Credit cards: No holiday help from Congress
A congressional effort to enact swift rules to protect credit card consumers during the holiday shopping season is all but dead.
CNN Money,
Tue Nov 24 01:05:07 PST 2009
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CreditCards.com survey: Retail credit cards boost rates, cut rewards
Even more hard-hit than regular credit cards, retail cards are reducing reward programs and raising rates to compensate for their higher charge-off rates.
Fox News,
Tue Nov 24 07:13:45 PST 2009
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How going to jail impacts your credit
Having zero-balance credit cards go unused during an 18-month prison sentence shouldn't cause a cardholder's credit to suffer -- unless the issuer decides to close the idle account.
Fox News,
Tue Nov 24 07:13:29 PST 2009
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Fitch lowers Mexico's credit rating on oil decline
Fitch Ratings downgraded Mexico's credit rating Monday, saying dependence on a flagging oil sector has weakened the country's ability to weather financial problems.
AP via Yahoo! News,
Mon Nov 23 20:37:24 PST 2009
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Home buyer tax credit leads to October rise in existing-home sales
First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes in October their biggest surge in a decade.
USA Today,
Mon Nov 23 17:51:57 PST 2009
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Tax credit gives home sales best boost in decade
First-time buyers taking advantage of a special tax credit gave sales of existing homes in October their biggest surge in a decade, raising hopes for a turnaround in the housing market and ...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Mon Nov 23 15:32:15 PST 2009
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WestLB Debt Risk Soars, Credit-Default Swap Prices Show
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting subordinated debt sold by WestLB soared, according to CMA DataVision prices for credit-default swaps.
Bloomberg,
Tue Nov 24 04:51:34 PST 2009
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Late payments on credit cards drop in 3rd quarter
Consumers got more serious about paying down their credit card debt this summer, a time when deliquencies usually go up.
AP via Yahoo! News,
Mon Nov 23 14:57:27 PST 2009
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Popular Tax Credit Boosts October Home Sales
The National Association of Realtors said home sales rose 10.1 percent in October. That's the highest level in two and a half years, spurred by a tax credit for first-time home buyers. Figu...
NPR,
Tue Nov 24 03:14:16 PST 2009
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Tax credit, low interest rates give area home sales a boost
What a difference a tax credit makes: Home sales spiked 33.3 percent inthe Chicago metropolitan area in October from a year earlier, thefourth straight month of year-over-year increases, he...
Chicago Sun-Times,
Tue Nov 24 06:10:33 PST 2009
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Credit crunch: RNC flack sacked
Trevor Francis, communications director of the Republican National Committee, abruptly resigned Monday, and two Republican strategists familiar with the situation said he was pushed out bec...
Politico via Yahoo! News,
Mon Nov 23 14:54:00 PST 2009
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Man Group Cut To Neutral At Credit Suisse
Man Group Cut To Neutral At Credit Suisse
Fox News,
Tue Nov 24 01:42:46 PST 2009
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Kiss Your Credit Card Rewards Card Goodbye?
Congress wants to cap fees credit card companies charge retailers. But those fees pay for those points you get.
Forbes,
Mon Nov 23 12:47:52 PST 2009
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Corporate Bond Risk Rises in Europe, Credit-Default Swaps Show
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting European corporate bonds from default rose to the highest in almost three weeks, according to traders of credit-default swaps.
Bloomberg,
Tue Nov 24 00:05:32 PST 2009
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Tax credit boosts home sales
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The Record and Herald News,
Tue Nov 24 06:05:13 PST 2009
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Consumers get better grip on credit card debt
Consumers got more serious about paying down their credit card debt this summer, a time when delinquencies usually go up.Cardholders making late payments on bank-issued cards like those bea...
Chicago Sun-Times,
Tue Nov 24 03:14:47 PST 2009
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Late credit card payments decline
Consumers got more serious about paying down credit card debt in summer, a time when delinquencies usually go up.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
Tue Nov 24 01:50:23 PST 2009
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Many parents inaccurately claim college tax credit
More than 314,000 taxpayers made inaccurate claims for a popular tax credit that helps pay college expenses, getting $532 million they weren't entitled to receive, a government report said ...
USA Today,
Mon Nov 23 09:54:51 PST 2009
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Late credit card payments drop in third quarter
Consumers got more serious about paying down their credit card debt this summer, a time when delinquencies usually go up. Cardholders making late payments on bank-issued cards like those be...
San Francisco Chronicle,
Tue Nov 24 00:40:50 PST 2009
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