| Costly Credit-Card Tricks
So be sure to watch your credit report carefully and make all payments on time to avoid a domino effect on your other lines of credit. 2. Offering "Fixed" Rates That Aren't Really Fixed
You might think that when someone offers you a fixed-rate card, the rate is indeed fixed. But you'd be wrong. A fixed-rate card simply means that the company needs to inform you in writing at least 15 days before changing its rate. So pay attention to the notices that come with your bill. And if you carry a balance, always be aware of the interest rate you're paying. If it goes up, it may be time to shop for a better card. 3. Penalizing Customers Whose Payments Are Five Minutes Late
Have you looked carefully at your credit-card statements lately? These days, not only are payments due by a certain date they're often due by a certain time, like, say, 1:00 p.m.
AID FOR VETERANS: Bills Would Add Services, Improve Mental Health ...
This is one issue on which Democrats and Republicans appear to have found agreement. The top two Republicans in the House of Delegates have signed on as co-sponsors of the O'Malley administration's bill. "I don't see that support for our veterans is necessarily a partisan issue," said House Minority Leader Anthony J. O'Donnell (R-Calvert). Still, O'Donnell criticized O'Malley for having what he considers a relatively modest veterans agenda. "That's all great. I support all that," O'Donnell said of the bills. "But that doesn't mean they're doing earth-shattering things for veterans. They could be doing a lot more." Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (D), an Army reservist who has fought in Iraq, considers the veterans bills his top priority this session.
Wednesday's Letters to the Editor
John Buell's recent column criticizing the new economic stimulus package ("Stimulus plan not based on sound economics," BDN, Feb. 19) ignores history and the facts. He speaks of "new tax breaks for corporations" when some of the most important provisions will help the smallest of businesses, which are creating the majority of new jobs in Maine and the nation. For that reason, the National Federation of Independent Businesses was the only group lobbying to increase significantly the expensing limits for small-business equipment investments from $128,000 to $250,000. This will allow small-business owners to immediately write off equipment purchases and will help small-business owners expand and hire new employees. Another key provision in the package is a 50 percent bonus depreciation deduction, an incentive for businesses to invest now, providing an immediate deduction for half the cost of the investment.
Monroe man arrested for using mother’s credit card without ...
A Monroe man was arrested today on felony charges for stealing his mothers Visa credit card number and charging more than $2,442 to the account without her permission.
Jacob Harper, 19, 158 Springhill Road, Monroe, was charged with felony theft by Ouachita Parish sheriffs deputies.
According to the arrest report, Harper took the credit card number from his mom in December. He and his girlfriend Tabatha Mercer used it between December and January on 53 occasions.
Mercer was arrested Thursday. She was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center and her bond is set at $10,000.
Harper also was booked into OCC where he awaits a bond hearing. .
QBE punished as profits fall short
Investors punished QBE Insurance on Tuesday after the Australian financial services group reported annual profits that fell short of forecasts due to the high Australian dollar and downgraded its 2008 revenue outlook. While net profits rose 30 per cent to a record A$1.93bn in 2007, the figure came in below market expectations of A$2.04bn. .
Give the Steelers their due
The Jets' loss was atrocious. The pass protection resembled a turnstile at a New York City subway station, allowing the defensively challenged Jets to sack Ben Roethlisberger seven times. The anemic Jets pass rush had nine sacks all year before the game. Willie Parker had one of his worst games of a great season against a porous run defense. You never run against the Steelers' vaunted defense. Thomas Jones carved them up, becoming the first back to register a 100-yard rushing game in over two years. Kellen Clemens looked like a cross between Steve Young and Randall Cunningham making plays with his arm, legs and brain in crunch time. The Jets won in overtime. It was inexplicable and awful. And you figured Pittsburgh, looking to take out its frustration, would pound poor John Beck and the winless Dolphins into the ground.
Trio embark on cycle trip to South America for charity
The charities include UNICEF, but include other ideas such as the appeal for the recent earthquake victims in Peru. They feel it would be a great opportunity to witness first hand how their fundraising will be used to help others.The trio consists of Colin and Alastair Montgomery and David Middlemiss. Colin and Alastair grew up in Limavady, attending Limavady Grammar School and playing both cricket and rugby. Colin is presently self-employed within the IT industry in London, while Alastair is working for Bank of Ireland in Belfast. David, originally from County Durham, met Colin in London. Each finished their jobs for this trip and are fully supporting themselves – both in financial terms and in terms of carrying everything they need to survive on their bikes for the entire trip.Their route started in Ushuaia, Argentina, which is the most southerly city in the World, and takes them through most of Chile, parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Columbia, finishing up in Caracas, Venezuela.
Fake News Scams Job Seekers
Courtni Klosloski thought she had found the perfect job.
After posting her resume to Monster.com she was directed to a website for WACT, Action 25 News, a cable news channel out of Macon, Georgia.
"I was thinking to myself, wow I'm going to be able to put a thousand dollars away for my daughters college, I'm going to be able to pay this, pay that, our lives are going to change," Klosloski recalled.
The website was complete with weather updates, an "award winning news team", and a consumer reporter claiming to know how you can make $84,000 a year by working at home.
Courtni used her credit card to purchase a set of job training DVDs for nearly $300.
After realizing she'd been scammed Courtni tried to reach WACT, but each try led to a dead end.
Blotter: ‘Secret shopper’ paid in faux money orders
A woman who lives on Melton Road near Justin told Denton County sheriff's deputies that she applied for a "secret shopper" job in a newspaper advertisement and received two bogus money orders in the mail. The woman said she was supposed to deposit the money orders in her account and then wire money through a local wire service. She was supposed to document her experience with the wire service and send the information to the "secret shopper" company, according to the packet she got in the mail. Over a period of time, she received two money orders for $2,850 each. She used the first money order before being notified by her bank that it was counterfeit and her account was being debited. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were notified, since the money orders came from Canada.
Moderator says anti-English bigotry is 'like sectarianism'
If you say something which is sectarian, people will spot it and challenge it because of the high-profile campaigns which have raised awareness that it will no longer be tolerated."People still laugh off anti-English remarks as just a bit of fun, but they are nothing of the sort. They are racist and offensive."But David Ward, the English-born convener of the Glasgow branch of the Saltire Society, which aims to protect and promote Scottish culture, believed that anti-Englishness was actually in decline.Speaking personally, he said: "I think that since devolution there has been a change whereby, if people have grievances, they tend to blame the Government and Parliament in Scotland."Before devolution, problems were usually blamed on London. Resentment against the Westminster Government was often mistakenly expressed as an .
Scratch one libtard!
Admittedly the title is a wee bit of an exaggeration. Did I say "wee bit?" I really meant a huge exaggeration. Okay, okay, the title is so over-the-top that I would only write it in a column, not say it in front of an audience of conservatives because people might start throwing garbage. And let me tell you, I understand where people are coming from with McCain; I really do. That's why I created such seminal works of art as The Conservative Case Against John McCain In 2008, A Conservative Nightmare: Republican Nominee, John McCain, and John McCain: This guy? Really?, among many, many other brutal attacks on "Amnesty" John. On the bright side, I suppose that if he becomes President, no one can ever accuse me of refusing to criticize people on my own side, but on the other hand, that would mean John McCain would be the President of the United States.
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