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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 6:20pm CDT
(ARA) - Don't let a bad credit history hold you back from getting a car loan. There are bad credit car loans to rescue people with a less than perfect credit record. The key lies in locating a suitable lender who can explore all viable financing options.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:19pm CDT
Credit card rates are rising amid the numerous interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve - some as much as 100 percent. Companies cite losses from other bad consumer loans as the reason for the rate hikes.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 1:53pm CDT
Even responsible customers with good credit ratings face higher fees as bank try to recoup losses from bad loans, according to USA Today.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 12:10pm CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 11:28am CDT
Credit card rates have risen amid the numerous interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Companies cite losses from other bad consumer loans as the reason for the rate hikes.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 10:58am CDT
Credit card rates have raised amid the numerous interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. Companies cite losses from other bad consumer loans as the reason for the rate hikes. Those affected include customers who consistently pay their credit card bills on time.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 10:32am CDT
Even as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, financial institutions have sharply raised rates for credit card customers — even those who pay on time — as they grapple with losses from other bad consumer loans.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:32am CDT
A good credit score doesn't mean you can't end up in foreclosure.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 5:05am CDT
(ARA) - Credit cards are not always a bad thing, if you are smart with how you use them. They enable us to buy items immediately, eliminate having to carry cash, and record and track purchases. Disadvantages include interest, fees, and increased impulse buying.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:53am CDT
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. , Japan's third-largest bank by revenue, said full-year profit missed its forecast by 19 percent as bad-loan costs increased and the bank booked losses on stockholdings.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:26am CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 4:25am CDT
(ARA) - Getting tired of sinking money into that old jalopy in the driveway? If your car is on its last legs, it's time to start shopping around for a replacement vehicle, and now is a great time to look! There are some great deals out there on both new and late model used vehicles.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 3:06am CDT
Even as the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, financial institutions have sharply raised rates for credit card customers -- even those who pay on time -- as they grapple with losses from other bad consumer loans.
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 2:18am CDT
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures advanced, following gains in the U.S. and Asia. Credit Suisse Group and Deutsche Bank AG may lead a rally in bank shares after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said the worst of the writedowns may be over.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 7:34pm CDT
This month, Washington Mutual told some credit card customers that it was raising their rates by as much as 100%. Discover is lifting its penalty rate to 31%, effective May 1, and may apply that maximum to consumers who exceed their credit limit twice in a rolling 12 months.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:00am CDT
THE Australian stock market is expected to open higher today after a better than expected profit for credit card giant American Express led to gains on Wall Street.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 8:45am CDT
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) forecasts credit growth is unlikely to escalate as commercial banks will be more....
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:52am CDT
(ARA) - The majority of Americans have errors and other unverifiable information on their credit reports that could be dragging down their credit score. Odds are good that your credit score is lower than it should be.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:41am CDT
(ARA) - Credit cards are not always a bad thing, if you are smart with how you use them. They enable us to buy items immediately, eliminate having to carry cash, and record and track purchases. Disadvantages include interest, fees, and increased impulse buying.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:22am CDT
(ARA) - Getting tired of sinking money into that old jalopy in the driveway? If your car is on its last legs, it's time to start shopping around for a replacement vehicle, and now is a great time to look! There are some great deals out there on both new and late model used vehicles.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 5:14am CDT
There's no question that the federal government plus many lenders and financial professionals shoulder a lot of the blame for our current economic crisis. But many of the individuals who are overloaded with debt need to take responsibility for their bad choices, too. Take credit-card debt, for example.
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 12:05am CDT
Better a half-blind guard at the gate, then no guard at all.
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 4:56pm CDT
(ARA) - Don't let a bad credit history hold you back from getting a car loan. There are bad credit car loans to rescue people with a less than perfect credit record. The key lies in locating a suitable lender who can explore all viable financing options.
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 6:12am CDT
'Consumer credit insurance has a bad name - and not only in South Africa."
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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 4:07am CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 1:03pm CDT
It has been a terrible six months for financial stocks -- or at least most of them. A handful of companies, including Charles Schwab Corp., Discover Financial Services and MasterCard Inc. have thrived in spite of the credit crisis, or in some cases because of it.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 12:31pm CDT
(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of credit card lenders rose after American Express Co. reported first-quarter profit topping analysts' expectations. The New York-based lender said international spending helped partially offset a slowdown in the U.S. economy and lingering bad credit.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 12:27pm CDT
Shares of credit card lenders rose after American Express Co. reported first-quarter profit topping analysts' expectations.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 6:13am CDT
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest securities business group, posted a net loss of $1.48 billion Friday for the January-March quarter, largely because of ties to bad U.S. debt.
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Posted: April 25th, 2008, 3:40am CDT
BEIJING, April 25 - China's credit curbs may result in rising bad loans in the second half of this year, and authorities need to be cautious about tightening further, a senior regulator said on Friday.
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 2:50pm CDT
AmeriCredit Corp.'s profit plunged 63 percent in the fiscal third quarter as bad credit continued to eat into the car lender's portfolio of loans, the company said Thursday.
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 5:46am CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 10:15am CDT
(ARA) - Don't let a bad credit history hold you back from getting a car loan. There are bad credit car loans to rescue people with a less than perfect credit record. The key lies in locating a suitable lender who can explore all viable financing options.
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Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 7:48am CDT
Frontier Financial Corp.'s profit shrank 11 percent in the first quarter as bad credit and lower interest rates ate into the bank's loans, the company said Tuesday.
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Posted: April 22nd, 2008, 6:16am CDT
First Cash Financial Services Inc. said Tuesday its profit shrank 35 percent in the first quarter, as the pawnshop operator's car dealership business continued to struggle with bad credit.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 7:19am CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 4:49am CDT
Building or rebuilding a credit score seems like an impossible task. Young people starting out think they'll never qualify for the best interest rates. Homeowners who may be facing foreclosure think their scores will never recover.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 3:00am CDT
A credit score expert explains how to build good credit or repair it after a foreclosure.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 1:12am CDT
(ARA) - Credit cards are not always a bad thing, if you are smart with how you use them. They enable us to buy items immediately, eliminate having to carry cash, and record and track purchases. Disadvantages include interest, fees, and increased impulse buying.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 12:15am CDT
High-profile credit crunch casualties have forced Australia's third biggest lender ANZ Banking Group Ltd to escalate its first half total bad debt provisions to $975 million.
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Posted: April 7th, 2008, 12:09am CDT
High-profile credit crunch casualties have forced Australia's third biggest lender ANZ Banking Group Ltd to escalate its first half total bad debt provisions.
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 10:43pm CDT
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) said on Monday it expected much higher bad debt provisions in the first-half of fiscal 2008 as firms grapple with fallout from the global credit crunch, knocking down its shares more than 6 per cent.
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 8:55pm CDT
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) ANZ.AX said on Monday it expected much higher bad debt provisions in the first-half of fiscal 2008 as firms grapple with fallout from the global credit crunch, knocking down its shares more than 6 percent.
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 5:46pm CDT
SYDNEY, April 7 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) ANZ.AX said on Monday it expected much higher bad debt provisions in the first-half of fiscal 2008, reflecting difficult conditions facing Australian firms amid the global credit crunch.
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 5:45pm CDT
SYDNEY, April 7 - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd said on Monday it expected much higher bad debt provisions in the first-half of fiscal 2008, reflecting difficult conditions facing Australian firms amid the global credit crunch.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 8:34am CDT
(ARA) - Don't let a bad credit history hold you back from getting a car loan. There are bad credit car loans to rescue people with a less than perfect credit record. The key lies in locating a suitable lender who can explore all viable financing options.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 5:20am CDT
(ARA) - Mortgage rates are at historic lows, and it seems like everyone's jumping on the refinance bandwagon these days. But is it really a good idea for people with bad credit?
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:00am CDT
A woman should clean up her credit score before trading in a car, says Bankrate car columnist Terry Jackson.
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Posted: April 4th, 2008, 1:11am CDT
(ARA) - Credit cards are not always a bad thing, if you are smart with how you use them. They enable us to buy items immediately, eliminate having to carry cash, and record and track purchases. Disadvantages include interest, fees, and increased impulse buying.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 11:08pm CDT
College students want credit card companies to market themselves more fairly.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 7:41pm CDT
Turkey’s political instability and the global credit squeeze combined on Thursday to undermine perceptions of the country’s creditworthiness, capping a week of bad news for investors and the Ankara government.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 7:11pm CDT
Turkey's political instability and the global credit squeeze combined yesterday to undermine perceptions of the country's creditworthiness, capping a week of bad news for investors and the Ankara government.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 4:11pm CDT
David Malpass says despite problems in the credit market, the world has a positive economic base.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 3:38am CDT
Things are bad and they are going to get worse - that was the message from City analysts today as they surveyed the damage being inflicted by the global credit crisis on the British economy
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 1:55am CDT
Besides the bill for what will be a continuing bailout, expect credit to be more expensive and scarcer credit, perhaps even when the crisis is through.
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Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 1:27am CDT
(ARA) - Credit cards are not always a bad thing, if you are smart with how you use them. They enable us to buy items immediately, eliminate having to carry cash, and record and track purchases. Disadvantages include interest, fees, and increased impulse buying.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 11:28pm CDT
April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese five-year bonds declined for a third day, lifting yields to the highest level in almost five weeks, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke eased concern that credit-market losses will worsen.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 8:28pm CDT
April 3 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese five-year bonds declined for a third day, lifting yields to their highest level in almost five weeks, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke eased concerns that credit-market conditions will worsen.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 8:20pm CDT
Credit cards can be the key to financial freedom. But some state lawmakers disagree They want to keep college students' bills in balance by keeping the creditors at bay.
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 6:04pm CDT
How bad is the British housing market going to get?
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Posted: April 2nd, 2008, 5:59am CDT
The news that yet another lender has withdrawn from the mortgage market is undoubtedly bad news for borrowers but there is no cause for panic. Anyone with a good credit history and a reasonable amount of equity in their property should still have no trouble finding a home loan.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 8:00pm CDT
Thank Lehman Brothers and USB. Credit a couple of not-as-bad-as-expected economic numbers for chipping in, too. Or maybe it was simply the relief of the first new day after a dreary quarter.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 7:04pm CDT
The government's easy-credit policy is putting taxpayers' pockets at risk. Financial innovations....
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 5:02pm CDT
The credit crunch has crimped a Boca Raton developer's plans to convert an aging Fort Pierce outlet mall into a biotechnology mecca.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 4:24pm CDT
Did an obscure accounting rule cause the credit crunch?
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 10:06am CDT
Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 6:55am CDT
Because of the near-shutdown of the credit markets and rising interest rates, insurers in Florida fear the state's hurricane catastrophe fund may not live up to its promise if a massive storm hits this hurricane season.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 5:16am CDT
The credit crisis is spreading to college loans as more lenders drop out of the business. More than two dozen nonbank lenders have stopped making college loans and three large banks followed suit. ...
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:28am CDT
Fears of an official recession have government officials wringing their hands with worry, reports Andy Hygate from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk . (PRWeb Apr 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb817594.htm
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:21am CDT
The Fed's interest rate cut on March 18 is good news for borrowers, but bad news for savers.
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Posted: April 1st, 2008, 12:01am CDT
Fears of an official recession have government officials wringing their hands with worry, reports Andy Hygate from www.loansbadcredit.org.uk.