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Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

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Get Professional Advice - First Time Car Loaner

If the financial implications worry you and you dream of owning a car, then you still have many options left ... of loan. And even if you have a bad credit, you can still get a loan from a specialist provider ... ways; - find the right auto financing alternatives for you. - determine a car loans total costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:50:00

Using Good Debt to Pay for a House, Car, or Education

Hello again! Cate here, talking, as usual, about debt. The point of my series here at Queercents is to talk about the dangers of getting into debt ... that will produce concrete benefits to your life. The bad kind of credit card debt that I’ve talked about often ... benefit. I’ve had both kinds: Bad Debt: $5,000 credit card debt from living beyond my [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:45:14

Qualifying For a Used Car Loan

A used car loan is given to those who wish to purchase a car that has had a previous owner. The car may be purchased from the owner or used car lot ... will be lower. This can help a person keep their car. For those with bad credit, a used car loan ... credit report, although there are lenders who are willing to grant loans to those who have filed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 09:34:44

Repair your credit at repairyourbadcredit.com

It is no wonder any more that having a credit or loan has become one of the most important requirements in running this life ... bad. If their credit score is bad, we will get difficulties in borrowing some money or loans again ... repair credit of ours. To repair our credit, we can ask repairyourbadcredit.com. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 11:51:00

High Des(s)ert

by G. Sax Avoidance. I am a master of the practice, and I have achieved the ultimate so far this week. As the snow is falling and winter's chill is shiver-me-timbering from Portland, Oregon to Portland, Maine, I am relaxing in Ridgecrest, California. Snowless, grassy Ridgecrest, California. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 09:49:43

Weakened Credit Lines Have Eliminated 100 Percent Auto Financing Deals

In generous times, consumers were able to procure 100% financing on cars ... in order to purchase a vehicle, and others without stellar credit can find financing opportunities ... industry. Credit lines have shrunk, and lenders have imposed strict standards for borrowers to follow [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:41:54

These Latin American Countries Will Thrive In 2009

The brutal market sell-off in emerging markets has led many to doubt their importance in the global economy. But Horacio Marquez says the ‘right’ countries in Latin America will thrive in the New Year. Top of the class is Brazil, but Horacio also sees good opportunities in Chile and Mexico [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 12:34:10

How to Become Debt Free and Secure Your Financial Future

There is no greater threat to your financial future then having to deal with overwhelming debt ... cash on yourself. That’s the problem with borrowing money through the use of personal loans, car loans, and credit cards; once you start paying that interest its money that is now working [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:24:15

Transcript: President-Elect Barack Obama News Conference | The Economy and Paul Volcker | November 26, 2008

(Source: CNN) (JOINED IN PROGRESS) BARACK OBAMA (D), PRESIDENT-ELECT: … It has been increasingly clear in recent months, and we saw some additional reports this morning, that we’re facing an economic crisis of historic proportions. And at this defining moment in our nation’s history, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 18:22:41

Borrowing Beyond your Limit can Result in Consumer Debt

Consumer debt has risen to worrying percentages in the past few years ... debt can be acquired in various forms, including through a credit card or a payday loan. There are many ... of the loan, how much the borrower is able to pay back per month, their current credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:24:29

Clip Job: Sing a Song, Sing It Loud...

Clip Job: Sing a Song, Sing It Loud... by Tony Ortega (6:00AM 11/28) Blogsgiving: How the Locals Gave Thanks by Roy Edroso (9:56PM 11/27) ... at November 26th, 2008 6:02am If you don't want more bad news, then don't read about Henry Paulson's latest ... , Paulson plans for the government to soak up a lot of bad consumer debt. But his emphasis so far [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 15:41:38

No Cure: The Squeeze Is What Got Us Here

Nouveau Poor:Numbers Now TooLarge to IgnoreBy Barbara EhrenreichBarbaraehrenreich.comJan. 13, 2009 - Ever on the lookout for the bright side of hard times, I am tempted to delete 'class inequality' from my worry list. Less than a year ago, it was the one of the biggest economic threats on the horizon, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:31:00

GMAC's Bad Medicine: Rates Were Never the Problem

More good news for GMAC (GKM). Now that GMAC is more like a bank, the Treasury gave them $6 billion dollars in TARP money ... for cars, credit cards, homes, or business loans) were never really the problem. When rates were ... . GMAC said that it would use these monies immediately to introduce 0% loans, and loosen lending [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:52:18

General Motors Fights Uphill Battle with Double Edged Sword

Shortly after the U.S. government lent the Big Three $17 ... into trouble in the first place by giving out loans to sub-prime borrowers for not only car loans, but mortgages as well (Ditech is owned by GMAC, for example). To stem bad loans, earlier this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 09:33:29

Bob Casey Is Either a Liar or a Thickwit.

Tony Auth PA Senator Bob Casey’s response: Ooops, Lenny Small did it again… Well, it turned out that the original $350 billion in bailout funds weren’t used for loans and extending credit… earlier this month, shortly after the bailout was enacted, The Times’s Mark Landler [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:00

Finding Personal Loans For Fast Cash

by Trinity Davidson Getting a small loan is sometimes a necessity ... advance loans can often do the trick. With these loans, the lender doesn’t check your credit. This means ... more than $1,000, you may need to find a different type of loan. Some lenders offer car title loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:51:36

Insider Q&A: O.C. bank president on his $5 million in TARP funds

Simmons Commerce National Bank in Newport Beach is the latest O.C. bank to get funds from the U.S. Treasury Department’s $700 billion for aiding financial institutions. The only other bank headquartered in Orange County to get TARP funding is the Saigon National Ban in Westminster, which received $1.5 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:00:55

Chrysler gets TARP funds to make car loans

Filed under: Bad newsThe United States government is providing $1.5 billion in loans to the financing arm of Chrysler to help it make car loans. What? I understand that the credit markets are tight and that's making it tough for people with marginal credit scores to get car loans but here's the reality: People with marginal credit scores [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:25:00

Latest News In StockMarketInvestment Research - Jan 16, 2009

Airlines employed 6.5% fewer workers in November 16 Jan 2009 at 10:41am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The number of people working for the nation’s passenger airlines fell 6.5% in November from a year ago to 392,185 full-time employees, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:59

Car Loans

Like all sophisticates, ... a great job of detailing how the car loan business looked amidst the general credit madness: Here’ ... the financing, often because they advertise lower rates than banks. That’s when the scam starts. Many car [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:56:16

Car Loan w/ Bad Credit!

Life is so difficult without vehicles, it can be considered as a primary use of transportation ... don’t worry about car loan with bad credit. Okay?Then if you register, you will not be given ... . I think it would be best to buy a brand new car with the help of the best car loan site [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:43:00

Russia: The Crisis and The Potential For Unrest

In mid-October, Global Voices published a roundup of Anglophone bloggers' views on the financial crisis in Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, ... likely - a rise in corporate and household defaults on forex loans, just how long will it take [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 03:07:39

Auto Sales Plunge To Lowest Level Since 1982

MarketWatch is reporting Automakers post steep sales declines. Here are some of the highlights from the report.Ford, Lincoln and Mercury combined car sales fell 31.5% to 37,272 units. Ford truck sales slumped 29% to 81,546 units with sales of the flagship F-Series pickup down 18.6% to 37,911. Volvo sales tumbled 46.5% to 4,404 vehicles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 05:02:00

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... of the biggest industrial failure in US history caused a sell-off on global stock markets, a widening of credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

Two Weeks ’til Creating Change!

Two Weeks ’til Creating Change! Posted by Dustin in January 14th 2009 The National Conference on LGBT Equality, Creating Change is almost here! ... No Credit Car Loan Yard Sales Structured Settlements Bad Credit Car Loans Bad Credit Car Loans ... , No on 8, parents of color, Prop 8, workshop Refinance Car Loan Cash Loan New Car Loans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:53:38

Money Hacks Carnival - New Year’s Eve Edition

Welcome to the New Year’s Eve Edition of Money Hacks Carnival ... and interest rates after the offer expires.” Silicon Valley Blogger presents How To Get Free Credit ... and high unemployment, a major international stock market crash, he housing and credit bubbles [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:03:10

Decide On Sound Audio Book Downloads

To download audio books offers many benefits to book lovers, not the least of which is that it is extremely simple ... can be listening to them in just a few short minutes, a great trick for long car rides or for busy parents. Cost [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:22:11

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

My Stock Market and Real Estate Predictions For Year 2009

Goodbye 2008 and Good Riddance - Hello Year 2009! Happy New Year everyone! ... way out by blaming the credit crisis and current economic woes on the Bush administration ... on the wrong culprits. The primary blame should be placed on ourselves - the credit and home hungry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:50:28

Use The Guide To Secured Loans For A Better Loan Option

In today’s world what most of the people need is the financial help, why, ... loans help in reducing the burden of bad credit by helping them improve their credit score ... flexibility to the borrowers. • People with bad credit often get let down when it comes to getting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:16:43

Can We Stop Falling House Values? An Op Ed piece by the NAHB

This is excerpts from an op ed piece written by Steve Hodgkins ... mortgage lending boom send housing prices way too high because credit was too easy?   Or did housing prices fall because those loans went bad?   Or both? Falling values have decimated the single-family [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:32:05

Owner of Black Angus Steakhouse files for bankruptcy

the bottom line for this personal bankruptcy: $2.7 million in assets and $345.3 million in debts. Deeper inside the schedules Gantes discloses that he potentially owes millions in unpaid payroll and sales taxes for his restaurants: $5 million to $7 million to the Internal Revenue Service in unpaid payroll taxes [more...]

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

Posts about Mortgage Market Report as of January 14, 2009

Flagstar Bank 12 to 14 month Promo CD Rate - monitorbankrates ... Bank $100 Checking Offer Roth IRA vs Tradtional IRA CD Ladder Calculator Imperial Capital Bank’ ... Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Islamabad An overview of housing in Pakistan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:23:49

A Good Credit Report History Is Important

A Good Credit Report History Is Important January 17th, ... the bad credit rating later in life may not be as easy as one thought. It does depend on the amount ... can be a mortgage that is always paid up on time such as car loan. However, when loans are not paid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:10:17

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 [more...]

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

DrumBeat: December 9, 2008

Oil and OPEC: Can the Cartel Possibly Cut Production Enough? Just how daunting is OPEC’s challenge to rein in falling oil prices? ... Iran’s crude output may fall 25%; exports will cease: report SINGAPORE: Iran, the second-largest crude [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 13:44:44

A Chance to Grab Your Share of the Credit Solution of 2009

p {margin-bottom: 1em;} The Penny Sleuthfeatures:Penny Stocks, Optionsand High-growth Opportunities!Authors | Archives| Contact UsA Chance to Grab Your Share of the Credit Solution of 2009By Jim ... a disturbing telephone call from alleged loan shark Frank Sacco. Here is her account of the call [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:35:00

The Law of Money

The Law of Money Posted by DJ Drummond Published: December 22, 2008 - 1: ... . This is the first law of money, and the reason why bailouts in general are a bad idea. The nation ... ; 2. A credit crisis in the banks, as banks are risk-averse to the point that they are making fewer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:53:56

As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine’s Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia

“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,” ... serious. The IMF have recently agreed a support loan to the country, but the politicians themselves [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 16:06:18

How Do I Get A Used Car Loan Wihout Any Credit History?

by John Brennan How do I get a used car loan wihout any credit history? ... for an easy time with trying obtaining a car loan even though the credit history is not good. In this case ... companies may be more willing to issue a loan. Credit history can be a subjective field which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 08:37:33

Spanish Coastal Property - ‘The Russians are Not Coming. The Russians are Not Coming!’

If you’ve made your way over to Europe in the last few years, you may recall being inundated with flyers, ... , and in 2007 turned negative; in fact, the market has since gone “no bid” in many places. This is bad news [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:54:27

The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act Passes

The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act Passes December 10th, 2008 by Karina This evening, the House passed HR 7321, the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, by a vote of 237-170. Speaking in support ... is imperiled due not only to recession and a credit freeze, but because it has been on the wrong track [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 03:28:11

Dow Jones money: a stable future economy

I began to write this text in October when Ben Bernanke and his friends followed the laws of string theory (a Reuters blog) ... and downturns and that will optimize the economies, leading the people to do things that are as useful [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 08:00:00

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented 5B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a ,500 tax credit; local school districts [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:07:28

Top 10 Trends In Managing Small Business Finances in 2009

There’s not much good news to report on the financial front as we move into 2009 ... . When someone applies for a loan, the lending network typically secures the loan and then sells promissory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:12:29

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented $825B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a $7,500 tax credit; local school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:15:12

Get A Used Car Loan Without A Credit History

by John Brennan How do I get a used car loan wihout any credit history? ... the car back. It is not always a bad thing to ask for a car loan without any credit history ... , but there are some options available for those with no credit history. If you are trying to get a car loan without [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:15:24

Suze Orman's Financial Advice For Wise Bread Readers

By Will Chen Suze Orman is one of my favorite personal finance advisors. No one can kick my butt into gear like Suze ... it? (Jump to question) Best behavioral tips or tools for eliminating credit card debt? (Jump [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 22:32:13

December 2008 - Net Worth Update and Personal Finance Status

Honestly, I’m starting to regret posting my financial numbers online for all to see ... To Family and Friends Is A Bad Idea - Don’t Give Money To Others That You Wouldn’t Feel Comfortable Giving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 02:54:38

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