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Teamsters Applaud Vote on Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today praised the House Financial Services Committee for voting to create an agency that will protect the personal finance of consumers from unscrupulous banks. The committee passed H.R. 3126 by a vote of 39-29. “Banks had a golden rule: They broke the rules and took the gold while regulators looked away,” Hoffa [...]
Continue reading...Protect Your Identity; Protect Your Financial Future
Friday, October 16, 2009
It’s a feeling that sends chills down your spine. You feel alone, confused, and angry. Unfortunately it is a feeling experienced by many people each year — it’s the feeling caused by identity theft. Claiming millions of victims each year, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes against personal finance in the United [...]
Continue reading...Central Bank of India Seeks to Change the Way India Pays
Friday, October 16, 2009
Central Bank of India, Rev and MasterCard have partnered to collaboratively develop and market innovative credit card payment solutions the companies announced today. The partners plan to introduce a series of new payment products designed to reach even more Indians, starting with the Central Bank of India MasterCard® Gift Card and the Rev® MasterCard® Virtual Card, [...]
Continue reading...Widening Application Range to Boost MRI Markets in Eastern Europe, Says Frost & Sullivan
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Eastern Europe is poised to be the market to tap into in the near future for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) manufacturers. These countries have budgeting allocations to improve their healthcare systems after becoming members of the European Union (EU). Their installed base of MRI systems is not large, which directly makes this region conducive for market [...]
Continue reading...Inflation Won’t Bring U.S. Back to ‘Good Times’
Monday, October 5, 2009
The National Inflation Association today released the following statement to its members: “Most people in the U.S. want to go back to when the ‘times were good,’ not realizing that the ‘good times’ they remember were nothing but an illusion created by the Federal Reserve’s artificially low interest rates. The finance wealth created in the U.S. [...]
Continue reading...Visa Releases Global Data Encryption Best Practices
Monday, October 5, 2009
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) today announced global industry best practices for data field encryption, also known as end-to-end encryption. The best practices are designed to further the payment industry’s efforts to develop a common, open standard while providing guidance to encryption vendors and early adopters. Data field encryption protects card information from the swipe to [...]
Continue reading...TD Banknorth Celebrates Name Change to TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank
Monday, September 28, 2009
Starting September 25, TD Banknorth will become “TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank.” The bank’s locations in New England and Upstate New York will join its Mid-Atlantic and Florida operations in using the TD Bank brand, bringing our more than 1,000 stores in the United States under the same name for the first time. Over the [...]
Continue reading...President Clinton and PACENOW Coalition Announce Bond Program
Saturday, September 26, 2009
President Clinton today announced his commitment to a national PACE finance program as part of the Clinton Global Initiative. Property Assessed Clean Energy, known as “PACE” finance, is an innovative municipal finance program that has the potential to fund the energy retrofit of America’s homes and buildings. The PACENOW coalition, established this year to promote these [...]
Continue reading...DEMOfall 09 Showcases Significant New Emerging Technologies
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The technology industry’s elite DEMOfall 09 conference kicked off this morning with a state-of-the-industry address given one final time by Chris Shipley, DEMO’s executive producer, who was also joined by Matt Marshall, co-executive producer. “I am both encouraged and inspired by the dynamic, exceptional group of companies debuting here, despite the range of economic challenges we [...]
Continue reading...Japan Margin Trading on the Rise
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
When the currency margin trading trend rose to 55 percent all the way 1.9 million as of March, then that is only indication that the weather is mighty fine. And in Japan, it can’t go better than that. For beginners, currency margin trading enables investors to make large bets with relatively small amounts of money. The [...]
Continue reading...Surviving A Financial Crisis
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A financial crisis is a typical time that anyone may experience. It is a result of several unforeseen instances. Lost of a job, decrease in a family members paycheck, cutting back on working hours, unstable economic relations, family sickness or even death. Surviving a financial crisis takes patience and guidance. Communicating with support from each other [...]
Continue reading...Avoid Food Waste and Save Money
Monday, July 20, 2009
“Waste not, want not.” You may have heard this expression as a child when you wouldn’t eat your greens. In the U.S. alone, the amount of food that is wasted on a daily basis is staggering. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “if just 5 percent of Americans’ food scraps were recovered it would represent [...]
Continue reading...Would Debt Consolidation Work For You?
Monday, July 20, 2009
If you have a multitude of credit card bills, one option you can utilize to pay off most of them is through debt consolidation. For example, let’s assume you have several credit cards with high interest rates. The monthly payments are becoming more difficult to pay, and you feel as if the hole you are in [...]
Continue reading...Smart Back-to-School Shopping Tips
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Start your back-to-school shopping with a plan. Even if your child’s school hasn’t supplied you with a list of supplies, you can start with the basics and take advantage of back-to-school sales. Here’s how: Make a list and get your child involved. Use the recommended or required supplies from your child’s school or teacher as a starting [...]
Continue reading...Can Family Meal Planning Help You Save Money
Monday, July 13, 2009
Yes, there are several ways in which meal planning can save money for the household savings. Here are a few ideas. Whether you purchase groceries on sale or at a warehouse, always buy in bulk. Buy those items that you can prepare in one day to last for several weeks. For example, whole chickens are reasonably priced. [...]
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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