Bite of Seattle Hopes to Bring Big Money to a Big City

One big party
Everybody knows the best way to draw a crowd is food. Starting today, the biggest city in the Northwest is hosting Bite of Seattle 2009. Admission to the festival is free, but Seattle is counting on tantalized tourists dropping big bucks to sample Pacific Coast cuisine.
Though food is [...]

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food
Friday, July 17th, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild

Monday Job Cuts | Update From Fast Payday Loan Store

Macy’s, Chili’s and Morgan Stanley make cuts
As promised, your fast payday loan store delivers news on today’s layoffs.
Macy’s heads the pack as far as number of jobs to be cut today. The department store chain announced today that it will ax 7,000 positions. The jobs lost will be a mixture [...]

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The Macy's flagship department store
Monday, February 2nd, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild

Payday Loans Interest-Free in North Dakota?

Interested in no-interest?

The North Dakota legislature isn’t afraid to tell the truth about payday loans, particularly when it comes to interest charges. If proposed legislation passes, there will be a number of regulations to the faxless payday loan industry, including a provision worded as follows (parenthesis added by me):
A licensee [...]

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Where the buffalo and interest-free payday loans roam
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 by
Steven Tarlow

House Bill 6734’s the Disease, Payday Loans the Cure

Payday loans for a healthy Illinois
The Illinois legislature – a cobra in the grass, coiled and waiting to strike – still thinks that Payday loans are the disease. But in fact, they’re the cure.
Just before being kicked out the door, defeated Illinois State Representative hopeful Joan Krupa of Peoria introduced [...]

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Rimshot, Mr. Cobretti!
Friday, January 23rd, 2009 by
Steven Tarlow