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Fake DNA kit an ‘over-priced cotton bud’
Scammers who use a fake DNA testing kit to get victims to hand over credit card details have begun targeting New Zealand letterboxes.The scam – which has been circulating in Australia – starts with victims being sent a package…

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Banks, credit-card issuers warn of security breach on email addresses, names
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Tory supporter facing fraud charge gets plum seat at Harper rally
OTTAWA – A Toronto businessman and self-described campaign volunteer who circulates in Conservative circles is facing a criminal charge for allegedly fraudulent credit and debit card withdrawals — a background that did not prevent him from sitting right behind the Harper family at a rally last week.

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Gold credit card= higher or lower/ less or more important than a platinum credit card? How much money do you have to spend on each in order to max them out?
okay let’s say your credit score is 800. what’s the spending limit?

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such as a hung parliament or a continuation of a labour government. will we see anything like the riots in greece when the confidence in the UKs economy has been lost

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Kim Kardashian club fight: Drink in face, drama to spare [video]
Kim Kardashian is likely accustomed to getting a complimentary drink or two — but certainly not in her face. Kim Kardashian is likely accustomed to getting a complimentary drink or two — but certainly not in her face.

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Mother Lode: Raising good kids isn’t always about control
Amy Chua, the Yale Law School professor and author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” has created a sensation with her promotion of raising children the “Chinese way.”

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Everyone gets a raise through tax cut
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here’s a happy fact: For most Americans, paychecks are getting a tad bigger this year. How much bigger? Starting this month, the typical employee making $50,000 a year will take home an extra $83 a month, or roughly $1,000 a year.

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Whitney Holding reports fourth-quarter net loss
Whitney Holding Corp. reported a fourth-quarter net loss this morning. The New Orleans banking company recorded a net loss of $88.5 million, compared with net income of $300,000 during the same period one year earlier. On a per-share basis, Whitney…

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Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
ELKIN, NC–(Marketwire – 01/27/11) – Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: YAVY – News ) Fourth Quarter Highlights: — Provision for loan losses was $6.3 million, a decrease of $1.6 million compared to the third quarter of 2010 — Total deposits increased 2% compared to the third quarter of 2010, driven by a 26% increase in NOW, savings, and money market deposits in the fourth quarter of …

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Man who lost almost half-million gets seven-year sentence
URBANA – A 25-year-old Peoria man who gambled away almost a half-million dollars of other people’s money has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a Champaign County judge. read more

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PD: Store owner chases, fires on suspect
Tempe police say the suspect was chased from the business and into the neighborhood with the store owner firing shots at him.

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How Late is Too Late for a Credit Card Payment?
A one-day late payment shouldn’t appear on a borrower’s credit report, but the bank may not be so forgiving of future delinquencies

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After years of waiting, Elyria cop gets payday
ELYRIA – An Elyria police officer who lost his job after being accused of a crime only to be cleared in court and was later rehired was the top earner of 2010 after he was cut a check to make up for all the pay he missed while out of a job. Vincent Ligas returned to [...]

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BofA Mortgage Buyback Costs Surge to $4.1 Billion as Insurers Press Claims
Bank of America Corp. set aside $4.1 billion in the last three months of 2010 to resolve claims over faulty mortgages, more than in the prior five periods combined, as bond insurers pressed for refunds.

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APS vice-principal files lawsuit after pay day loan drain
An Albuquerque woman has learned a lesson the hard way: Pay loans may be easy to get while almost impossible to repay.

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ICICI Bank gets mandate for Air India loan refinance
MUMBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – State-run Air India has given ICICI Bank the mandate to refinance loans to purchase 21 Airbus A 320 aircraft worth 55 billion rupees, it said late on Wednesday.

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I pay $34 a month for a gym membership. Ive been broke as hell lately due to less hours at work and i only had 28 dollars in my card. What will happen if the gym charges my card and it gets declined? Will it effect my credit? Also how do you max out your credit card? If i have 28 in my card and i try to pay more than that i will just get declined. Would i have to spend exactly $28 dollars to max it out?

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Housing finance racket not to hit lending to real estate: SBI
Housing finance racket not to hit lending to real estate: SBIHousing finance racket not to hit lending to real estate: SBI

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Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity: Monthly Leasing and …
Reporting economic activity in equipment finance sector, ELFA’s Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) shows overall new business volume for October to be $4.9 billion. This is up 14% compared to same period in 2009 and down 15.5% from September. Year-to-date, new business volume is up 6.0% at $46.1 billion. Credit quality also improved, as receivables over 30 days decreased to 3.0% from 3 …

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Greece gets repayment extension to 2021 – finance minister
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will have until 2021 to repay its 110 billion euro (93 billion pounds) EU/IMF bailout loan, the country’s finance minister said on Monday.

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Regional credit card scam busted
The Bogalusa Police Department has arrested one man in relation to a multi-parish and maybe even multi-state credit card scam. Now it’s looking for his accomplice, a woman with roses tattooed across the top of her chest, and Acting Major Joe Culpepper said he believes there are many more people involved in the fraud.

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Credit cardholders to save money on repayments amid new rules
Credit cardholders will save hundreds of pounds repaying their loan after new rules come into force at the beginning of next year, researchers have suggested.

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Credit card thief gets 90 days in jail
A 29-year-old Gardnerville woman was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in Douglas County Jail after she admitted committing the same offenses that originally placed her on probation.

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