options as to what you can do (or so...
