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Strategies for Car Shopping in a Time of Tighter Credit (New York Times)
Finance companies have cut back on loans and become stingier with leases. But for consumers, the credit crunch may have a silver lining.
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Tighter credit limits hamper mortgage chances (Seattle Times)
Credit-card companies are reducing credit limits on some borrowers. For some people, that may cause a drag on their credit score, making it harder to get a mortgage.
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Area builders to highlight credit problems in Tallahassee (Sun Newspapers)
Two of Southwest Florida's own will be in Tallahassee Monday in the hope of raising awareness of the struggles that home builders face during the national credit crunch.
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Wealth Check: 'Can I afford to move out of my parents' home?' (Independent)
Mark Scouller, 25, is keen to move out of his parents' house in Flitwick, Bedfordshire and into his own home in London. But until he clears his £5,000 debt, he is going nowhere. "I recently moved back in with my parents while I save to move to London," Mark says. "But I don't know whether to use my savings to pay off my credit card and other bills or to pay it off month by month and continue ...
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Settlement with credit-reporting firm Trans Union is tied up in court (The Providence Journal)
Q: My question has to do with a . . . class-action settlement regarding credit reporting. . . . I sent in my form during the proper time and I was hoping that I would be able to get a credit score — not the report, but the score.
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Second suspect sentenced in armed robbery of check cashing store (The Shawnee News-Star)
A second suspect charged in the April 2007 armed robbery of a Shawnee check-cashing store pleaded guilty Friday to three felony counts in Pottawatomie County District Court and was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
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How to check your credit report online (Yahoo! Tech Advisors)
Reader Mark B. writes: In a recent article you wrote about checking your credit report with the three agencies, three times a year. What three credit reports? How do I get there? Is there a fee? Sometimes I take for granted certain things that some of us have known for years. But it's never too late to start checking your credit report: And if you're old enough to have a credit card, ...
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Five Ways to Boost Your Credit Score (Kiplinger.com)
A good credit score is your ticket to a home or a car or a credit card, and a slip-up can come back to haunt you.
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Credit crunch hits plans for DVLA's facial recognition database (Guardian Unlimited)
An automated, facial recognition database heralded as a means of reducing the number of fraudulent driving licences in circulation has become an early victim of the credit crunch. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea only put the pilot system - designed to hold 50m images - out to public tender in May, promising that it would combat the growing problem of fictitious and ...
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Credit card fraud, check forgery increasing (The Daily Toreador)
As the strength of the nation's economy remains in question, one expert said she believes an increase in credit card fraud and check forgery will continue through rough economic times. Ellen Hein, manager and CEO of the Texas Tech Federal Credit Union, said she has seen an increase in the unauthorized use of credit cards and an increase in counterfeit checks that look like cashier's checks.
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