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Tips for facing up to debt
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Don't hide from debt. Get rid of it. Start by getting informed. Watch the movie "Maxed Out," now on DVD.
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A For-Credit Course
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About a year ago, JP Morgan Chase started a new credit-card program aimed at college students, working with Facebook,
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Victims in laptop theft urged to monitor credit
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Betty Ann Obringer, a lifetime resident of Norwalk who works as an executive secretary at a local bank, said she never banks online.
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Experian, Visa Partner to Create Risk Management Products
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Experian has partnered with Visa to create unique risk management products for financial institutions.
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Bear Stearns, Quebecor Sell Debt as Credit Rout Eases (Update3)
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Bear Stearns Cos., the fifth-biggest U.S. securities firm, and newspaper owner Quebecor Media Inc. led companies selling U.S. bonds this week
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S&P affirms Gannett ratings
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Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) Ratings Services said Friday it affirmed Gannett Co.'s (NYSE:GCI) ratings, including its investment grade 'A-'
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Astonish Results Announces it's Strategic Partnership with Birchwood Credit Services
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Astonish is pleased to announce their strategic partnership with Birchwood Credit Services, Inc., the leader in credit rescoring and credit education.
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Local Good Samaritan Center celebrates 30 years of service
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...doing the Tailgate Tour”, says Tyler Engstrom, Loan Officer in Minot with Farm Credit Services.
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Moody's, McGraw-Hill Soar; Firms `Back From the Dead' (Update2)
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Moody's Corp. and McGraw-Hill Cos. soared to the highest in more than a month in New York Stock Exchange trading on speculation their credit-rating units
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S&P Lifts GameStop Credit Rating
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised the credit ratings for video game and software retailer GameStop Corp. by one notch Thursday
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Consumer Portfolio Services Reveals $327.50 Mln Securitization; Renews Credit Facilities
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Consumer Portfolio Services, Inc. (CPSS | charts | news | PowerRating) revealed that it has finalized a term securitization deal today
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Marlin Business Services Corp. Announces An Extension of the Termination Date of Its 2000-A
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Marlin Business Services Corp. (Nasdaq:MRLN) today announced that certain of its affiliates entered into an amendment
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Kids Use Credit for Swifter Service
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Have you seen the check card commercials where there are lines of people dancing through a store in happy synchronicity because everyone is using a card
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Steve Case, David Pottruck, others creating new credit card
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The lucrative business of credit cards and payment networks is drawing a powerful team to create a new credit card
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Four Credit Reporting Agencies form Strategic Alliance with SearchMyLoan.com
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SearchMyLoan.com (SML), a provider of loan search and pricing services for the mortgage industry, has formed alliances with four credit reporting agencies
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Senators Question Credit Rating Agencies
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Executives from major credit rating agencies on Wednesday were accused by senators of being hampered by conflicts
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Financial Solutions Services Offers Free Weekly Credit Repair Workshops
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Financial Solutions Services (FSS) educates people on how credit repair can save tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars or more throughout a lifetime.
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Sector Roundup: Credit Cards, Airlines
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Credit card issuers traded mostly lower Tuesday, with Discover Financial Services falling more than 3 percent
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Revises Its Outlook on NorthWestern Corporation's Long Term Corp.
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NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy today announced that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P")
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US industrials credit profile at weakest level ever,likely to drop further - S&P
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The credit profile of US industrial companies is currently at its weakest level ever, Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP)
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Seven credit raters to provide data to U.S. SEC
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday it had granted the registrations of seven credit rating agencies
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Pamela Yip on freezing your credit report (9/24)
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Dear Ms. Yip, I hope you can answer this question for me. We are 75 and 68
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Heyworth High crowns king, queen
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Branden Downing and Rachel Wood have been selected the 2007 Homecoming king and queen at Heyworth High School
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Revolution Joined by Industry Legends and Major Banks To Launch Revolutionary Payment System
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Revolution LLC, the investment company created by Steve Case, today launched a new subsidiary, Revolution Money
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Credit card numbers' broker gets indicted
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The head of a major website that trafficked in stolen credit card numbers has been arrested and indicted after a 16-month investigation
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Supporters of all ages work on junior fair
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Though fair-goers often look for their favorite food stands in the same location, at least one food stand has made a slight change
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New credit card scam both slick and audacious
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There's a new form of credit card fraud going around. Someone calls, gives his name and badge number and says he's with the security and fraud
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Free meals highlight Farm Safety Week
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A cooling breeze rustled through dried corn shucks at the Cowan farm near Mount Pulaski.
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Service for Less
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You know the old line: "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is."
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Equifax to offer credit report 'freezes'
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Under pressure from a big competitor and consumer activists, Atlanta-based Equifax said Friday it will let consumers nationwide "freeze"
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Technology Credit Union Launches Mobile Banking Service
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Members Can Now Safely, Securely Access Their Accounts Anywhere, Anytime
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Optelecom-NKF Introduces New IP Video Surveillance Products Based On Texas Instruments' Technology
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Optelecom-NKF, Inc. (OPTC) introduced a new group of IP-based video surveillance products based on Texas Instruments
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RiskMetrics Group Holdings ratings placed on positive watch on IPO plans - S&P
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has placed its ratings on US-based RiskMetrics Group Holdings LLC
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Morgan Stanley
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The nation's No. 2 investment bank reported third-quarter profit sank 17 percent
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Fedex hit by fuel costs and credit woe
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Fedex, the delivery company, on Thursday cut its earnings forecast for the rest of the year by 4 per cent
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United FCS Board Takes Actions to Strengthen Governance
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The Board of United FCS ACA, in response to recent controversies and at the request of its regulator, the Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
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Consumer Smarts with Phuong Cat Le
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Consumer Reports WebWatch recently analyzed 24 credit report sites with "free" or "credit" in their names.
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Bernanke says 'opaque' structured credit instruments a problem in credit crunch
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Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said today that while hedge funds have not played a role in the current credit tightening
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Quanta Services says increases credit facility to $475 mln
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Quanta Services Inc. (PWR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it increased its senior secured revolving credit facility
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Quanta Services Increases Credit Facility to $475 Million
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Quanta Services, Inc. announced today that it has amended its credit facility with a syndicate of lenders led by Bank of America, N.A.
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Choice Credit Group Offers Free Credit Repair Information and Services to the Public
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Choice Credit Group, a Black Owned Credit Repair Organization, announced the continuation of offering their services free nationwide
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US corporate defaults may touch 35 bln usd or more in 2008 - S&P
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Standard and Poor's Ratings Services said the US corporate defaults in 2007 have totaled only 4.5 bln usd
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Buyer Beware: Credit Card Offer
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Your mailbox probably gets filled every week with credit card offers. We're taking action to warn you about an offer that could show up
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Morgan Stanley third-quarter profit tumbles 17 per cent as credit crisis impacts bottom line
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Morgan Stanley on Wednesday reported third-quarter profit sank 17 per cent, as the No. two U.S. investment bank
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S&P lowers First Data credit rating
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Standard & Poor's (NYSE:MHP) Ratings Services on Tuesday lowered First Data Corp.'s (NYSE:FDC) junk credit rating
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FNB United sells credit card portfolio
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FNB United, the parent company of CommunityONE Bank, has sold its credit card portfolio to Élan Financial Services, a division of U.S. Bank.
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UPDATE 1-McGraw-Hill CEO says S&P to weigh on results
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McGraw-Hill Cos Inc (MHP.N: Quote, Profile , Research) on Tuesday said the housing slowdown will likely hurt results
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Ball State Federal Credit Union Selects Sedona as Provider for MRM Application and Services
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SEDONA(R) Corporation (www.sedonacorp.com), a leading provider of Customer and Member Relationship Management (CRM/MRM)
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First California Seeks New Chief Credit Officer
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First California Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCAL) today announced a search for a new chief credit officer.
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Encore Capital Group, Inc. Adds Two Independent Directors to Its Board and Announces Cost Savings
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Encore Capital Group, Inc. announced today the addition of two independent directors to its Board and several cost savings
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BofA extends $35M credit line to Internap
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Internap Network Services Corp. has inked a $35 million line of credit with Bank of America Corp.
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S&P to review credit ratings for newspaper publisher
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it would review the corporate credit ratings of Freedom Communications Inc., the owner of dozens of newspapers
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Business World for Sept. 16
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Inducted: The South Dakota Cooperative Hall of Fame announced that LeRoy Schecher of Rapid City has been inducted into the hall of fame
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RMCN Credit Services, Inc. Has Been Selected as a Winner of the 2007 Dallas 100™ Entrepreneur Awards
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RMCN Credit Services, Inc. is among Dallas' fastest growing, most dynamic privately held companies.
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JPMorgan Chase ramps up rewards program
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To attract even more cardholders, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is ramping up the rewards program for its popular Freedom card.
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RepairMyCreditNow.com Video with Doug Parker and Peggy Sue Skipper.
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This is a video about credit repair for clients with bad credit with Doug Parker the founder and CEO of RMCN Credit Services, Inc.
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RMCN Credit Services, Inc. Selected Winner of the 2007 Dallas 100
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RMCN Credit Services, Inc. is among Dallas' fastest growing, most dynamic privately held companies.
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American Capital Completes the Syndication of Over $240 Million in Credit Facilities
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American Capital Strategies Ltd. announced today that it has successfully syndicated over $240 million in credit facilities for three portfolio companies
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Kevin Wessell, CEO Companies Incorporated, Small Business Filing Services Expert Provides an Online
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Kevin Wessell, CEO of Los Angeles based Companies Incorporated, a company formation firm, launches a resource helping businesses
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EU financial services head says EU and US should jointly investigate ratings agencies
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The European Union and the United States should join forces to investigate the role of credit ratings agencies in the current debt market turmoil
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Security Service agrees to merge with Coastal Bend credit union
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Security Service Federal Credit Union and Horizon Credit Union have agreed to merge their operations in a move
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Target Corp on negative watch on capital structure review plan - S&P
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services placed Minneapolis-based discount retailer Target Corp's long-term ratings
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US House panel to examine credit raters on Sept 27
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A U.S. House Financial Services subcommittee will hold a Sept. 27 hearing to examine the role of the credit rating agencies
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Target Considering Debt Sale
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Target shares rose nearly 3 percent Thursday after it said it might shop around almost $7 billion that its customers owe on the credit cards it issues.
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First Cash Financial Services (FCFS) Increases Credit Facility to $90 Million
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In Today's 8-K Filing From First Cash Financial Services (Nasdaq: FCFS): On September 7, 2007, First Cash Financial entered into an agreement
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Mac-Gray cut to 'BB-' on aggressive financial policy - S&P
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services lowered its ratings on US-based laundry equipment and services provider Mac-Gray Corp
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Community Banks and Credit Unions Say Automation Boosts Confidence in BSA Compliance
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Community banks and credit unions that use technology as part of their Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) programs
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S&P Affirms "B+" Credit Rating on Kodak
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Wednesday affirmed its "B+" corporate credit rating on photo company Eastman Kodak Co.
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Bank of America, Credit Suisse, UBS Joining the Open Platform for Unregistered Securities
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Bank of America, Credit Suisse and UBS today announced that they are joining Citi, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and The Bank of New York Mellon
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Kinecta Federal Credit Union Converts to Online Resources for Bill Payment
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Online Resources Corporation (Nasdaq:ORCC), a leading provider of Web-based financial services, today announced that Kinecta Federal Credit Union has signed a multi-year agreement
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Reunion.com Selects Vindicia's ChargeGuard for Outsourced Credit Card Chargeback Management Services
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Vindicia, Inc., a leading provider of payment management services for online merchants, has added leading social networking site Reunion.com as a customer for its ChargeGuard™ chargeback management services.
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Debt-Laden Homeowners Save Plastic First
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Conventional wisdom has it that people will do everything to keep their homes. Not any more.
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S&P: Credit Woes May Hit Energy Sector
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Tuesday it expects ratings of oil and gas companies to hold steady through 2007
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US CREDIT-Temple-Inland weaker, may have value
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Temple-Inland Inc.'s (TIN.N: Quote, Profile , Research) sale of its timberlands business has reduced the diversity of income
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Credit Suisse Names Michael Nies Head of the Miami Office of Private Banking USA
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Credit Suisse is pleased to announce that Michael Nies has joined the Bank as Head of the Miami office of Private Banking USA
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Rumbi Island Grill Deploys MegaPath SecureConnect Services to Protect Credit Card Transactions
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MegaPath SecureConnect Site-to-Site VPN and SecureConnect Managed Security Services Deliver Uniform Security Across 22 Retail Locations
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Students to get credit for community service
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There will soon be more good deeds going on around the Armstrong School District.
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Action Line: How to bring an end to debt collector's calls
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Q Help! I have been getting phone call after phone call (up to six a night) from Bay Area Credit Services for collection on a bill
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66 Federal Credit Union announces business services manager
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66 Federal Credit Union is proud to announce that Tyler Vaclaw has accepted the position of business services manager.
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Face of Credit Introduces Innovative Services to Fight Identity Fraud
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Face of Credit has introduced a suite of innovative services designed to fight the growing problem of identity theft.
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CUSO Financial Services, LP Commends Credit Unions and Investment Reps for Record Performances
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CUSO Financial Services, LP, (CFS) a full-service broker dealer and Registered Investment Adviser that provides customized investment
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Fifth Third Bank Leverages New S1 Enterprise Trade Service Solution
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S1 Enterprise, a leading provider of multi-channel financial service solutions and a division of S1 Corporation , today announced that Fifth Third Bank
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Cilion, Inc. Continues to Lead - Closing Debt Financing for Ethanol Facilities
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Cilion, a new biofuels company, today announced the closing of its first round of debt financing for the construction of two ethanol plants in California
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AgCountry breaks ground
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AgCountry Farm Credit Services in Fergus Falls broke ground Sept. 4 for its new facility, which will be located at 311 North Tower Road
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Firethorn and CheckFree to Provide America First Credit Union with Mobile Banking and Payments
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Firethorn Holdings, LLC, (www.firethornmobile.com) the mobile banking and payments enabler, and CheckFree Corporation
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Ratings agencies in line of fire
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In recent weeks, the credit squeeze has left bank shares tumbling. But another sector has seen its stocks hit with far less prominence: rating agencies.
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Menlo Worldwide Announces Major Expansion in China With Acquisition of Shanghai-Based 3PL Chic
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Menlo Worldwide, LLC, the global logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc. announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Chic Holdings Ltd.
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Reinsurance Emerges as Lower Cost Alternative to Risk Financing as Credit Markets Become Expensive
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Aon Re Global, the world's largest provider of reinsurance brokerage and integrated capital solutions and services and a unit of Aon Corporation
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Guarding your identity
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More and more people are falling prey to identity theft. There are ways to prevent it and, now, ways to get it back.
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Greylock Credit Union Tops in Nation
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The best of the Berkshires can now be called the best in the country.
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Fed Nominee's Firm Offered Risky Loans
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Capital One Financial Corp. executive Larry Klane, nominated by President Bush for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board
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The Fed: A Whole New Ballgame
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The surprising weakness in the August jobs report leaves Bernanke & Co. little choice but to cut rates at the September FOMC meeting
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RouteOne Signs Wachovia Dealer Services to its Online Credit Application Management System
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RouteOne LLC announced today that Wachovia Dealer Services, a national lender with approximately 14,000 dealer relationships nationwide
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Winter in August Sends Chill
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August was a month of great consternation in the high-yield market, as subprime exposure fears mounted.
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Citi and AT&T Introduce Two New Innovative No-Annual-Fee Credit Cards Featuring Savings on AT&T
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Citi, the world's largest provider of credit cards, and AT&T Inc. today extended their relationship to launch two new no-annual-fee AT&T Universal cards
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Conflicts and the Credit Crunch
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In terms of market meltdowns and the degree of pain inflicted on the financial system, the subprime mortgage crisis
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US credit market turmoil 'far from over'
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A senior US Treasury Department official has warned that turmoil in credit and mortgage markets was "far from over"
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Alliance Data Makes West Elm Credit Card
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Marketing services provider Alliance Data Systems Corp. said Thursday it agreed to provide a private-label credit program for West Elm
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Democrats Prepare Bills to Tighten Loan Rules
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Democrats in Congress are planning to introduce bills in the coming days that would prohibit a range of practices used to market subprime
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More financial-service curbs weighed
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Amid tightening credit, rising default rates on home loans and concerns that larger investors aren't sufficiently scrutinized
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Corrections Corporation of America Increases Borrowing Capacity of Its Revolving Credit Facility
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Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE: CXW) (the Company, "CCA") announced today that it has exercised its option
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Economy Suffered Little in August
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U.S. businesses suffered little immediate damage from the problems in financial markets in August, but there are hints that may change in the months ahead
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The Dirty Secret of Campus Credit Cards
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Issued under affinity contracts, they represent sweetheart deals between card companies and the colleges. It's the students who pay the price
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United SA credit union rolls out new checking product
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United SA Federal Credit Union is now offering a new, no-minimum balance-free checking account program for its members.
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Credit market turmoil 'far from over'-US Treasury
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A senior U.S. Treasury Department official on Wednesday warned that turmoil in credit and mortgage markets was "far from over"
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Gibraltar outlook cut to negative on higher leverage - S&P
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised Gibraltar Industries Inc's outlook to negative from stable, citing an increase in the company's financial leverage
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SearchMyLoan.com Announces Strategic Alliance With Three Credit Reporting Agencies
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SearchMyLoan.com (SML), a provider of loan search and pricing services for the mortgage industry, announced alliances with three credit reporting agencies
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Ahead of the Bell:Hearing on Credit Woes
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Top Bush administration officials will come to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to highlight - and probably face criticism
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School budget hearing doesn't draw a crowd
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The Duneland School Board held its hearing on the 2008 advertised budget on Tuesday.
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County to accept credit cards for tax payments
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Muskogee County taxpayers will be able to cover their county tax tab with plastic beginning this fall through a new service
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Confessions of a Credit-Card Pusher
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One student's story of how he was recruited to peddle credit cards on campus and the troubles he found for himself
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Regulators Urge Refinancing of Securitized Mortgages
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U.S. bank regulators, facing the worst housing slump in 16 years, called on mortgage lenders to stave off foreclosures by cutting or postponing home payments
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Standard & Poor's Buys Companies for Debt Analysis
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Standard & Poor's bought two businesses to improve its ability to analyze structured-finance transactions, as credit services face criticism
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S&P Raises Landry's Credit Ratings
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday increased its credit ratings on casual dining chain Landry's Restaurant Inc.
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Unraveling the Subprime Mess
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With Congress returning today from summer recess, the nation's political machinery will turn in earnest on the subprime-mortgage meltdown
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MetaCard: The World’s First Virtual World Credit Card
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Singapore based FirstMeta has launched MetaCard, a credit card for Second Life that is claimed to be the world’s first virtual world credit card
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Payday loans' costs can get steep
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With bills mounting, mechanic Norman Jacko reluctantly turned to a payday lender for relief.
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Recession Risk Rises as Consumers Feel Pain of Tighter Credit
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The pain from higher borrowing costs may be spreading as consumers and businesses follow investors in shying away from risk
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Announcing ‘hits & misses’ for good and bad services, products
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Every once in a while someone will ask me what I think of this product or that service — would I recommend it?
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Avoiding foreclosure can be as simple as knowing where to seek credit help
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Not all foreclosures can be prevented, but roughly 25 to 30 percent of foreclosures can be avoided, said Brian Fogle of Great Southern Bank.
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Let's not talk about mortgages
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Believe it or not, there are a few other things happening in the personal-finance world that have nothing to do with subprime mortgages or the credit crunch.
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IUN is finally drying out
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On Friday, the last of water from the parking lots at Indiana University Northwest was pumped out, opening all lots at the Gary campus
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Farm Credit Services' new facility underway
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Farm Credit Services of Mid-America has broken ground on a 3,800-square-foot building at Ind. 1 and Teetor Road.
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Traders now enjoy multiple options in financing foreign transactions
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World traders are enjoying a time of plenty these days when it comes to finding resources to finance their transactions.
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Skittish: Description of Bay Area home buyers
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Neighborhood Housing Services Silicon Valley, a non-profit group devoted to helping low- and moderate-income people buy homes
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