January 20th, 2009

Payday lenders may run out of cache in D.C. (The Washington Examiner)
Payday lenders may run out of cache in D.C. (The Washington Examiner)
The D.C. Council moved ahead Tuesday on a bill that would restrict the sky-high interest rates levied by so-called "payday" lenders, ignoring an analysis by the city’s finance office that the proposal would cost the city more than half a million dollars in revenues.

Stay Away From Online Payday Loans (WCSH 6 Portland)

GARDINER (NEWS CENTER) — They’re called payday loans. And if you’re signing up for one on the internet you’re asking for trouble.

Borrowers warned about payday loans (Bangor Daily News)

Last weeks column on the risks of payday loans ran just after a news release on the same topic. That release included a number of quotes from Maine people:

Mesa to fight efforts to revive payday loans (Arizona Daily Star)

MESA Mesa will oppose any efforts in the Legislature to extend or eliminate a 2010 deadline that will end licensing of the payday-lending industry.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Leaf Chronicle)

NASHVILLE Shirley Palmer went to payday lenders when she got behind on her bills, but she ended up in bankruptcy court anyway.

Refund Anticipation Loans: Ripoff Or Royal Screwjob? (Investopedia via Yahoo! Finance)

These short-term loans can provide much-needed cash, but the instant payout comes at a cost.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Tennessean)

High interest rates and accruing costs can lead to bankruptcy.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it. Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, said he is writing legislation to prohibit lenders from offering so-called open-ended loans with potentially unlimited fees. Saslaws billand a similar measure by Del. G. Glenn Oder, …

League to host program on predatory lending (The Daily Freeman-Journal)

The Hamilton County League of Women Voters is sponsoring a public information program on Predatory Payday Lending on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Webster City council chambers. Victor Elias, a senior associate Iowa’s Child and Family Policy Center, who is also on the staff at the Coalition Against Abusive Lending, will be the guest speaker. The program will also be broadcast on Cable Channel 12.

Mesa to fight any help for payday lenders (East Valley Tribune)

Mesa will oppose any efforts in the state Legislature to extend or eliminate a 2010 deadline that will end licensing of the payday lending industry.

Off Road Mortgages

January 19th, 2009

Matthew Human show how mortgages and off road can be fun!

Borrowers warned about payday loans (Bangor Daily News)

Last weeks column on the risks of payday loans ran just after a news release on the same topic. That release included a number of quotes from Maine people:

Mesa to fight efforts to revive payday loans (Arizona Daily Star)

MESA Mesa will oppose any efforts in the Legislature to extend or eliminate a 2010 deadline that will end licensing of the payday-lending industry.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Leaf Chronicle)

NASHVILLE Shirley Palmer went to payday lenders when she got behind on her bills, but she ended up in bankruptcy court anyway.

Refund Anticipation Loans: Ripoff Or Royal Screwjob? (Investopedia via Yahoo! Finance)

These short-term loans can provide much-needed cash, but the instant payout comes at a cost.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Tennessean)

High interest rates and accruing costs can lead to bankruptcy.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it. Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, said he is writing legislation to prohibit lenders from offering so-called open-ended loans with potentially unlimited fees. Saslaws billand a similar measure by Del. G. Glenn Oder, …

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January 19th, 2009

Seven Bank ATMs Provide Cash Services to JCB Cards Issued Outside Japan; Round-the-clock Access to Cash at Over 12,000 … (Japan Corporate News)
Seven Bank ATMs Provide Cash Services to JCB Cards Issued Outside Japan; Round-the-clock Access to Cash at Over 12,000 … (Japan Corporate News)
Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a major global payment brand and leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan, today announced that JCB cardmembers with cards issued outside of Japan will be able to use their cards for cash advance services at more than 12,000 Seven Bank ATMs throughout Japan from July 11. Seven Bank operates a nationwide network of ATMs open around the …

Supreme Court to Take Up Federal Preemption, <b>Mortgages</b> <b>…</b>

Late Friday, the United State Supreme Court said it will hear a case that may have far more import for the mortgage banking community than most might realize upon first glance; Dow Jones reported after market close that

<b>Mortgage</b> Market and Rate Recap - Week of January 12th - Wealth <b>…</b>

It’s Earnings Season! Last week saw the start of earnings season for the fourth quarter of 2008, and this is likely to be one earnings season everyone.

Northern Rock to reduce <b>mortgage</b> redemption rate - MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) — UK mortgage lender Northern Rock said Monday that it will reduce the rate it redeems mortgages in order to support the UK government’s policy to increase mortgage lending capacity in the market.

Parex banka and <b>Mortgage</b> Bank ATM networks merged :: The Baltic Course

The joint-stock company Parex banka and the state-owned joint-stock Latvijas Hipoteku un zemes banka (Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank) have signed an agreement on merging their ATM networks, as Parex banka Senior Vice President Guntis

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A mortgage rescue scheme to help vulnerable families at risk of repossession to stay in their homes is being rolled out across England today. The 200 million scheme is one of a range of measures the Government is

U.K. to announce <b>mortgage</b>, loan guarantees to encourage lending

The UK will underwrite mortgages and corporate loans to spur lending in a plan drawn up with Britains.

DFU Quiz: Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Finance Fraud

January 19th, 2009

Biggest campaign finance fraud in history

Northern Rock to reduce <b>mortgage</b> redemption rate - MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) — UK mortgage lender Northern Rock said Monday that it will reduce the rate it redeems mortgages in order to support the UK government’s policy to increase mortgage lending capacity in the market.

xPRESS Digest Blog Archive <b>Mortgage</b> rescue scheme extended <b>…</b>

A mortgage rescue scheme to help vulnerable families at risk of repossession to stay in their homes is being rolled out across England today. The 200 million scheme is one of a range of measures the Government is

Why not allow <b>mortgage</b> modifications in Chapter 7? : Bankruptcy <b>…</b>

All of us here at Bankruptcy Law Network file consumer bankruptcies, and we are all very excited by the prospect of the new bankruptcy law that will allow the modification of mortgages in Chapter 13. However, our excitement is fueled by

U.K. to announce <b>mortgage</b>, loan guarantees to encourage lending

The UK will underwrite mortgages and corporate loans to spur lending in a plan drawn up with Britains.

Hiliary Clinton Caught violating Campaign finance laws

January 19th, 2009

Full Hillary ’smoking gun’ video released
Filed as evidence in case against New York senator, husband
Posted: June 22, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Art Moore
2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Hillary Clinton greeted at August 2000 Hollywood gala and fund-raiser by Peter Paul and his wife Andrea (Courtesy Hillcap.org)
The full, five-minute videotape touted as “smoking gun evidence” of two felonies committed by Sen. Hillary Clinton has been released to WND.
As WND reported, the tape was submitted as evidence to a California appeals court yesterday in a civil fraud suit against the New York Democrat and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
WND reported in April the tape indicates Clinton — despite denials throughout six years of investigation — was directly involved with business mogul Peter Franklin Paul in producing a lavish Hollywood fundraiser in August 2000 that eventually cost Paul nearly $2 million.
Clinton’s participation in the planning of the event would make Paul’s substantial contributions a direct donation to her Senate campaign rather than her joint fundraising committee, violating federal statutes that limit “hard money” contributions to a candidate to $2,000 per person. Knowingly accepting or soliciting $25,000 or more in a calendar year is a felony carrying a prison sentence of up to five years.
Paul’s complaint charges President Clinton destroyed his entertainment company to get out of a $17 million deal in which Clinton promised to promote the firm in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife’s 2000 campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to foot the bill for the Hollywood event.
In the tape, Clinton is heard via speakerphone thanking Paul, business partner Stan Lee and other colleagues for their efforts in putting together the fundraiser.
She also describes the role of longtime aide Kelly Craighead as assisting in day-to-day involvement in preparation for the event as her liaison with Paul and his producers.
Peter Paul and Sen. Hillary Clinton (Courtesy Hillcap.org)
Craighead, Clinton says, “talks all the time” with Paul, “so she’ll be the person to convey whatever I need.”
The aide’s hands-on role is significant, because the law also implicates a candidate if any of his or her agents are involved in coordinating expenditures with a donor.
In another portion of the tape, Clinton is heard discussing her direct solicitation of a large contribution from the entertainer Cher. Paul’s legal team, the U.S. Justice Foundation, argues the value of Cher’s performance alone vastly exceeded the FEC limits.
The tape was one of 90 Paul was ordered to turn over to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York in 2001 as part of the investigation in a related securities case against him. But it has never been used as evidence, despite its relevance to the key question of Sen. Clinton’s involvement in the Hollywood fundraiser.
Sen. Clinton has claimed through her spokesman Howard Wolfson that Paul gave no money to her campaign, and her supporters have denied she had any anything to do with coordinating the fund-raiser or soliciting contributions directly from donors.
Clinton’s campaign has counted the more than $800,000 of in-kind contributions it reported in a 2006 amended FEC report for the Hollywood Gala as indirect, or “soft money,” given to the New York Senate 2000 Committee, a state account that was run jointly by Clinton, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the New York State Democratic Party.
The Clintons’ longtime attorney David Kendall has not replied to WND’s request for comment on Paul’s videotape. Kendall previously has declined comment on the case, saying only to WND regarding the felony assertion, “Any such allegation is totally false and totally unsupported.”

BNZ lifts interest rate for cash advances to 22.2pc (The New Zealand Herald)

The Bank of New Zealand has lifted its interest rate for cash advances on its Lite Visa credit card by more than 50 per cent. From February 1 cash advances will be charged at 22.2 per cent, up from 13.75 per cent. Purchases on the low-rate card will continue to be charged at 13.75 per cent.

Cash advances slugged $20 fee (Daily Telegraph)

CREDIT card holders will be slugged between $10 and $20 for a single cash advance under controversial new rules on ATM fees to be introduced by the Reserve Bank.

Aging equipment plagues 9-1-1; needs replacement (County Press)

LAPEER — Officials fault outmoded equipment for system failures to the life saving system that received 29,898 emergency calls for help last year. To keep up with technological advances, cash strapped 9-1-1 must find $15.2 million to replace it.

Democrats push to jolt economy with cash (The News & Observer)

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry.

Democrats push to jolt economy with cash (The News & Observer)

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending incre

M&A warning for channel firms (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

After a frenetic burst of consolidation across the voice and data channel over the course of 2008, acquisitive VARs have been urged to tread carefully this year.

Caltrans renews study of 710 Freeway tunnel (Los Angeles Times)

South Pasadena and Alhambra are at odds again as the state begins testing several underground routes. It’s the freeway controversy that just won’t quit.

Peping seeks amnesty on missing funds (The Daily Tribune)

Wanting to get the pestering monkey off its back, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) yesterday announced its intention to seek government amnesty on its multi-million unreported cash advances from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

Gold Falls as Dollar Advances in Shift to Cash; Silver Drops (Bloomberg)

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Gold fell for the third straight day in New York as gains by the dollar eroded the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also dropped.

(AFX UK Focus) 2009-01-19 11:45 Indian shares little changed; banks, autos fall (Interactive Investor)

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ABBA- Live on Japan TV- Money, Money, Money

January 19th, 2009

A clip from a rare recording of ABBA’s Japanese TV special. This particular clip is amazing with the live orchestra and Frida’s sensual vocals singing “Money, Money, Money”.

Reverse <b>Mortgages</b> In Retrospect | Reverse <b>Mortgage</b> Information

Credit products are a multi-billion dollar industry in the US alone. Much of the country’s economic indicators rely on this once-stable industry. Recent.

Beware of Reverse <b>Mortgage</b> Scams | Reverse <b>Mortgage</b> Information

As the concept of reverse mortgage is becoming increasingly popular among seniors, who are looking at it as a way to supplement their income, reverse mortgage.

Why not allow <b>mortgage</b> modifications in Chapter 7? : Bankruptcy <b>…</b>

All of us here at Bankruptcy Law Network file consumer bankruptcies, and we are all very excited by the prospect of the new bankruptcy law that will allow the modification of mortgages in Chapter 13.

U.K. to announce <b>mortgage</b>, loan guarantees to encourage lending

The UK will underwrite mortgages and corporate loans to spur lending in a plan drawn up with Britains.

Fixed Rates <b>Mortgage</b> | <b>Mortgages</b>

To say in simple words, Fixed Rate Mortgage is a type of mortgage where the payable rate of interest remains the same for the entire period of the loan. Many people prefer to opt for Fixed Rate Mortgages because they do not like the

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Search all Boston real estate and Boston condos listings - helping buyers and sellers of homes in Boston, including the Back Bay and South End.

January 19th, 2009

Ashdown Mine issues its first cash distribution of US$1.25 million to Win-Eldrich and Golden Phoenix from Q2 molybdenum … (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Ashdown Mine issues its first cash distribution of US$1.25 million to Win-Eldrich and Golden Phoenix from Q2 molybdenum … (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Win-Eldrich Mines Limited , minority owner of Ashdown Project LLC, which owns a Nevada-based molybdenum mine, reports the distribution to Ashdown co-owners Win-Eldrich and Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc. of US$1.25 million in available cash generated from second quarter molybdenum concentrate sales.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Leaf Chronicle)

NASHVILLE Shirley Palmer went to payday lenders when she got behind on her bills, but she ended up in bankruptcy court anyway.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it.

Payday lenders’ clients find frequent loans costly (The Tennessean)

High interest rates and accruing costs can lead to bankruptcy.

Payday lenders ally now upset (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

A powerful ally of payday lenders is furious over the industrys perceived end-run on new restrictions on high-cost instant loans and is vowing to block it. Senate Majority Leader Richard L. Saslaw, D-Fairfax, said he is writing legislation to prohibit lenders from offering so-called open-ended loans with potentially unlimited fees. Saslaws billand a similar measure by Del. G. Glenn Oder, …

Mesa to fight any help for payday lenders (East Valley Tribune)

Mesa will oppose any efforts in the state Legislature to extend or eliminate a 2010 deadline that will end licensing of the payday lending industry.

Man charged with forgery, fraudulent use of information (The Brownsville Herald)

Brownsville police arrested a former employee of a payday loan business after an investigation into his alleged fraudulent use of information in order to get numerous loans from a previous employer.

Buddy loans prosper during banking crisis (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Richard Rivera found himself in a bind last fall. The 25-year-old Marietta resident fell behind on his $400 monthly car payments and had his 1999 Honda Prelude repossessed. Rivera’s plan: Find someone to lend him $2,500 so he could pay off the car loan. He figured he’d be able to borrow the money from a bank on much better terms than his car loan, which carried a punishing interest rate north of …

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January 18th, 2009

Seven Bank ATMs Provide Cash Services to JCB Cards Issued Outside Japan; Round-the-clock Access to Cash at Over 12,000 … (JCN Newswire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Seven Bank ATMs Provide Cash Services to JCB Cards Issued Outside Japan; Round-the-clock Access to Cash at Over 12,000 … (JCN Newswire via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Tokyo, Japan, July 11, 2007 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a major global payment brand and leading credit card issuer and acquirer in Japan, today announced that JCB cardmembers with cards issued outside of Japan will be able to use their cards for cash advance services at more than 12,000 Seven Bank ATMs throughout Japan from July 11.

BNZ lifts interest rate for cash advances to 22.2pc (The New Zealand Herald)

The Bank of New Zealand has lifted its interest rate for cash advances on its Lite Visa credit card by more than 50 per cent. From February 1 cash advances will be charged at 22.2 per cent, up from 13.75 per cent. Purchases on the low-rate card will continue to be charged at 13.75 per cent.

Cash advances slugged $20 fee (Daily Telegraph)

CREDIT card holders will be slugged between $10 and $20 for a single cash advance under controversial new rules on ATM fees to be introduced by the Reserve Bank.

Democrats push to jolt economy with cash (The News & Observer)

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry.

Democrats push to jolt economy with cash (The News & Observer)

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending incre

Peping seeks amnesty on missing funds (The Daily Tribune)

Wanting to get the pestering monkey off its back, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) yesterday announced its intention to seek government amnesty on its multi-million unreported cash advances from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

Gold Falls as Dollar Advances in Shift to Cash; Silver Drops (Bloomberg)

Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Gold fell for the third straight day in New York as gains by the dollar eroded the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also dropped.

Gold Climbs in New York as Dollar Weakens; Silver Advances (Bloomberg)

Jan. 16 (Bloomberg) — Gold rose the most in five weeks as a weaker dollar boosted demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also gained.

New ATM slug on credit cards (Adelaide Now)

CREDIT card-holders will be charged up to $10 for a single cash advance under controversial new rules on ATM fees.

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January 18th, 2009

Payday loan industry launches major ad campaign (KVAL Eugene)
Payday loan industry launches major ad campaign (KVAL Eugene)
For years, the payday loan industry has kept a low public profile - quietly taking blows from consumer advocates and politicians critical of its high interest loans. Now, a national association of payday lenders is playing offense with a major ad campaign.

BNZ lifts interest rate for cash advances to 22.2pc (The New Zealand Herald)

The Bank of New Zealand has lifted its interest rate for cash advances on its Lite Visa credit card by more than 50 per cent. From February 1 cash advances will be charged at 22.2 per cent, up from 13.75 per cent. Purchases on the low-rate card will continue to be charged at 13.75 per cent.

Cash advances slugged $20 fee (Daily Telegraph)

CREDIT card holders will be slugged between $10 and $20 for a single cash advance under controversial new rules on ATM fees to be introduced by the Reserve Bank.

Democrats push to jolt economy with cash (The News & Observer)

Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry.

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January 18th, 2009

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The 30 year fixed rate fell to 5.01% - Jan. 8, 2009

Mortgage rates fell to an all-time low again for the tenth consecutive week. Current Mortgage Rates. Type, Overnight avgs. 30 yr fixed mtg, 5.14%. 15 yr fixed mtg, 4.79%. 30 yr fixed jumbo mtg, 6.88%. 5/1 ARM, 5.66%

Why not allow <b>mortgage</b> modifications in Chapter 7? : Bankruptcy <b>…</b>

All of us here at Bankruptcy Law Network file consumer bankruptcies, and we are all very excited by the prospect of the new bankruptcy law that will allow the modification of mortgages in Chapter 13. However, our excitement is fueled by

How to Pay Down the <b>Mortgage</b> | Not Made Of Money

After all, who really pays off their mortgage? I dont know a lot of people who own their homes free and clear, but it is certainly an enviable goal. Imagine how much more flexibility you would have in your monthly budget if you didnt