The Mountain States Better Business Bureau issued an international alert on Oct. 11 cautioning consumers about a surge in advance-fee loan scams. Bureaus from across the United States and Canada are receiving complaints from consumers who have applied for loans and paid money upfront, but never received the promised loans.
Consumers contacting the Better Business Bureau say they discovere...
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— As crews begin inspecting thousands of rotting houses and preservationists begin efforts to save them, city and federal officials say that 30,000 to 50,000 of the city's houses will probably have to be demolished.
That number, though smaller than some earlier predictions, nonetheless represents up to a quarter of the city's housing stock. A few weeks from now, when giant t...
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By the time Tobius Robles graduates from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, he will likely have more than $20,000 in student loan debt.
But that doesn't bother him. At 30 years old, returning to college after a 10-year hiatus and getting a degree is far more important to him than the cost of the classes.
"I'm taking out as much money as I possibly can," the bus...
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BATON ROUGE, La., Oct. 21 - In better times, before Hurricane Katrina washed away its tax base, the St. Bernard School District employed 1,200 people. Now, with no money to make its payroll, the district employs fewer than 12 employees, and this weekend, the parish government expects to lay off a large share of its firefighters and emergency personnel.
Next door in New Orleans, the school...
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Everyday we are cajoled with pitches from marketers who have new ways for us to spend money. Most of them just don't make any sense. A few will. Let's take a look at several that keep popping up.
The rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.09 percent this week, up from 5.64 percent a year ago. The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that the refinancing trend is slowing - the four...
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Kinghorn is one of 1,076 students who will graduate this fall from the University of Phoenix, which held its commencement ceremony Saturday at Glendale Arena.
Kinghorn's son Christopher, 12, was in the audience, cheering on his mom.
"She studies a lot and works very hard," he said. "I am very excited."
Kinghorn said a television commercial for the college inspired her to pick...
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I don't have a penny to my name. In fact, I owe thousands of pounds. I don't earn a regular salary - I am temping while I look for a job - and make only the minimum payments on my credit-card bills (yes, I have more than one). But does it stop me spending? No.
And I am not alone. In fact, I am a statistic. According to a new report from the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), pe...
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China Construction Bank has sold US$8 billion ($11.5 billion) of stock, the world's biggest initial public offering in the past four years.
The bank, China's third largest, sold 12 per cent of its total shares at HK$2.35 (43.5c) each, bankers familiar with the sale said. That was close to the top of its funding target as the offering attracted at least US$76 billion worth of orders.
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Third quarter net income at SterlingSouth Bank & Trust (OTCBB: SSBT) was $348 thousand or $0.27 per share compared with $103 thousand or $0.08 per share for the third quarter of 2004. Income for the first nine months of 2005 was $902 thousand, or $0.71 per share compared with $134 thousand, or $0.12 per share for the first nine months of 2004.
Total assets were $148 million as of Septembe...
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