Credit Rating And Working At A Bank News:
Hong Kong Property Market Has 20% Downside, Credit Suisse Says (Bloomberg)
Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong residential property prices may fall by about a fifth in the first half of this year, taking the decline from their peak last year to 41 percent, Credit Suisse analysts wrote in a report.
Sonora Police Department Cracks Identity Theft Case (MyMotherLode.com)
Sonora, CA -- A 42-year-old Sonora man has been arrested following a three week identity theft investigation. A Concord man recently began receiving phone calls from credit card companies attempting to confirm that he had applied for lines of credit over the internet.
'Soft inquiry' won't hurt credit score (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Creditors who look at your credit report do not see soft inquiries, which do not damage your FICO score.
Solicitors Use the Web to Boost Sales During Crunch
With the credit crunch continuing to impact businesses across the globe, legal draftsmen are being given a golden opportunity to gain valuable additional income as well as demonstrate their specialist knowledge by selling their documents through leading online legal document provider Net Lawman. (PRWeb Jan 5, 2009)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1818434.htm
Texans CEO resigning; credit union to report first loss (Dallas Morning News)
The president and chief executive of Texans Credit Union announced his resignation Tuesday and said the Richardson-based credit union would post its first loss in its 55 years.
ClickBooth Protects Consumers From Credit Card Auto-Deduction - Sets New Standard For Advertisers Offering Retention Programs
Retention offers - advertised programs that engage consumers in recurring monthly charges, are growing at a rapid clip. Affiliate networks are a large part of this growth. IntegraClick Inc. & Clickbooth.com, leaders in Cost Per Acquisition marketing, have developed a new standard to protect consumers from overcharges, and advertisers from chargebacks. (PRWeb Dec 25, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ClickBooth/CPA-Network/prweb1791444.htm
U.S. consumer credit worsens in December: Fitch (The Forex Market)
NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer credit deteriorated in December as credit card defaults rose and cardholder payment rates suffered the largest one month drop on records hurt by a deepening recession, Fitch Ratings said in a report on Wednesday.
Germany might issue 100 bln euros in corporate loan guarantees: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The German government is considering 100 billion euros (135 billion dollars) in guarantees to help companies find financing along the lines of a plan already used by banks, a press report said on Wednesday.
