Get Out Of Debt News
- Budget will address credit concerns: Flaherty Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:13PMThe federal Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty, said Tuesday the coming Jan. 27 budget is expected to address concerns regarding access to credit, through measures analysts say could see taxpayers exposed to new market risks.
- Rates are low, but loans difficult to get Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:10PMBanks are reluctant to lend at favorable rates to all but the most bullet-proof of borrowers, according to area mortgage brokers. Unless you have a gold-plated credit score, low credit-card debt and a big down payment or a lot of equity, those rates of 5 percent or less on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage may be out of reach.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-07 01:46 Nikkei climbs 2.5 pct, exporters and techs gain Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:03PMTOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Nikkei share average climbed 2.5 percent on Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker yen that lifted Honda Motor Co and other exporters, while tech shares gained after their U.S. peers rose on hopes for an economic stimulus package there. Regional lenders such as Shizuoka Bank rose after a report in the daily Mainichi Shimbun that the Japanese government is looking at a plan to ...
- Good, bad and ugly ways to raise some quick cash Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:03PMIf you thought things were getting tight last month, get ready for the big squeeze. While I would love to start 2009 with some rosy predictions, one theme sticks in my mind: Cash will never be more important. You need to find it, save it and use it as your cushion in what will be another rocky year.
- Quick Cuts - Kraftwerk Co-Founder Quits, The Killers Use Library As Inspiration, and More! Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:01PMRecently in Singapore for a performance, German pioneering electronic band Kraftwerk have just lost one of their founding members. Florian Schneider has announced that he has quit the quartet, ending a partnership that lasted 40 years.
- Businesses Seek Tax Break on Canceled Debt Like Homeowners Got Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:46PMThe provision would let solvent businesses negotiate new terms with lenders, lowering the amounts they owe, without being required to pay taxes on the forgiven portions of the loans.
- Apples for a Nickel, and Plenty of Empty Seats Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:29PMSome historians are looking to the struggles of the 1930s for hints on how baseball teams will hold up in coming years.
- Abheek Barua Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:06PMon buzz-words and catch phrases that hogged the headlines in 2008 but are now passé.
- Economy influences the decision to have babies Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:19PMCHICAGO -- Amanda Wegner already has a 2-year-old daughter and was looking forward to getting pregnant again soon. But her husband recently lost his job in advertising sales and her pay as a part-time magazine editor has fallen 20 percent.
- Divisional Playoffs: Steelers vs. Chargers Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 3:03PMThe Baltimore Ravens beat the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. That means the Steelers will face the San Diego Chargers in the divisional round of the AFC Playoffs.
- Bosh Helps Raptors Upend Magic Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:53PMChris Bosh finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds, leading the Toronto Raptors to a 108-102 win over the Orlando Magic at Air Canada Centre.
- Arsène Wenger convinced that Arsenal can emerge in credit from crisis Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:28AMArsène Wenger warned yesterday that if times are hard in football at present, they could get harder. Yet as the credit squeeze tightens, the Arsenal manager believes that the North London club are better placed than most to emerge unscathed.
- Letters to President-elect Barack Obama: What change do you want? Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:24AMSix West Michigan residents shared their hopes for the Obama administration by writing "Letters to the President" on their chosen subjects. The letters will appear each day this week, and more readers are invited to follow. (Press File Photo) • Read the story, hear their hopes
- After the free-market binge, sobered Pacific Northwest citizens are seeking practical solutions Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:19AMAfter a wild ride of a year in everything from banking chaos and war to a historic presidential election, folks in the Pacific Northwest are sobering up and settling in — forsaking rampant consumerism and selfishness in favor of a more practical, cooperative future.
- Develop your goals Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 4:16AMWell, the new year has begun and many people have made resolutions they hope will lead to more happiness in 2009. According to goalsguy.com, an Internet motivation site, making resolutions on the eve of the new year began in Rome in 153 B.C., when an image of Janus, a mythical king of early Rome and guardian of doors, was placed on the calendar.
- Do you speak 2009? The IoS Buzzword Glossary Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:08PM The New Year was so young it was barely on solids when the words reached us. And they were not just any old words. These were buzzwords – words so trendy they squeaked; expressions so full of sociological meaning they hurt your eyes when you read them: micro-boredom, digital diet, energy dashboards, negawatts, geo-fencing, GRIN Tech, instapreneur, and many more.
- Detox your cash as the year of the hangover takes hold Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:06PM Britons are waking up to the mother of all financial hangovers. A decade of borrowing through mortgages and credit cards has left the combined debt of British households at a mind-boggling £1.3 trillion.
- Darkness at dawn: will light pierce the gloom in 2009? Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:06PM Mikhail Prokhorov, President, Onexim Group
- Top 10 news stories for 2008 Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:03PMIn the early morning hours of Feb. 6, Stephen Williams, 28, of Bryant left a Little Rock bar in his pickup. Witnesses said he was very drunk, even describing him as “out of it.”
- TOP 10 STORIES OF THE YEAR: Politics make headlines Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:02PMEditor’s note: The following are the top 10 stories in Newport-Mesa in 2008, as judged by Daily Pilot editors.
- Wary Obama will make the Middle East wait Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 5:58PMHow does an aggressively no-drama president-elect respond to the most drama-filled, tragedy-crammed, emotionally fraught conflict on the planet, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Answer: very quietly.
- Jockeying for air Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 5:47PMBarry Jorgensen is not just a disc jockey at KOCI-FM (101.5) — a newly formed radio station in Costa Mesa — he’s the only DJ.
- Byrne takes Eno inspiration on the road Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 5:28PMFrom his Talking Heads days to his reunion with super-producer Brian Eno, David Byrne continues to create some of the most cutting edge sounds in music. By Grant Smithies.
- REALITY CHECK Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:57PMThis column officially will come out on New Year’s Day. That’s really odd this year, since last week’s edition had the Christmas Day date on it. Right now, as I write, it’s actually the day before Christmas.
- Savers must be protected from new rate cuts Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:13PMTelegraph view: The prospect of a further rate cut this week will be a further blow for millions of pensioners.
- 100 per cent equity Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:02PMVishnu Sharma was, till recently, an obsessive equity investor. “All my family put their saving into the equity markets. So I started putting money into it ever since I started earning. In 2007, I earned a good profit.
- Spout Off Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:45PM"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." -Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
- Mackey faces misdemeanor charge linked to civil suit Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:44PMCHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Nick Mackey, who was elected in November to the N.C. General Assembly, has been charged criminally with failing to turn over business documents in connection with a civil lawsuit and a judgment against him for nearly $100,000.
- US universities sell executive courses in India Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:46PMFaced with a severe downturn at home, several US universities have now turned to India to sell their executive education programmes.
- Questions/Answers Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:44PMQuestions and answers on Daily Bulletin stories from readers like you. 1For more than 20 years, the vacant land in Ontario just north of Interstate 10, between Milliken and Haven avenues, was a reminder of the failed attempt to build a state-of-the-art racing facility.
- Cleveland Homicides Drop In 2008 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 1:17PMCleveland officials say the city saw a 24 percent decline in homicides in 2008 while other major Ohio cities saw increases in violent deaths.
- Donations down at Goodwill Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:58PMAstoria’s Goodwill headquarters has faced declines in donations of between 12 percent and 25 percent during the past few months amid the current economic downturn, but sales of clothing and household goods at the nonprofit giant’s stores in the city are on the rise, a Goodwill spokesman said.
- Police Investigating Walnut Creek Bank Robbery Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 12:51PMWALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- Walnut Creek police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a bank in the city Wednesday morning. The robbery occurred at about 11:15 a.m. at the Bank of the West at 2050 N. California Blvd., according to police.
- County looks at upgrade to 800mhz radio system Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:22AMFor the last couple of years, Wright County officials have known that an expensive installation of the 800-megahertz radio system was on the horizon.
- Muni Sales Dry Up as States Face $42 Billion Deficit (Update1) Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:11AMDec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- The worst year for municipal bond investors since 1999 may further reduce demand for tax-exempt debt just as state governments face the biggest budget deficits in at least a quarter-century.
- Will Terrestrial Radio Get Sirius? Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:06AMThis buyout idea is ambition gone goofy.
- More Economic Pain Coming in 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:03AMMany investors said good riddance on Wednesday to one of the worst years on record and prayed that government rescue plans will pull the global economy out of its fierce tailspin later in the new year.
- Investors Who Never Heard of Madoff Are Among His Victims Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 10:03AMInvestors Who Never Heard of Madoff Are Among His Victims
- Law firm sees new layer of poverty Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:25PMEven in good economic times, Blue Ridge Legal Services in Harrisonburg has more than enough work to keep it busy.
- Morris Brown struggles to pay off debt, stay open Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:08PMATLANTA - Stanley Pritchett has only a few weeks left to beg, borrow and appeal for donors to bail Morris Brown College out of hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt that are threatening to finally shutter the embattled institution.
- GMAC Granted Bank Status as U.S. Seeks to Save GM (Update1) Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:06PMDec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- GMAC LLC won Federal Reserve approval to become a bank holding company, enabling the auto lender to tap U.S. financial industry bailout programs and help keep General Motors Corp. in business.
- Bush pardons area melon farmer Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 8:04PMRiveria man, 64, had hired illegal immigrants
- How Property Managers Can Cut Utility Costs Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 7:26PMPerhaps the most significant operating cost for multifamily properties is the cost of utilities. Here are strategies that can help reduce those expenses.
- Obama Inherits GM’s Game of Chicken in Rescue Plan (Update2) Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 9:06PMDec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- George W. Bush decided he wouldn’t be the president who let General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC go bankrupt. Barack Obama will face the choice next year.
- Military families follow money challenge Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 9:01PMWHEN THE Color of Money Military Challenge began earlier this year, George Colon was not happy.
- Emergency Medical Services Could Return To Taft Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:51PMInvestment group wants to bring urgent care and skilled nursing facilities to Taft.
- More Renting-To-Own In Recession Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:49PMWith many people looking for ways to stay out of debt through the recession, rent-to-own companies have seen business take off.
- Lee County’s $64M Question: How to payback debt and build Red Sox a stadium? Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:47PMLee County owes itself almost $64 million. Almost half of it may never be paid back. Auditors from Clerk of Courts Charlie Green’s office took a hard look at so-called interfund loans, the funding mechanism the county is eyeing to pay to build the new Boston Red Sox spring training facility. They found a dozen existing loans, from $20,000 for drainage improvements in Boca Grande to more than $25 ...
- Global recession: Britons learn to cope with credit crisis Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 8:43PM On the streets of Britain there was a new creature to be seen last week. Frugal, clutching their reusable bags, ignoring piles of glittering novelty festive gifts that sold in their millions last year, scouring the half-empty shelves of Woolworths, they are eschewing designer recycled wrapping paper to stock up cheap stuff from street corner stalls. They are leaving their credit cards at ...
- In Auto Talks, Paulson Takes the Wheel Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 6:43AMThe Bush administration and G.M. and Chrysler are said to be negotiating terms of an overhaul package.
