The Return of Layaway: The Old/New Competition for Credit Cards

Layaway, a payment plan established by some retailers which allows purchasers to put items aside until they are fully paid off, is making a comeback from many larger retailers, especially for the holiday season. Layaway was a popular method before credit cards became easily obtainable and commonplace.  Now consumers, armed with the ...

The Slow Decline of the Chinese Real Estate Market

While in the United States, the real estate values of residential homes in many areas seemingly plummeted overnight, whereas China is facing a steady decline that is slowly sinking their real estate market values.     Analysts are predicting the slow decline will continue, as demand for new residential homes is slowly lessening ...

Private Real Estate In Cuba? New Legislation May Make it Possible

Since 1959, all real estate in the island nation of Cuba has been owned by the ruling government, with its citizens only allowed to unofficially trade housing.  However, important changes in the communist country's laws will soon allow private citizens of Cuba to buy, sell, gift, or devise their property. Details of exactly how the laws ...

Man Gets 3 years for Bizarre Sex Attack

A former California police officer is headed to prison for drugging, raping and then shaving his drinking buddy in an inexplicable sex attack that took place two years ago.John Marshall, aged 56, of Redondo Beach, will serve three years in prison after pleading no contest to sexual assault on Tuesday. The Prosecutor charged that Marshall ...

Trial Nears its End for NY Man Accused of Double-Murder

A double-homicide trial is currently culminating for a 25-year-old man charged with stabbing his estranged girlfriend and their 3-month-old son to death in the small western New York Town of Bath. The murders, which occurred on Father’s day, shocked the small town, where hospitality—and not murder—was commonplace.If convicted, Bryan ...

Labor Board Facing Road Block

The government agency that enforces the United States’ labor laws could be stripped of its powers next year. Congressional Republicans are impeding President Barack Obama from filling seats on the National Labor Relations Board while the democratic U.S. Senate is in recess. The five-member board is currently diminished to three ...

Progress Made in NBA Labor Talks

The upcoming weekend is shaping up to be an enormous moment for the NBA and its locked-out personnel. Progress has been made on a number of issues, yet the players union and the owners are still unwilling to express confidence that a deal is forthcoming. Fundamental matters remain unsettled, including an agreed split of the league’s ...

FTC Says Collection Agencies Threatened Debt-Holders with Violence

Two California collection agencies used abusive and intimidating tactics to harass consumers stricken with debt, with one agency threatening to kill debtors’ pets or desecrate the bodies of their deceased kin, according to a recent Federal Trade Commission complaint.  These complaints highlight an increase in filings concerning the ...

Ford Develops Plan to Cut Debt

The Ford Motor Company is marketing $1.25 billion of bonds following the credit boost received from Moody’s Investors Service. Ford plans to sell senior unsecured three-year notes that yield up to 3.875 percent. This compares with the 3.2 percent yield on the average investment-grade debt due in three to five years. Moody’s raised ...

The Future of Credit Cards

If you have recently traveled abroad, specifically to Europe, you may have noticed a new kind of credit card terminal at checkout counters. These innovations combine the traditional magnetic strip reader with two sensors: a pad for “tap and go payments” and a slot for cards with uncovered EMV chips. Since the early 90’s EMV (acronym ...

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