Monthly Archives: March 2009

Credit Limits Shrink; Charge-offs Increase

March 4, 2009 – 4:54 pm

Nearly half of American banks cut their customers’ credit limits in late 2008, but a little preparation can help keep your borrowing options open.

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PayPal Personal vs. PayPal Premium

March 3, 2009 – 12:18 pm

I recently decided to sign up for an online money transfer service because I am serving as the treasurer for a project I’m working on and wanted to offer people a convenient method for making payments.  So it seemed logical for me to sign up  for PayPal, the ubiquitous online money transfer service that seems [...]

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Historic Dow low puts financial crisis into perspective

March 3, 2009 – 7:56 am

The Dow fell to its lowest level since April 25, 1997. It took nearly 126 months to reach an all-time high of 14,164.53 on October 9, 2007 and a mere 17 months to come tumbling back down.

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