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Should You Charge Vacations to Credit Cards?

07:04:54 | 25/04/2011 - Source: BellaOnline

I was talking with a friend over the dinner a few days ago about the need for a vacation.

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02:55:51 | 25/04/2011 - Source: MSN Money

The only real way to get outo fdebt is to destroy all of your credit crds but one and even then you must never use it until all of your credit card debt is paid off.

C&WJCCU offers loan-refinancing package

21:36:02 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Communications and Other Workers of Jamaica Co-operative Credit Union Limited has cut interest rates on different loan types to encourage existing borrowers to refinance their debt.

Scott Burns: Using a home-equity credit line to pay off credit-card debt | Investing

13:11:49 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Q: My husband and I are 70 and retired. We live in a $280,000 debt-free home and have a monthly income from our pensions and Social Security to pay all our monthly bills.

Bankruptcy seminar held in Sebring

09:02:06 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Highlands Today

The myth about bankruptcy and solving financial problems were among the topics discussed during a bankruptcy seminar led by local attorney Andres Oliveros earlier this month at the Bert J. Harris Jr.

Young adults face future of self-reliance

05:03:07 | 24/04/2011 - Source: Arizona Republic

For workers younger than 40, the recession helped drive home a sobering lesson: You are on your own.

Woodbridge High crew president gets 12 months for embezzlement

12:24:22 | 23/04/2011 - Source: Journal Messenger

The former president of Woodbridge High School's crew association was sentenced this week to serve 12 months in jail for embezzlement.

5 Ways to Safeguard Your Nest Egg From Your Children

06:05:03 | 23/04/2011 - Source: US News & World Report

Many parents would spend any amount of money to help their children get out of debt or get ahead.

Editorial | U.S. Debt: Becoming deadbeats?

02:00:22 | 23/04/2011 - Source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Not raising the debt ceiling will result in the federal government defaulting on debt interest payments.

Workshops about credit card, house debt slated

21:51:03 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Mercury-Register

Two free workshops are being offered by Legal Services of Northern California to qualifying people having financial difficulties involving credit card debt or residential foreclosure.

Here's What the S&P Downgrade of US Credit Really Means

17:46:10 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Wall St. Cheat Sheet

With the federal government anchored down with over $14 trillion in debt and trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, somehow people are shocked that Standard & Poor's downgraded its outlook on U.S. government debt to "Negative" from "Stable." This is about as surprising as learning thatA Fat Albert is overweight or that Charlie Sheen ...

JAKARTA: Realigning credit cards

11:31:54 | 22/04/2011 - Source: Asia News Network

We're glad to know Bank Indonesia will soon issue more stringent rules on the issuance of credit cards and credit-card debt collection, although the problems here have not yet reached the magnitude of the crisis in South Korea in 2003, which required tens of billions of dollars in bailout funds from the government.

Record debts loom after graduation

07:27:32 | 22/04/2011 - Source: The Chronicle

Duke is incoming freshman Lionel Watkins' dream school, but the debt he will incur during his four years almost kept him from attending.

Couple wavers on how to handle credit card debt

03:12:57 | 22/04/2011 - Source: The Dallas Morning News

My husband and I are both 70 and retired. We live in a $280,000 debt-free home. We have monthly income from our pensions and Social Security to pay all our bills.

Found a job recently? The financial battle may not be over

23:08:28 | 21/04/2011 - Source: WTOL-TV Toledo

If you spent any time unemployed during the last few years, you might still be dealing with financial trouble.