Archive for October, 2008
Some Interesting Ideas To Try To Bribe You To Spend, Spend, Spend
Here are some interesting ideas floated in a recent Washington Post article to encourage consumers to get back to what they are supposed to do best, spend. What do you think about these ideas?
Idea 1
Lower the price of consuming. State governments could suspend sales taxes, with the federal government picking up the tab. The feds, [...]
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Surviving With Less Credit
At ByDesign Financial Solutions, a debt-counseling service in Modesto, Calif., they’re working overtime these days. “Our call volume went up 97% in the past five weeks, which has left us scrambling,” says Martha Lucey, president of the nonprofit agency. “[The callers] are close to the max on their credit cards, and they just can’t figure [...]
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Beware Of Zombie Debt Collectors
Beware Of Zombie Debt Collectors Forbes, NY - 15 minutes ago Read “Debt Consolidation Made Easy” to learn five steps to help you get out of debt faster.) The statute of limitations on debts varies by state, …
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Using Porn And Sex to Help You Get Out of Debt
At first I had ignored the new film Zack & Miri Make a Porno but once I found it the premise of the movie was that they had run out of money and were struggling to get out of debt, I had to go see it.
Here is the review that really made me curious [...]
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Banks Agree to Wipe Out Up to 40 Percent of Credit Card Debt But Watch Out.
Credit card lenders include Discover Financial Services LLC, Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Capital One Financial Corp., American Express Co. and HSBC Holdings have finally come together with the help of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Consumer Federation of America and the Financial Service Roundtable to start the process [...]
Debt is number-one problem for people in Wales
Debt is number-one problem for people in Wales WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 43 minutes ago And while credit card debt enquiries across England and Wales as a whole have dropped by 4% in the past year, within Wales alone the CAB has seen requests …
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Family Finances: When you’re desperate, look out for fraud
At a recent home show, we were grabbed by a debt settlement company salesperson who offered to save us at least 40 percent in our effort to get out of debt — not that we have any. Another salesperson hawked a software program that would direct us …
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Archeologists Finds 3,000-Year Old Credit Card Bill
An Israeli archeologist has discovered what he says is the earliest-known Hebrew text, found on a shard of pottery that dates to the time of King David from the Old Testament, about 3,000 years ago.
Carbon dating of the ostracon (meaning “statement”), along with pottery analysis, dates the inscription to time of King David, about a [...]
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