日期：2007-11-22 21:39:11 点击：0 评论：0

If you've pulled your credit score and are disappointed by what you see, here are some simple things you can start doing now to improve your score. Credit counselor Bruce McClary of Richmond, Va., suggests these five ways to boost your credit score.

日期：2007-11-22 21:38:52 点击：0 评论：0

Overspending and the holidays often go hand in hand. It's too easy for people to say, 'Oh, I'll just get this one more gift for so and so,' says Lynnette Khalfani-Cox, known as The Money Coach, and author of Zero Debt: The Ultimate Guide to Financia

日期：2007-11-21 21:38:04 点击：0 评论：0

The day after Thanksgiving is known in retail circles as Black Friday, the most popular shopping day of the year. But it doesn't have to be a day where crowds wear on your nerves and not much gets accomplished. Experts recommend the following tips fo

日期：2007-11-21 21:08:16 点击：0 评论：0

In a lucrative new form of fiscal alchemy, a growing number of hospitals, working with a range of financial companies, are squeezing revenue from patients with little or no health insurance. April Dial's dealings with Hot Spring County Medical Center

日期：2007-11-21 12:35:10 点击：0 评论：0

A million and a half American families file for personal bankruptcy every year. Half do so because of unpaid medical bills, according to the policy journal Health Affairs. Most of those people had health insurance at the start of their illness. But w

日期：2007-11-21 08:39:13 点击：0 评论：0

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender, sought to reassure investors Tuesday, declaring it has ample capital, access to cash and is well-positioned to benefit from the financial turmoil rocking the mortg

日期：2007-11-21 08:38:58 点击：0 评论：0

The online shopping season is expected to bring in almost $39 billion in sales this year. And online shopping is a great way to keep your spending in line. But when you let your fingers do the walking, you'll want to take some precautions. 1. Look fo

日期：2007-11-21 08:38:43 点击：0 评论：0

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine government promised Tuesday to investigate reports of bid-rigging that led the World Bank to suspend a $232 million loan for a national road project. The bank's vice president, Jim Adams, said in a statement

日期：2007-11-21 08:38:28 点击：0 评论：0

GENEVA (AP) -- The global economy has yet to fully absorb the shock of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, leaving unclear the overall effect that financial problems will have on growth, the World Bank's president said Tuesday. "There are still more s

日期：2007-11-21 08:38:11 点击：0 评论：0

On one of our discussion boards the other day, Fool community member makerta related a rather shocking story. He discovered a $216.84 charge on his bank account, due to an overdraft. He admitted that he had withdrawn more than his account held, but h

日期：2007-11-21 08:37:52 点击：0 评论：0

NEW YORK (AP) -- Federal regulators lifted two "cease and desist" orders on First BanCorp that had blocked the bank from declaring new dividends or transacting certain kinds of business, the bank said Tuesday. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the

日期：2007-11-21 08:37:35 点击：0 评论：0

TOKYO (AP) -- Overseas investors led by New York-based fund J.C. Flowers Co. LLC will spend up to $1.8 billion for a 32.6 percent stake in Shinsei Bank. The 202.3 billion yen sale designed to help strengthen investment and retail banking operations w

日期：2007-11-21 08:37:19 点击：0 评论：0

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The Norwegian central bank reported a 1.2 percent return on investment from the fund used to invest the country's oil wealth abroad despite unrest in world markets. The state Bank of Norway said the return was below the 3.9 perce

日期：2007-11-21 08:37:04 点击：0 评论：0

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Wachovia Corp. on Monday said Chief Executive Ken Thompson has acquired an additional 100,000 shares of the fourth-largest U.S. bank. A trust acquired the shares for $39.19 each, for a gross price of about $3.9 million, accord

日期：2007-11-21 08:36:49 点击：0 评论：0

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A proposed $400 million clean coal plant planned for southern West Virginia has run into financial trouble. Western Greenbrier Co-Generation missed a $100,000 payment on a $4.87 million bank loan earlier this month that woul