Archive for January, 2007

Cut the Charges, Not the Cards

Credit cards ? it?s a known fact that these deceptive pieces of plastic are most often the reason why people sink into black holes called debt. But you can?t deny the fact that they do prove useful once in a while, especially in emergencies or for online shopping. The trick to have your cake and [...]

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Carnival of Credit Card #3

–By Sagar Satapathy
Welcome to the third edition of the Carnival of Credit Card! This time, we received some interesting posts that are exclusively related to credit card. Here are the posts in the order they were received:
Matthew Paulson presents I Have a Credit Score of Zero?And I Love It! posted at Getting [...]

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How Well Do You Know Your Credit Card?

– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
We know that most people have a considerable amount in credit card debt, but do we know why? No, it?s not because of irresponsible and high usage; it?s because most people have no idea of the interest rate on their credit cards, according to a Citibank study of nearly 1000 [...]

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Carnival of Credit Card #2

–By Sagar Satapathy
Welcome to the second edition of the Carnival of Credit Card. Contrary to our expectations, we received a large number of submissions out of which 18 posts were selected on the basis of merit. Here are the posts that made the cut for this edition of the carnival.
Tracy Coenen presents Don’t let [...]

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Credit to the Mobile Phone!

– Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
Japanese citizens are being provided with an added incentive to spend using their credit cards – the more they use their cards, the more mobile points they accumulate. These points can be used in lieu of money to pay for music downloaded using your phone or for any other mobile-related costs. [...]

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Cutting Edge of Technology?

– By Pushpa Sathish, Staff Writer
Is this what they mean by doing your groundwork before embarking on a project? Crooks in the town of Port Stephens in New South Wales, Australia, took care to cut several lines belonging to the telecom company Telstra before they went on a shopping spree using stolen credit cards.
Internet, [...]

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