The response was apparently strong enough to their last offer that SPG has decided to extend its promo. Until July 31, 2010, new applications for the Starwood Amex can earn 30,000 points for spending $1,000 within the first 3 months of cardmembership by using the links below.
Personal card link
Business card link
(Via SD)
Credit Reports can be viewed by credit card holders once in every twelve months in AnnualCreditReports.com under federal laws. The three main credit bureaus are responsible in issuing these free annual reports. This is to make cardholders aware of the fact that it is important to view the report with their own very eyes to detect errors or symptoms that could lead possibly to fraud or theft. If errors do exist, the cardholders must contact the credit bureaus to discuss with them matters and solutions relevant to the errors.
The following are the commonly found elements in a credit report:
Personal Information – This includes the name, address and other details about the credit report requestor. A
The Chinese government is clamping down on Twitter-like microblogging services in a bid censor political opposition, according to sources quoted by the Reuters news agency.
Twitter itself has been banned for a year. This week, a number of alternative services from sites including NetEase.com and Sohu.com were also shut down.
The companies themselves deny the outages are due to government intervention. “NetEase’s micro-blog is very popular and growing fast, so we had to perform maintenance to upgrade features,” a spokesman for NetEase told Reuters.
But the agency quotes unnamed sources saying the closures are the result of a major campaign to tighten Internet controls, although “nobody will publicly announce the reason”. Chi
A new report issued by FICO, still the number one company that provides credit scores lenders view to assess an individual’s credit risk, shows a number of interesting facts about the current U.S. economy.
1. More Americans have poor credit than ever before.
2. There are also more Americans with excellent credit than there have been in the past.
3. The number of people with a mid-range score (650 – 699) has dropped.
43.4 Million Americans Probably Cannot Get a Loan
According to the FICO report, 43.4 million Americans have a FICO score below 599, which is considered poor. Thi
PROVIDENCE – On Friday, Rhode Island became the 33rd state to join the States for Passenger Rail Coalition.
The States for Passenger Rail Coalition was established in 2000 to support intercity passenger rail initiatives and to advocate for federal funding for those initiatives. Membership is open to state departments and agencies in charge of official transportation responsibilities, such as the R.I. Department of Transportation.
“Due to our central location along the Northeast Corridor, Rhode Island has been and continues to be an active participant in funding capital improvements within the corridor for commuter, intercity and freight rail,” said Michael P. Lewis, RIDOT director.