<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383</id><updated>2012-02-16T04:05:04.283-08:00</updated><category term='credit history'/><category term='consolidation loan'/><category term='credit cards'/><category term='credit card debt'/><category term='student credit card'/><category term='interest rates'/><category term='credit'/><title type='text'>Common Sense With Credit Cards</title><subtitle type='html'>Credit cards can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Used wisely, credit cards can offer you a convenient alternative to paying cash, as well as contributing positively to your credit history. Used foolishly, credit cards can leave you with mountains of debt, and send you into a downward spiral towards financial ruin. With the potential hazards involved, it's no wonder that some choose to conclude that credit cards are "evil". But are they really? Not when you use a bit of common sense.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4301056106323556873</id><published>2011-02-08T15:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T18:37:34.299-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Best tools to get unlimited content, traffic and profit with huge discount</title><content type='html'>Hey Keith Adams,&lt;p&gt;There is a 4 days 60% off sale for powerful tools to generate &lt;br&gt;unlimited content and traffic that leads to ... profit!&lt;p&gt;Click on the following link to find out more:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fa.by/rssg-60-off"&gt;http://fa.by/rssg-60-off&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy and don&amp;#39;t procrastinate.&lt;p&gt;To Your Online Success,&lt;br&gt;Max Galitsyn and &lt;br&gt;RSS Ground crew&lt;p&gt;========================&lt;br&gt;MG WAY CORP&lt;br&gt;665 Salem Street, 209&lt;br&gt;Malden, MA 02148 USA&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you do not wish to receive any emails from us please click on &lt;br&gt;the following link:&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://subscriptionemails.com/aem/unsubscribe.php?M=74161&amp;amp;C=1695e4fdace7481b926521733325ea9e&amp;amp;L=7&amp;amp;N=13"&gt;http://subscriptionemails.com/aem/unsubscribe.php?M=74161&amp;amp;C=1695e4fdace7481b926521733325ea9e&amp;amp;L=7&amp;amp;N=13&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Powered by Interspire&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-4301056106323556873?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/4301056106323556873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=4301056106323556873' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4301056106323556873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4301056106323556873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2011/02/best-tools-to-get-unlimited-content.html' title='Best tools to get unlimited content, traffic and profit with huge discount'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-7585643050967218329</id><published>2008-05-12T13:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-12T17:46:41.719-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Turbo Big BANG! The promised EBOOK!</title><content type='html'>Hi, Keith Adams&lt;p&gt;The 12th of May is HERE and here is the ebook&lt;br&gt;I promised to you:&lt;p&gt;Turbo Big BANG!&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The Report Every Wannabe Marketer Needs To&lt;br&gt;Read Before Even Thinking Of Doing Anything Online.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;You can download it here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2url.biz/tbb/freeebook.html"&gt;http://www.2url.biz/tbb/freeebook.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are 58 pages of turbo Internet Marketing&lt;br&gt;wisdom inside, so you better PRINT the report&lt;br&gt;and read it!&lt;p&gt;Yep... It CAN change your life.&lt;br&gt;(this is not a hype... read the ebook and you&amp;#39;ll see..)&lt;p&gt;Also for your information that ebook will be&lt;br&gt;available for $97 after May 24 through&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2url.biz/TurboBigBang.html"&gt;http://www.2url.biz/TurboBigBang.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;You do not need to pay anything if you download&lt;br&gt;it today at&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2url.biz/tbb/freeebook.html"&gt;http://www.2url.biz/tbb/freeebook.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy it!&lt;p&gt;To your online success,&lt;br&gt;Max Galitsyn&lt;p&gt;P.S. Within a couple of days you will find out &lt;br&gt;about my incredible bonus (not offered before&lt;br&gt;for any other product) for Turbo Big Bang event.&lt;p&gt;=========================&lt;br&gt;MG WAY CORP&lt;br&gt;665 Salem street, #209&lt;br&gt;Malden, MA 02148 USA&lt;br&gt;-------------------------&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.MGWAYCORP.com"&gt;http://www.MGWAYCORP.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.Self-Growing-Websites.com"&gt;http://www.Self-Growing-Websites.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Put your websites building on autopilot.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RssGround.com"&gt;http://www.RssGround.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unleash unlimited power of RSS.&lt;br&gt;Make huge affiliate commissions.&lt;br&gt;Control internet information.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.MG-Shadow.com"&gt;http://www.MG-Shadow.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Computer monitoring software.&lt;p&gt;If you wish to cancel your subscription, simply click once on the link below.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.subscriptionemails.com/cgi-bin/arp3/arp3-un.pl?c=102971&amp;amp;p=4300"&gt;http://www.subscriptionemails.com/cgi-bin/arp3/arp3-un.pl?c=102971&amp;amp;p=4300&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-7585643050967218329?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/7585643050967218329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=7585643050967218329' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7585643050967218329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7585643050967218329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/05/turbo-big-bang-promised-ebook.html' title='Turbo Big BANG! The promised EBOOK!'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-7131964415886114661</id><published>2008-05-08T21:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-08T20:48:20.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Something BIG Is Coming On May 17 With My Bonuses!</title><content type='html'>Hi, Keith Adams&lt;p&gt;I am sure you will see many messages coming&lt;br&gt;in your mailbox all promoting John Delavera&amp;#39;s&lt;br&gt;Turbo Big Bang! that goes live on May 17, 2008.&lt;p&gt;There is no doubt that the package will SHOCK you.&lt;br&gt;John&amp;#39;s turbo brain has created a KILLER deal for you.&lt;p&gt;I just wanted you to know that I am going to PUSH&lt;br&gt;that event and I am currently creating a HUGE Bonus&lt;br&gt;Package... in fact I am adding EVERYTHING I have&lt;br&gt;into that Bonus Package - and I am doing it for many&lt;br&gt;reasons:&lt;p&gt;First because I trust John and what he offers.&lt;br&gt;You get an AAA+++ deal and turbo support too.&lt;p&gt;Secondly because MOST of the products offered&lt;br&gt;through the Turbo Big Bang! will NOT be available&lt;br&gt;after May 24th... So it&amp;#39;s YOUR chance to get the&lt;br&gt;deal through May 17 to 24 - only.&lt;p&gt;Thirdly I do want to add value to that package through&lt;br&gt;my own way. Once you will see my HUGE Bonus&lt;br&gt;Package then you can judge.&lt;p&gt;I am going to let you know what&amp;#39;s inside Turbo&lt;br&gt;Big Bang! soon, but for now please mark the&lt;br&gt;following dates - please read carefully:&lt;p&gt;May 12: You will get a KILLER NEW ebook&lt;br&gt;of more than 58 pages written by John especially&lt;br&gt;for this event... It&amp;#39;s an awesome ebook indeed&lt;br&gt;and it can change the way you THINK about what&lt;br&gt;is offered online and how things work.&lt;p&gt;Remember that John started as Mr Nobody some&lt;br&gt;years ago and today he has created one of the&lt;br&gt;biggest online empires... Inside that ebook he tells&lt;br&gt;you MANY of this secrets... DO NOT miss that.&lt;p&gt;Remember: May 12, 2008&lt;p&gt;I shall send you a message on that date with a&lt;br&gt;Subject: Turbo Big BANG! The EBOOK!&lt;p&gt;Be sure to open that message and download the&lt;br&gt;PDF file... Then save, print it and read it.&lt;br&gt;If you do ONLY that, then you will have a profit&lt;br&gt;anyway, so do not miss that ebook.&lt;p&gt;From May 12 and until May 17 I shall send you&lt;br&gt;some specific URLs so to see how a NEW MACHINE&lt;br&gt;created by John allows you to:&lt;p&gt;- create pages with some clicks without using&lt;br&gt;any HTML editor or an FTP client...&lt;p&gt;- create membership sites in less than 3 minutes&lt;p&gt;- add videos inside your pages with 1 click&lt;p&gt;- add audios inside your pages with 1 click&lt;p&gt;- add polls, bulletin boards with RSS feeders&lt;br&gt;and also a comments&amp;#39; section inside your pages&lt;br&gt;with some clicks...&lt;p&gt;There are 6 videos out there I want to show you&lt;br&gt;so stay tuned.&lt;p&gt;I shall also send you 2 more URLs related to&lt;br&gt;things you get through the Turbo Big Bang! too.&lt;p&gt;This event is one of the most serious deals&lt;br&gt;offered in 2008 and I am really glad to help&lt;br&gt;you see what&amp;#39;s inside.&lt;p&gt;In all cases, enjoy the ride and study everything&lt;br&gt;you will get until May 17, 2008&lt;p&gt;To Your Success!&lt;br&gt;Max Galitsyn&lt;p&gt;=========================&lt;br&gt;MG WAY CORP&lt;br&gt;665 Salem street, #209&lt;br&gt;Malden, MA 02148 USA&lt;br&gt;-------------------------&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.MGWAYCORP.com"&gt;http://www.MGWAYCORP.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.Self-Growing-Websites.com"&gt;http://www.Self-Growing-Websites.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Put your websites building on autopilot.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.RssGround.com"&gt;http://www.RssGround.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Unleash unlimited power of RSS.&lt;br&gt;Make huge affiliate commissions.&lt;br&gt;Control internet information.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.MG-Shadow.com"&gt;http://www.MG-Shadow.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;Computer monitoring software.&lt;p&gt;If you wish to cancel your subscription, simply click once on the link below.&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.subscriptionemails.com/cgi-bin/arp3/arp3-un.pl?c=102971&amp;amp;p=4300"&gt;http://www.subscriptionemails.com/cgi-bin/arp3/arp3-un.pl?c=102971&amp;amp;p=4300&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-7131964415886114661?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/7131964415886114661/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=7131964415886114661' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7131964415886114661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7131964415886114661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/05/something-big-is-coming-on-may-17-with.html' title='Something BIG Is Coming On May 17 With My Bonuses!'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1855983746649630014</id><published>2008-02-23T19:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:41:53.903-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Italian Consumers Pay in Cash, Dislike Credit Cards, Study Says</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Italian Consumers Pay in Cash, Dislike Credit Cards, Study Says&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601092&amp;amp;sid=abYox3AoZpSE&amp;amp;refer=italy" target="_blank"&gt;Italian Consumers Pay in Cash, Dislike Credit Cards, Study Says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bloomberg - Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Italians prefer to pay in cash nine out of 10 times because of ``prejudices and lack of information'' about credit and debit cards, according to a joint study by consumer group Cittadinanzattiva and lender UniCredit SpA. ``We ... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601092&amp;amp;sid=abYox3AoZpSE&amp;amp;refer=italy" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:14:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1855983746649630014?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1855983746649630014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1855983746649630014' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1855983746649630014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1855983746649630014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-italian-consumers-pay-in-cash.html' title='Fwd: Italian Consumers Pay in Cash, Dislike Credit Cards, Study Says'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-2722087222390806440</id><published>2008-02-23T19:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:29:52.215-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: A Free Credit Check that Doesn't Decrease Your Credit Score</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;A Free Credit Check that Doesn&amp;#39;t Decrease Your Credit Score&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/02/23/ara/money/1127.eml" target="_blank"&gt;A Free Credit Check that Doesn&amp;#39;t Decrease Your Credit Score&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Times-Herald - (ARA) - There are a lot of numbers that are important in life, but none quite as influential as your credit score. Having a high credit rating can give you better interest rates on credit cards, car loans and even your mortgage. On the opposite side ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2008/02/23/ara/money/1127.eml" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:41:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-2722087222390806440?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/2722087222390806440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=2722087222390806440' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/2722087222390806440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/2722087222390806440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-free-credit-check-that-doesnt.html' title='Fwd: A Free Credit Check that Doesn&apos;t Decrease Your Credit Score'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-6432978167420035853</id><published>2008-02-23T19:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:28:40.563-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Credit-card users get rate shock</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Credit-card users get rate shock&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.cardrates19feb19,0,2452533.story" target="_blank"&gt;Credit-card users get rate shock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Baltimore Sun - That benchmark rate on banks&amp;#39; overnight loans to each other is indirectly tied to the monthly rate charged by most credit cards. Card issuers such as Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America -- which became the nation&amp;#39;s largest credit-card company with ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.cardrates19feb19,0,2452533.story" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:09:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032118/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-6432978167420035853?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/6432978167420035853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=6432978167420035853' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6432978167420035853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6432978167420035853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-credit-card-users-get-rate-shock.html' title='Fwd: Credit-card users get rate shock'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4483368639487932617</id><published>2008-02-23T19:27:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:27:32.441-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: When credit cards put you in jeopardy</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;When credit cards put you in jeopardy &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/22/financial.security/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;When credit cards put you in jeopardy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;CNN - (CNN) -- Americans are drowning in debt. Consumers have racked up more than $2.2 trillion in purchases and cash advances on major credit cards in just the last year. And it&amp;#39;s become a habit for them to spend more than they have. The overall credit ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/22/financial.security/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:53:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-4483368639487932617?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/4483368639487932617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=4483368639487932617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4483368639487932617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4483368639487932617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-when-credit-cards-put-you-in.html' title='Fwd: When credit cards put you in jeopardy'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1135950564394329900</id><published>2008-02-23T19:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T19:26:19.845-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Credit card rates stay up</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Credit card rates stay up&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/501614.html" target="_blank"&gt;Credit card rates stay up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Kansas City Star - That's the question asked by many consumers expecting an immediate break on their credit cards in light of the Fe deral Reserve 's series of short-term interest rate cuts. In fact, some consumers complain that their interest rates are increasing ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/501614.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:53:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1135950564394329900?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1135950564394329900/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1135950564394329900' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1135950564394329900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1135950564394329900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-credit-card-rates-stay-up.html' title='Fwd: Credit card rates stay up'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-8556186659630499328</id><published>2008-02-22T20:20:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T20:20:34.981-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: BBL introduces contactless credit cards</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;BBL introduces contactless credit cards&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/02/21/business/business_30065988.php" target="_blank"&gt;BBL introduces contactless credit cards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Nation - Thailand - The card can be used at Burger King, McDonald&amp;#39;s, Sizzler, The Pizza Company, 94 Coffee, Au Bon Pain, Starbucks and Umm! ... Milk. Customers can also use the card at supermarkets, including Gourmet Market in both The Emporium and Siam Paragon and Home ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/02/21/business/business_30065988.php" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:59:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-8556186659630499328?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/8556186659630499328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=8556186659630499328' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/8556186659630499328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/8556186659630499328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-bbl-introduces-contactless-credit.html' title='Fwd: BBL introduces contactless credit cards'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1809252256388827241</id><published>2008-02-22T20:18:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T20:18:58.457-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Pushing Credit on the College Crowd</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Pushing Credit on the College Crowd &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2007/12/24/pushing-credit-on-the-college-crowd.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pushing Credit on the College Crowd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;US News and World Report - On Facebook , Chase hosts a Web page that lets students sign up for its credit cards as well as join the Chase group online. Visa has a partnership with Urban Decay, a makeup company aimed at young women, and has advertised through cellphones.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/your-money/2007/12/24/pushing-credit-on-the-college-crowd.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:54:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1809252256388827241?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1809252256388827241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1809252256388827241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1809252256388827241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1809252256388827241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-pushing-credit-on-college-crowd.html' title='Fwd: Pushing Credit on the College Crowd'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-6084402924749347507</id><published>2008-02-22T20:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T20:17:10.555-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Australia's credit card bill tops $42b</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Australia&amp;#39;s credit card bill tops $42b&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23251136-5013952,00.html" target="_blank"&gt;Australia&amp;#39;s credit card bill tops $42b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.com.au/" target="_blank"&gt;News.com.au&lt;/a&gt; - Cut costs : Find a no-fee credit card Tool : Compare credit cards&amp;#39; fees and features More personal finance news in our Money section AUSTRALIA&amp;#39;S credit card bill has continued to grow, hitting a record $42 billion, new figures show. The Reserve Bank ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23251136-5013952,00.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:35:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3034481/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-6084402924749347507?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/6084402924749347507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=6084402924749347507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6084402924749347507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6084402924749347507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-australias-credit-card-bill-tops.html' title='Fwd: Australia&apos;s credit card bill tops $42b'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4736178126888124141</id><published>2008-02-22T20:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-22T20:15:54.186-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Credit card rates stay up - Kansas City Star</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Credit card rates stay up - Kansas City Star &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://news.google.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.kansascity.com/382/story/500793.html&amp;amp;cid=1135386462&amp;amp;ei=gyS_R7X0HozoqwO5sPiICw" target="_blank"&gt;Credit card rates stay up - Kansas City Star&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.kansascity.com/382/story/500793.html&amp;amp;cid=1135386462&amp;amp;ei=gyS_R7X0HozoqwO5sPiICw" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Credit card&lt;/b&gt; rates stay up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Kansas City Star,&amp;nbsp;MO&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 1 hour ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By PAUL WENSKE That's the question asked by many consumers expecting an immediate break on their &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; in light of the Federal Reserve's short-term &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D7906041%26nav%3Dmenu183_2_3_9&amp;amp;cid=1135386462&amp;amp;ei=gyS_R7X0HozoqwO5sPiICw" target="_blank"&gt;Vermonters Push &lt;b&gt;Credit Card&lt;/b&gt; Reform&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The worst credit card deals in America - MSNBC - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23257741/&amp;amp;cid=1134841009&amp;amp;ei=Ld28R83hL4fuqgOZlrzbDQ" target="_blank"&gt;The worst credit card deals in America - MSNBC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23257741/&amp;amp;cid=1134841009&amp;amp;ei=Ld28R83hL4fuqgOZlrzbDQ" target="_blank"&gt;The worst &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; deals in America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MSNBC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 2 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The bank, the largest &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; issuer, since its 2006 acquisition of MBNA, says it&amp;#39;s all part of its &amp;quot;periodic&amp;quot; review of customer &lt;b&gt;credit&lt;/b&gt; risk. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-1&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601039%26refer%3Dcolumnist_wasik%26sid%3DaCdTO8FnLy3M&amp;amp;cid=1134841009&amp;amp;ei=Ld28R83hL4fuqgOZlrzbDQ" target="_blank"&gt;Hello Rebate Check, Goodbye to &lt;b&gt;Credit&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;Card&lt;/b&gt; Debt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1"&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;amp;ncl=1134841009" target="_blank"&gt;all 7 news articles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23257741/&amp;amp;cid=1134841009&amp;amp;ei=Ld28R83hL4fuqgOZlrzbDQ" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:56:27 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-5644363540834442289?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/5644363540834442289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=5644363540834442289' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/5644363540834442289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/5644363540834442289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-worst-credit-card-deals-in-america.html' title='Fwd: The worst credit card deals in America - MSNBC - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-5562372602692797512</id><published>2008-02-20T18:11:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T18:11:15.801-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: PetSmart offering pet picture credit cards - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;Something for you pet lovers out there.&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;PetSmart offering pet picture credit cards - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&amp;amp;date=20080220&amp;amp;id=8216838" target="_blank"&gt;PetSmart offering pet picture credit cards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;MSN MoneyCentral - Pet lovers now have a new way to take their furry friends with them, wherever they go. Phoenix-based PetSmart is offering a new Visa card with a picture of the cardholder&amp;#39;s pet as the image on the card. The new PetSmart PetPerks Visa card allows ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=ACBJ&amp;amp;date=20080220&amp;amp;id=8216838" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:09:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-5562372602692797512?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/5562372602692797512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=5562372602692797512' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/5562372602692797512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/5562372602692797512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-petsmart-offering-pet-picture.html' title='Fwd: PetSmart offering pet picture credit cards - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-625018539769405906</id><published>2008-02-20T18:09:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T18:09:46.152-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: A Money-Saving Plan for the Spring Break Clan - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;A Money-Saving Plan for the Spring Break Clan - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=PR&amp;amp;date=20080220&amp;amp;id=8215752" target="_blank"&gt;A Money-Saving Plan for the Spring Break Clan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;MSN MoneyCentral - Credit cards offer a simple way to pay for things quickly, but using a rebate credit card means earning rewards with every swipe. Consider these savings: Shell sent two passionate expert scientists on a 5,000 mile road trip with nothing but a car ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=PR&amp;amp;date=20080220&amp;amp;id=8215752" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:53:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-625018539769405906?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/625018539769405906/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=625018539769405906' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/625018539769405906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/625018539769405906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-money-saving-plan-for-spring-break.html' title='Fwd: A Money-Saving Plan for the Spring Break Clan - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-7985689557367961531</id><published>2008-02-20T18:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T18:08:16.364-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Ex-Carbon court worker gets house arrest for using computers for ... - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned...and with access to a computer. Another reason to watch out for your credit card&amp;nbsp;info, folks.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Ex-Carbon court worker gets house arrest for using computers for ... - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b5_1revenge-2r.6280061feb20,0,5951108.story" target="_blank"&gt;Ex-Carbon court worker gets house arrest for using computers for ... &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Allentown Morning Call - A former Carbon County Court employee apologized Tuesday for using a courthouse computer and another owned by her mother to exact vengeance on her boyfriend&amp;#39;s family by opening credit cards and other accounts in their names. Then, Melissa Sue George ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b5_1revenge-2r.6280061feb20,0,5951108.story" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:02:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-7985689557367961531?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/7985689557367961531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=7985689557367961531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7985689557367961531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7985689557367961531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-ex-carbon-court-worker-gets-house.html' title='Fwd: Ex-Carbon court worker gets house arrest for using computers for ... - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4772208463748343350</id><published>2008-02-20T18:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-20T18:05:10.116-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: More people tap 401(k) accounts for cash - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;More people tap 401(k) accounts for cash - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/19/more_people_tap_401k_accounts_for_cash" target="_blank"&gt;More people tap 401(k) accounts for cash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Boston Globe - But Charlton, a 40-year-old account executive at an Irvine, Calif., trucking company, said he had little choice because he and his wife could not keep up with monthly expenses after American Express reduced the limits on three credit cards. As home ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/02/19/more_people_tap_401k_accounts_for_cash" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:08:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-4772208463748343350?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/4772208463748343350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=4772208463748343350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4772208463748343350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4772208463748343350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-more-people-tap-401k-accounts-for.html' title='Fwd: More people tap 401(k) accounts for cash - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-3551118999767506096</id><published>2008-02-18T11:06:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:06:57.751-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: The impact of the credit crunch on British workers - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;The impact of the credit crunch on British workers - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/cred-f18.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;The impact of the credit crunch on British workers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;World Socialist Web Site - Significant levels of short-term debt—unsecured or secured against property, as well as credit cards—is widespread. Over the last ten years the economy under the Labour government has grown in large part because of consumer spending financed by ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/cred-f18.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:52:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-3551118999767506096?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/3551118999767506096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=3551118999767506096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/3551118999767506096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/3551118999767506096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-impact-of-credit-crunch-on-british.html' title='Fwd: The impact of the credit crunch on British workers - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1644304894732263470</id><published>2008-02-18T11:05:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:06:01.007-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Credit cards loosely tied to Fed rate cuts - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Credit cards loosely tied to Fed rate cuts - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/BIZ01/802180322/1010" target="_blank"&gt;Credit cards loosely tied to Fed rate cuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Detroit News - WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve&amp;#39;s dramatic rate cuts in recent weeks were expected to make it cheaper for consumers to use credit cards. But credit card interest rates remain high and in many cases have even climbed. Bruised by a rise in ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/BIZ01/802180322/1010" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:03:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1644304894732263470?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1644304894732263470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1644304894732263470' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1644304894732263470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1644304894732263470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-credit-cards-loosely-tied-to-fed.html' title='Fwd: Credit cards loosely tied to Fed rate cuts - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1700320427943560797</id><published>2008-02-18T11:05:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:05:50.271-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Rate cuts no help to credit cards - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Rate cuts no help to credit cards - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/02/18/2008-02-18_rate_cuts_no_help_to_credit_cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;Rate cuts no help to credit cards &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;New York Daily News - The Fed has repeatedly lowered interest rates amid fears of a recession, but that doesn&amp;#39;t mean credit card companies are following suit. The Fed cuts are aimed at freeing up credit throughout the economy, but consumer advocates say they haven&amp;#39;t had ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/02/18/2008-02-18_rate_cuts_no_help_to_credit_cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:33:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (2 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1700320427943560797?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1700320427943560797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1700320427943560797' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1700320427943560797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1700320427943560797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-rate-cuts-no-help-to-credit-cards.html' title='Fwd: Rate cuts no help to credit cards - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-7948175382848412700</id><published>2008-02-18T11:03:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:03:40.923-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: A family's struggle against great debt - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;A family&amp;#39;s struggle against great debt - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20080218_A_familys_struggle_against_great_debt.html" target="_blank"&gt;A family&amp;#39;s struggle against great debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Philadelphia Inquirer - Anthony and Lisa Grande&amp;#39;s house stands out in their Levittown neighborhood. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s the big house,&amp;quot; Lisa said when giving directions. The Grandes borrowed more than $100,000 - much of it on credit cards - to double its size four years ago because they ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20080218_A_familys_struggle_against_great_debt.html" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:05:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-7948175382848412700?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/7948175382848412700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=7948175382848412700' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7948175382848412700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/7948175382848412700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-familys-struggle-against-great-debt.html' title='Fwd: A family&apos;s struggle against great debt - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4359696211873655075</id><published>2008-02-18T11:02:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:02:46.807-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Don't let credit score decide financial path - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Don&amp;#39;t let credit score decide financial path - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-cruz-1118nov18,0,1597280.story" target="_blank"&gt;Don&amp;#39;t let credit score decide financial path&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Chicago Tribune - I always cancel credit cards I&amp;#39;ve stopped using, even if closing the accounts hurts my credit score by raising my debt-to-credit ratio. Why keep unneeded accounts open and risk identity theft? 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A Royal Oman Police (ROP spokesman said &amp;quot;this was among the ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/February/middleeast_February210.xml&amp;amp;section=middleeast" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:23:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-3643257659708309100?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/3643257659708309100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=3643257659708309100' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/3643257659708309100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/3643257659708309100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-six-held-with-82-fake-credit-cards.html' title='Fwd: Six held with 82 fake credit cards - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-662360187290477723</id><published>2008-02-18T10:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T10:56:52.126-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: Tip put on credit cards may shortchange servers - SendMeRSS</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top" align="left" bgcolor="#f5f5f5" height="56"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="43" alt="Send Me RSS Logo" width="290" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td&gt; &lt;table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 13px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Tip put on credit cards may shortchange servers - SendMeRSS &lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; COLOR: #00a2cf; PADDING-TOP: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 120px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-SIZE: 12px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 30px; COLOR: #404040; PADDING-TOP: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt; &lt;div&gt; &lt;div style="FLOAT: right"&gt;&lt;a title="" href="http://search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit+cards" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="31" alt="credit cards" width="88"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/feb/18/tip-put-on-credit-cards-may-shortchange-servers/" target="_blank"&gt;Tip put on credit cards may shortchange servers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Vindicator - Some restaurants expect employees to share in the cost of processing fees. THE RECORD (HACKENSACK N.J.) HACKENSACK, N.J. — Should the restaurant wait staff have to pay its share of the processing fee when the tip is put on a credit card bill? 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Last month, Bank of America sent some of its card holders letters ... &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2008/02/18/Opinion/Credit_customers_need.shtml" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:13:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/search.msn.com/news/results.aspx?q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;format=rss&amp;amp;FORM=RSNR" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-6654025220304989694?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/6654025220304989694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=6654025220304989694' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6654025220304989694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/6654025220304989694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-credit-customers-need-bill-of.html' title='Fwd: Credit customers need a bill of rights - SendMeRSS'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-932246258986804282</id><published>2008-02-17T21:47:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:47:24.746-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Used a Credit Card Abroad? It's Your Mon...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021600199.html&amp;amp;cid=1133352951&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Used a Credit Card Abroad? It&amp;#39;s Your Money-Back Moment - Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021600199.html&amp;amp;cid=1133352951&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Used a &lt;b&gt;Credit Card&lt;/b&gt; Abroad? It&amp;#39;s Your Money-Back Moment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Washington Post,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 22 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Joan Goldwasser If you used a &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; overseas between Feb. 1, 1996, and Nov. 8, 2006, you may be eligible for at least a $25 rebate check from your &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/16/AR2008021600199.html&amp;amp;cid=1133352951&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:10:00 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;&lt;font color="#888888"&gt;&lt;br&gt;--&lt;br&gt;Posted By Keith Adams to &lt;a href="http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/used-credit-card-abroad-it-your-money.html" target="_blank"&gt;Common Sense With Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; at 2/17/2008 07:31:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-932246258986804282?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/932246258986804282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=932246258986804282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/932246258986804282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/932246258986804282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-common-sense-with-credit-cards-used.html' title='Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Used a Credit Card Abroad? It&amp;#39;s Your Mon...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1030077999549910475</id><published>2008-02-17T21:46:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:46:25.909-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Local bank set to launch a rewards programme...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-5431--5-5--.html&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Local bank set to launch a rewards programme for credit card customers - Cayman Net News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-5431--5-5--.html&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Local bank set to launch a rewards programme for &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; customers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cayman Net News,&amp;nbsp;Cayman Islands&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 8 minutes ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Marilyn Galloway, General Manager, &lt;b&gt;Card&lt;/b&gt; Services, hailed the programme as one of the Caribbean Region&amp;#39;s most comprehensive and far-reaching &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-5431--5-5--.html&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:23:43 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: small; MARGIN: 3px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/index.html?dest=rss%7Cnfl&amp;amp;nlcid=rmail&amp;amp;__source=rmail" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color="#888888"&gt;--&lt;br&gt; Posted By Keith Adams to &lt;a href="http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/local-bank-set-to-launch-rewards.html" target="_blank"&gt;Common Sense With Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; at 2/17/2008 07:31:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1030077999549910475?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1030077999549910475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1030077999549910475' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1030077999549910475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1030077999549910475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-common-sense-with-credit-cards_5727.html' title='Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Local bank set to launch a rewards programme...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-4516423818508876161</id><published>2008-02-17T21:43:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:43:46.661-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] The right card for your spending - The Times...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D708069&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;The right card for your spending - The Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D708069&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;The right &lt;b&gt;card&lt;/b&gt; for your spending&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Times,&amp;nbsp;South Africa&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 5 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The market research firm Razor&amp;#39;s Edge Business Intelligence has done an annual comparison of &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; for the past three years. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx%3Fid%3D708069&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:14:49 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: small; MARGIN: 3px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3033055/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color="#888888"&gt;--&lt;br&gt;Posted By Keith Adams to &lt;a href="http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/right-card-for-your-spending-times.html" target="_blank"&gt;Common Sense With Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; at 2/17/2008 07:31:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-4516423818508876161?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/4516423818508876161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=4516423818508876161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4516423818508876161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4516423818508876161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-common-sense-with-credit-cards_9242.html' title='Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] The right card for your spending - The Times...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-1592652412003983272</id><published>2008-02-17T21:42:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:42:04.253-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Debt 101: Surviving the credit card temptati...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/NEWS05/802170337/1064/NEWS05&amp;amp;cid=1133098236&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Debt 101: Surviving the credit card temptation in college - Shreveport Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/NEWS05/802170337/1064/NEWS05&amp;amp;cid=1133098236&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Debt 101: Surviving the &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt; temptation in college&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Shreveport Times,&amp;nbsp;LA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 19 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Lauren R. Sowell Jennifer Moreau, a fourth-year student at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, knows quite a few people who have looked to &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/NEWS05/802170337/1064/NEWS05&amp;amp;cid=1133098236&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:15:33 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: small; MARGIN: 3px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7468311/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color="#888888"&gt;--&lt;br&gt;Posted By Keith Adams to &lt;a href="http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/debt-101-surviving-credit-card.html" target="_blank"&gt;Common Sense With Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; at 2/17/2008 07:31:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-1592652412003983272?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/1592652412003983272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=1592652412003983272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1592652412003983272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/1592652412003983272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-common-sense-with-credit-cards-debt.html' title='Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Debt 101: Surviving the credit card temptati...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-2253451773928728325</id><published>2008-02-17T21:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:40:34.663-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Merchants want lawmakers to regulate credit-...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/BUSINESS/802170302/1003&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Merchants want lawmakers to regulate credit-card fees - BurlingtonFreePress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/BUSINESS/802170302/1003&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Merchants want lawmakers to regulate &lt;b&gt;credit&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;card&lt;/b&gt; fees&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BurlingtonFreePress.com,&amp;nbsp;VT&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 18 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The state legislation, titled the Vermont &lt;b&gt;Credit Card&lt;/b&gt; Disclosure Act of 2008, is being supported by the Washington, DC-based Merchants Payments Coalition &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080217/BUSINESS/802170302/1003&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:22:35 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: small; MARGIN: 3px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4602461/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font color="#888888"&gt;&lt;br&gt;--&lt;br&gt;Posted By Keith Adams to &lt;a href="http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/merchants-want-lawmakers-to-regulate.html" target="_blank"&gt;Common Sense With Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; at 2/17/2008 07:31:00 PM&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-2253451773928728325?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/2253451773928728325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=2253451773928728325' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/2253451773928728325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/2253451773928728325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/fwd-common-sense-with-credit-cards_3816.html' title='Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Merchants want lawmakers to regulate credit-...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-8013205755080169235</id><published>2008-02-17T21:38:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:38:37.091-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Thrown out for losing my card - Times Online...</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/borrowing/article3381219.ece&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Thrown out for losing my card - Times Online&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/borrowing/article3381219.ece&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Thrown out for losing my &lt;b&gt;card&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; Feb 16, 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Egg, the internet bank, threw out a customer simply because he had previously lost his &lt;b&gt;credit card&lt;/b&gt;, according to a leaked e-mail. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/borrowing/article3381219.ece&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:05:55 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;hr&gt;  &lt;div style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small"&gt;Sent using &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/" target="_blank"&gt;SendMeRss.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt; 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&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-cards-0217feb17,0,4774013.story&amp;amp;cid=1133094406&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Higher rates will keep credit cards profitable - Chicago Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif"&gt; &lt;table style="FONT-SIZE: 100%; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif" cellspacing="7" cellpadding="2" width="valign=top" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt; &lt;tr&gt; &lt;td valign="top"&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div style="PADDING-TOP: 0.8em"&gt;&lt;img height="1" alt="" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-ym-cards-0217feb17,0,4774013.story&amp;amp;cid=1133094406&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Higher rates will keep &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; profitable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; 19 hours ago&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;So why are many people&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; growing more expensive? Hundreds of thousands of Capital One and Bank of America cardholders have been notified in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.usnews.com/blogs/alpha-consumer/2008/02/15/the-democratic-candidates-and-your-credit-cards.html&amp;amp;cid=1133094406&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;The Democratic Candidates and Your &lt;b&gt;Credit Cards&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1"&gt;U.S. News &amp;amp; World Report&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/0-2&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/business/2008/02/15/credit-cards-banking-biz-wall-cx_lm_0215badcards.html&amp;amp;cid=1133094406&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Card&lt;/b&gt; Sharks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font color="#6f6f6f" size="-1"&gt;Forbes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt; 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protection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; Feb 16, 2008&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;A landmark decision by the House of Lords means that travellers who use their &lt;b&gt;credit cards&lt;/b&gt; to buy goods or services overseas can now hold &lt;b&gt;credit&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;card&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/news/article3374606.ece&amp;amp;cid=0&amp;amp;ei=Pfy4R7KKHozoqwPEkYXoDg" target="_blank"&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; - Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:05:56 GMT - &lt;a href="http://www.sendmerss.com/profiles.aspx/news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;q=credit%20cards&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;output=rss" target="_blank"&gt;Feed (1 subs)&lt;/a&gt; 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credit-card protection -...'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1762919694248460383.post-3571947878921923470</id><published>2008-02-17T21:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-17T21:33:02.802-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fwd: [Common Sense With Credit Cards] Closing credit cards may or may not affect c...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="gmail_quote"&gt; &lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=64514&amp;amp;sid=2&amp;amp;fid=1" target="_blank"&gt;Closing credit cards may or may not affect credit score&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Register-Guard - Answer: Closing out your card accounts probably will lower your credit score temporarily. 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Credit card companies pursue college students and young adults that are eligible for a credit card and encourage the use of it.  Unfortunately, these students and young adults don't always have the necessary financial management skills necessary to keep themselves out of debt.  Many college students find themselves thousands of dollars in debt by graduation time.  Those who do not learn from their experiences may find themselves as adults in debt with poor credit.  One solution for these students and other adults that find themselves drowning in credit card debt is the credit consolidation loan.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;It is extremely easy for credit card debt to spiral out of control.  You make your minimum payment one month and again the next month, but if you are adding to this debt on a ongoing basis you are going to end up sinking in interest and high payments.  People who find themselves in this precarious situation with thousands of dollars in credit card debt will benefit by taking out a credit consolidation loan and using it to pay off their credit cards.  They should then close their credit card accounts and request that they are marked with “customer requested account to be closed.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credit card balances should first be transferred to the credit card with the lowest interest rate possible.  You will then take out a credit consolidation loan with your lender.  The loan will be used to pay off your credit card and then you will make monthly payments to pay off the loan.  You should close all other accounts accept the card with the lowest interest rate.  This card may be kept for emergency situations only such as fixing a broken down car or buying gas when you are stranded.  The card should not be used for purchasing new shoes for a party when you just don't have enough cash to buy them with.  Frivolous purchases are the easiest way to get into more credit trouble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most lenders will ensure that you make timely payments on your credit consolidation loan.  If you are even one or two days late they will be sending you letters and making phone calls to you.  They will make sure that your payment history with them is very good.  This may actually help your credit in the long run.  The one downside is that if you have a poor credit rating you are most likely going to have a high interest rate on the loan, but on the other hand, at least you are taking care of your financial situation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1762919694248460383-4755847112051349687?l=commonsensecredit.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/feeds/4755847112051349687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1762919694248460383&amp;postID=4755847112051349687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4755847112051349687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1762919694248460383/posts/default/4755847112051349687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://commonsensecredit.blogspot.com/2008/02/using-credit-consolidation-loans-to.html' title='Using Credit Consolidation Loans To Reduce Credit Card Debt'/><author><name>Keith Adams</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00748516179084897064</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
