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Credit Enhancements: Seven Tips For Enhancing Business Credit Transactions


What are the avenues available to businesses with weak credit profiles or to companies pursuing credit transactions that are perceived as too risky by credit providers? Many companies apply for credit at banks, finance companies or equipment leasing firms and are routinely rejected due to the high degree of perceived credit risks. When approaching a credit provider, it is helpful to understand what can be done to reduce the risk of a credit transaction in the eyes of the provider.

Have You Checked Your Permanent Record Lately?


As a young student I feared getting bad grades because I didn't want any bad marks on my "permanent record." Get an "F" in fifth-grade science and it goes in your record.

Fun with Credit Cards


For those of us who know how to use them properly, credit cards can actually be quite fun and lucrative. To those who do not know how to use them properly, I would say that you should stop reading this column right about now, or at least I would advise you not to try any of this stuff at home.

Credit Cards, Merchant Accounts, and Your Bottomline


Q: I'm opening a gift shop and want to be able to accept credit cards. I talked to the branch manager at my bank, but he didn't seem to know much about how it all worked.

10 Ways To Protect Your Financial Identity Being Used For Someone Else's Shopping Spree


Someone impersonating you could be spending your hard-earned money.Impossible! Not really, check, loan, and identity fraud are a real problem.

When You Are Eligible For A Free Credit Report


By Federal law, you are entitled to one free credit report per year directly from a credit-reporting agency only if you certify that:1. You are unemployed and seeking employment in the next 60 days.

First Major Regulatory and Legislative Victory of 2005 for Creditors and Consumers


Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, collectors are not allowed to disclose a consumers past due debt to anyone other than the debtor and in some cases a spouse. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act would have required collectors to identify the registered name of their business in any pre-recorded messages to consumers or debtors.

Ten Steps To Building A Good Credit History


Are you thinking of buying a house? Do you want to buy a new car to replace that old wreck? Trying to get insurance on you home, auto, or life? In each of these situations, what's on your credit report will determine if you can get a loan or insurance and what rates you'll have to pay.If you're trying to build or repair your credit history, you have a daunting but not impossible task in front of you.

How You Can Avoid Becoming A Victim Of Identity Theft


To reduce or minimize the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft or fraud, there are some basic steps you can take.The most important one is to ask periodically for a copy of your credit report.

Credit Report And Correction Techniques


The three major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax and Trans Union are similar and feature a "Credit Score", which is created from credit report data submitted to them about you. Their report includes where you live, your bill-paying habits, and bankruptcy and arrest information.

Avoiding ID Theft and Credit Fraud


Article excerpted from the new book, "How to Do Space Age Work with a Stone Age Brain" TM copyright 2004, all rights reserved, by Eve Abbott, the Organizer ExtraordinaireEach year billions of dollars in credit fraud is perpetrated on unsuspecting citizens. With so much personal information publicly available (or easily available to someone with medium computing skills) it is essential to develop good habits to prevent your information from falling into criminal hands.

Ways to Look Good without Selling Your Soul to the Credit Card Sharks


1. Buy clothes at thrift stores.

Tired Of Being Broke?...Learn How To Force Banks To Give You Money!


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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Your Credit Report


Your credit report is a very powerful report that essential controls what you can and cannot do in your life. Unfortunately many people aren't aware of what a credit report actually is and what information is contained on the report.

New Law Provides Free Annual Credit Report


As of Thursday, December 1, 2004, one-third of Americans will be able to access their credit reports from all three main agencies for free. Passed in late 2003, the Fair & Accurate Credit Transactions Act creates a central source consumers can use to obtain a free annual credit report.

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Hürriyet

Investment-Grade Credit Risk Index Rises to Record in Europe
Bloomberg - 18 hours ago
Credit-default swaps on the Markit iTraxx Europe index of 125 companies with investment-grade ratings climbed as much as 7 basis points, and was 5 higher at ...
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SEC Approves New Credit-Rating Rules
Wall Street Journal - Dec 3, 2008
"The big three credit-rating firms have failed investors' and played a significant role in the current financial meltdown, said SEC Commissioner Kathleen ...
SEC strengthens credit rating agency rules Reuters
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Credit Suisse plans 5300 job cuts after $2.5 bln loss
MarketWatch - 15 hours ago
By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Credit Suisse said Thursday that it will cut roughly 5300, or 11%, of its jobs after posting a loss of ...
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GM Faces Sales Slump In Once Hot Brazil Due To Tight Credit
CNNMoney.com - 12 hours ago
The local auto market started slowing in the second half of September, triggered by a restriction of credit that shows no signs of a rebound so far. ...
Brazil auto sales plunge 26 pct as crisis spreads guardian.co.uk
UPDATE 1-Brazil auto sales plunge 26 pct as crisis spreads Reuters
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SMU Cox School of Business Ranks Credit Solutions Among Dallas ...
MarketWatch - 8 hours ago
RICHARDSON, Texas, Dec 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Credit Solutions ranks 12th in this year's Dallas 100(TM) Awards given to the fastest growing, ...


MLive.com

UPDATE 1-Mexico Senate approves tougher consumer credit rules
Reuters - 7 hours ago
MEXICO CITY, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Mexico's Senate passed a bill on Thursday prohibiting banks from sending clients pre-approved credit cards, extending credit ...
Mexican Senate passes stricter credit rules The Associated Press
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BBC News

Credit Suisse Cuts 5300 Jobs
New York Times, United States - 22 hours ago
By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG — Credit Suisse announced Thursday it would cut 5300 jobs — 11 percent of its global workforce and Nomura of Japan said that ...
Credit Suisse to cut another 5300 jobs International Herald Tribune
Wall Street Workers Facing Layoffs Ahead Of Holidays CNNMoney.com
Nomura and Credit Suisse to lay off 1650 staff in London Independent
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AFP

AT&T to Cut 12000 Jobs; DuPont, Credit Suisse, and Other Firms ...
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 14 hours ago
Chemical maker DuPont will cut 2500 jobs, while the Swiss banker Credit Suisse will slash 5300, or 11 percent, of its workforce worldwide. ...
AT&T, DuPont Cutting Thousands of Jobs Washington Post
Job cuts mount as year-end nears CNN
Nearly 29000 Job Cuts Reported In 24 Hours AHN
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Japan Bond Risk Rises as BOJ Action Falls Short of Credit Needs
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
``The BOJ support program will not affect the actual market as it targets from AA to A companies,'' said Yasunobu Katsuki, chief credit analyst at Mizuho ...
Bank of Japan Struggles to Ease Company Funding: Chart of Day Bloomberg
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Fitch Withdraws Washington Mutual Bank's Credit Card Seller ...
MarketWatch - 11 hours ago
For further information about Fitch Credit Card ABS seller/servicer ratings, refer to the report titled 'Rating US Credit Card Seller/Servicers,' dated Aug. ...

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