Credit Mechanics » Credit http://www.creditmechanics.com Helping Save & Build Credit Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:47:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 OMG! Imposter tweets as prominent televangelist http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/omg-imposter-tweets-as-prominent-televangelist http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/omg-imposter-tweets-as-prominent-televangelist#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:42 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/omg-imposter-tweets-as-prominent-televangelist Televangelist Robert H. Schuller has reached millions worldwide with his weekly “Hour of Power” TV broadcasts, but when it comes to the Internet, he had a high-tech headache: an online impostor.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/omg-imposter-tweets-as-prominent-televangelist/feed 0 Site for Bernie vics offers Web of relief http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/site-for-bernie-vics-offers-web-of-relief http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/site-for-bernie-vics-offers-web-of-relief#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:42 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/site-for-bernie-vics-offers-web-of-relief It’s a support group for people plagued by a most insidious affliction – Bernie Madoff. Victims who lost millions to the infamous swindler have created an online community to share legal advice, get tax help and, above all, vent.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/site-for-bernie-vics-offers-web-of-relief/feed 0 Good sign or more bad debt? http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/good-sign-or-more-bad-debt http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/good-sign-or-more-bad-debt#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:42 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/good-sign-or-more-bad-debt Consumers increased spending for a second straight month in February even though their incomes slipped due to continuing massive layoffs.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/good-sign-or-more-bad-debt/feed 0 City demands building pay over 'illegal' signs http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/city-demands-building-pay-over-illegal-signs http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/city-demands-building-pay-over-illegal-signs#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:42 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/city-demands-building-pay-over-illegal-signs It’s Manhattan’s million-dollar billboard. That’s nearly the amount the city is fining a coop board, billboard company and two installers over a giant sign on a building near Astor Place.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/city-demands-building-pay-over-illegal-signs/feed 0 Readers help butcher throw feast for hard-hit New Yorkers http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/readers-help-butcher-throw-feast-for-hard-hit-new-yorkers http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/readers-help-butcher-throw-feast-for-hard-hit-new-yorkers#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/readers-help-butcher-throw-feast-for-hard-hit-new-yorkers Most of the donations were small. But so many Daily News readers opened their wallets to contribute to butcher Jeffrey Ruhalter’s effort to serve steak dinners to hungry New Yorkers that he’s able to expand the generous offer.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/readers-help-butcher-throw-feast-for-hard-hit-new-yorkers/feed 0 Disney World the happiest place on earth? Not anymore http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/disney-world-the-happiest-place-on-earth-not-anymore http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/disney-world-the-happiest-place-on-earth-not-anymore#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/disney-world-the-happiest-place-on-earth-not-anymore ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’ just got a little less, well, happy. Walt Disney World laid off an estimated 400 – 800 people, according to the Orlando Business Journal.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/disney-world-the-happiest-place-on-earth-not-anymore/feed 0 Frank Gehry, Atlantic Yards bigs backpedal on architect's remarks project is dead http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/frank-gehry-atlantic-yards-bigs-backpedal-on-architects-remarks-project-is-dead http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/frank-gehry-atlantic-yards-bigs-backpedal-on-architects-remarks-project-is-dead#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/frank-gehry-atlantic-yards-bigs-backpedal-on-architects-remarks-project-is-dead Frank Gehry was “just venting.” Forest City Ratner and Nets officials scrambled Wednesday to downplay the famed architect’s comments that the controversial $4.2 billion Atlantic Yards project may not be built.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/frank-gehry-atlantic-yards-bigs-backpedal-on-architects-remarks-project-is-dead/feed 0 Brazilian President: "Blue-eyed, white people" caused economic meltdown http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/brazilian-president-blue-eyed-white-people-caused-economic-meltdown http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/brazilian-president-blue-eyed-white-people-caused-economic-meltdown#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/brazilian-president-blue-eyed-white-people-caused-economic-meltdown Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva left many shocked Thursday with a tirade over “white, blue-eyed” people, according to the Daily Mail.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/brazilian-president-blue-eyed-white-people-caused-economic-meltdown/feed 0 Biz owners who face fines may get a break http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/biz-owners-who-face-fines-may-get-a-break http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/biz-owners-who-face-fines-may-get-a-break#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:51:10 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/biz-owners-who-face-fines-may-get-a-break City Hall officials are negotiating an amnesty program to help hard-pressed small businesses that owe some $150 million in unpaid fines.

]]> http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/biz-owners-who-face-fines-may-get-a-break/feed 0 Morgan Stanley VP arrested for stealing $2.3M from the company http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/morgan-stanley-vp-arrested-for-stealing-23m-from-the-company http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/morgan-stanley-vp-arrested-for-stealing-23m-from-the-company#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:20:59 +0000 admin http://www.creditmechanics.com/credit/morgan-stanley-vp-arrested-for-stealing-23m-from-the-company A former Morgan Stanley executive was arrested yesterday after he was accused of stealing $2.3 million from his own company, authorities said.

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