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‘I Can Be the Bank’: Individual Investors Buy Busted Mortgages (#GotBitcoin?)
A decade after the housing crisis, new risk takers invest in nonperforming loans—often written off by banks—and push the borrowers to start paying on them again. Sándor Lau, once a filmmaker, found his calling on YouTube when he came across instructional videos about how to buy seemingly worthless home loans.…
California State Board of Equalization vs DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com LLC
This is just another example of how this government will do anything and say anything to ruin small and medium size businesses. California State Board of Equalization vs DPL-Surveillance-Equipment.com LLC The visit as mentioned above actually never took place. When I called the Board of Equalization as mentioned in the…
A Debt-Collection Machine That’s Chewing Up Small Businesses Across America (#GotBitcoin)
Look out, the stranger on the phone warned. They’re coming for you. A Debt-Collection Machine That’s Chewing Up Small Businesses Across America (#GotBitcoin) The caller had Janelle Duncan’s attention. Perpetually peppy at 53, with sparkly jewelry and a glittery manicure, Duncan was running a struggling Florida real estate agency with…
Life Sentence for British Student Draws Criticism For U.A.E. (#GotBitcoin?)
The U.K. Foreign Office said the verdict wasn’t what it expected from a friend and trusted partner. The United Arab Emirates sentenced a British academic it accuses of spying to life imprisonment, a decision that has drawn condemnation from Western academics and politicians against a Gulf nation that wants to…
Venmo And Amazon Hit By Breaches And Fraudsters (#GotBitcoin?)
A spike in fraudulent activity earlier this year led to higher losses than the payments company had expected. Venmo was hit by a wave of payments fraud earlier this year that helped push losses higher than the company previously expected and prompted it to shut down some user features to…
Why The Home May Be The Assisted-Living Facility of The Future (#GotBitcoin?)
Most older Americans want to stay in their homes for as long as they possibly can. Put in negative terms, almost all of us want to avoid moving into senior housing, at least until we have no other choice. But most also agree that assistance may become necessary as our…
Retreat of Smaller Lenders Adds to Pressure on Housing (#GotBitcoin?)
Many nonbank lenders are dependent on refinancings, which are shrinking rapidly. Some are selling themselves, shutting down or laying off workers. Small and midsize U.S. mortgage firms are trimming staff, putting themselves up for sale and closing up shop at a clip not seen in years, a sign of the…
Frackers Fret As Trump Tweets For Lower Oil Prices (GotBitcoin?)
President’s call for prices to go lower concerns some in U.S. oil patch, who worry companies would have to curb drilling. Frackers Fret As Trump Tweets For Lower Oil Prices (GotBitcoin?) President Trump’s comments calling for oil prices to keep falling have some American shale drillers seething. The U.S. is…
Downfall of Sears, Toys ‘R’ Including Jobs Slashed At Ikea Gives Lift to Retail’s Survivors (#GotBitcoin?)
As millions of Americans flock to stores on Thanksgiving evening and Black Friday, some will be making fewer stops after the drumbeat of retail closings this year. Gone are hundreds of Toys “R” Us, Sears and Bon-Ton department stores. Thousands of stores have closed this year, but that’s good news…
With Central Banks Out of Ammo, Governments Urged to Ready Stimulus for Next Downturn (#GotBitcoin?)
OECD warns that countries need to prepare plans for a synchronized spending boost to fight a slowdown, but trade tensions could make that difficult. With Central Banks Out of Ammo, Governments Urged to Ready Stimulus for Next Downturn (#GotBitcoin?) Governments around the world must prepare spending plans they can roll…
Carolyn’s Natural Organic Handmade Soap. Lather Is Medicine
Not all soaps are made the same. There are some that are good for you and some that may do more harm than good. Soap entrepreneur and cancer survivor Carolyn Aranda can attest to this. Lather Is The Best Medicine Since being diagnosed with stage 1 uterine cancer about 30…
Downfall of Sears, Toys ‘R’ Us Gives Lift to Retail’s Survivors (#GotBitcoin?)
Gone are hundreds of Toys “R” Us, Sears and Bon-Ton department stores. Downfall of Sears, Toys ‘R’ Us Gives Lift to Retail’s Survivors Thousands of stores have closed this year, but that’s good news for other chains chasing Black Friday shoppers. As millions of Americans flock to stores on Thanksgiving evening…