Credit Card Rate Report
The annual percentage rates (APR) for select major credit card categories were flat to higher this week, after a speech by Fed Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that fueled speculation that the central bank could raise interest rates to combat inflation. Below are the rates for up to nine credit card categories, of which three had [...]
Consider A Credit Card, Even If You Have Bad Credit
Are you an individual whose credit history leaves a little to be desired? If you are a person who is suffering from any type of financial issues because of having bad credit, then you are certainly not alone. In our fast paced society of today, for a large number of us, it can be a [...]
Before You Sell or Trade Your SUV or Truck
Stop and think it through very carefully. While on the immediate surface, selling that gas guzzler or trading it in for a small economy car, may appear to be a good idea, it just might not be after all. You probably wonder how it could be anything but a good idea when a gallon of [...]
Press Digest – New York Times business news – June 4
June 4 – The following were the top stories in the New York Times business pages on Wednesday. * With no end in sight for elevated gas prices, General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) announced drastic cuts in production of sport utility vehicles and pickups on Tuesday and stepped up plans for smaller cars [...]
Fed auctions $75 billion to ease credit problems
In an effort to relieve the credit markets, the Federal Reserve had auctioned $75 billion in loans to troubled banks, so far the total since December is at $510 Billion Housing, credit and other financial problems have been a drag on the economy since last August and hit a crisis point in March of 2008 [...]
