Top Chef Double Whammy Tonight on Bravo

Bravo pulls out all the chefs
A “Top Chef” premiere and finale in the same night?! It sounds too good to be true to fans of Bravo’s biggest moneymaker, “Top Chef,” but I triple checked the facts, and it’s true! Tonight at 9 p.m. the new season of “Top Chef” begins.
Then, [...]

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‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Finale Pulls in the Big Bucks

New Jersey housewives hit paydirt
The “Real Housewives of New Jersey” finale was all about the money. Of course, the whole “Real Housewives” franchise is all about the money. After all, the only qualification for being a “real housewife” is to be filthy, stinking rich.
Furthermore, just like any TV show, the [...]

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Beef Recall | Can Blood and Chard Co-Exist?

Beef? Giggity.
I am a carnivore. I am an animal who loves to savor the taste of perfectly-cooked flesh on his tongue. I am a shark sniffing for blood in the water when it comes to meat. Feed me, Seymour…
Yet I also recognize the value of fruits, nuts and vegetables in [...]

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Worst Movies Ever | The Financial Side of Bad Cinema

Worst movies ever in eye of the beholder
The quality of a movie is, of course, an entirely subjective thing. Nevertheless, I wanted to check out the numbers on the worst movies ever.
RottenTomatoes.com collects movie reviews from a vast base of critics that includes professionals, amateurs and anyone who knows how [...]

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House Considers a Payday Loan… Law (or Nine)

House party for the payday loan

Recently, a package of payday loan legislative proposals was heard by the House Financial Institutions & Insurance Committee. According to blogger House Democrats, these Department of Financial Institutions-regulated short-term loans have spawned a host of potential new bills. House Democrats is nice enough to provide [...]

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Selling: A Payday Loan Lesson to Brighten Your Recession

Business wisdom for a payday loan (or any kind of) store
Whether you operate a payday loan store or any other kind of business, Jeffrey Fox has some wisdom for you.
Consultant, author and business owner Fox writes in his essay “An Iron-Clad, Titanium-Clad Rule for Getting Business in a Recession: Improve [...]

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Urban Institute Study: Without Payday Loans, Families Worse Off

Payday loans: Competition, Not Caps
More independent evidence supporting the presence of payday loans in society has become available.
Nick Sparagis of the PDL Industry Blog brings our attention to a recent independent report by Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe of the Urban Institute entitled “Enabling Families to Weather Emergencies and Develop: [...]

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UPDATE: South Carolina Payday Loan Bill at House Floor

A payday loan in South Carolina sounds fine
South Carolina’s The State newspaper reports that recently introduced payday loan legislation has made it to the state House for debate. Changes were not recommended beforehand, which is a positive sign for payday loan supporters.
To recap, the bill would limit consumers to no [...]

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Payday Loans: Go Break Some Eggs

You love omelettes, admit it
Gareth Marples writes in his blog “The History of…” that payday loans have been controversial since their very inception in the early 1990s. Yet you’ve probably heard the old saying that you can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs, right? Undertaking a faxless payday loan [...]

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Obama’s Plan Shouldn’t Kill the Payday Loan

Legislation to kill the payday loan?
Supporters of the payday loan industry are concerned that President Obama’s economic plan will eventually cripple short-term cash advance. Harry Lacheen of iStockAnalyst reports that payday loan and pawn shops “often come under heat from governments and consumer groups” because they supposedly charge exorbitant annual [...]

$885 Billion Senate Stimulus | By Faxless Payday Loan Source

Senate releases pricey package
Your source for a no-hassle faxless payday loan fills you in on the Senate’s version of the economic stimulus plan.
Ranting Republicans have said the House of Representatives’ version of the economic stimulus plan was “embarrassingly” expensive. Still, the Senate has released its version of the plan, and [...]

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Wall Street Pay Cap | Faxless Payday Loans and Money Matters

Congress aims to limit salaries, bonuses
Get faxless payday loans and financial news right here at Personal Money Store.
Congress is putting its foot down. Yesterday President Obama spoke out against Wall Street executives and their “shameful” behavior. It seems those executives $18 billion in bonuses in 2008. Yes, as the stock [...]

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Payday Loan Store Zoning Isn’t the Answer

Zone in on the benefits of the payday loan
A recent opinion piece in Springfield, Illinois’ The State Journal-Register – “Our Opinion: Will payday loan law help MacArthur?” – we hear even more bleating in the endless drone over payday loan store zoning.Supporters of a recently passed 1,500-foot minimum restriction between [...]

Payday Loan Truthtelling For the Arizona Consumers Council

The truth about a payday loan hurts… critics

Apparently, Leslie Kyman Cooper of the Arizona Consumers Council believes that payday loan companies do not provide a service that aids consumers. In an editorial in the Tucson Citizen where she responds to a previous column about the value of consumer financial education, [...]

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No More Saturday Mail? | From Your Payday Loan Source

Perhaps if they opened fewer windows? Oh wait…
Your payday loan source has spotted an ABC News story that brings crocodile tears to his eyes. The current recession may just force the United States Postal Service to stop delivering mail on Saturdays! This comes straight from the Postmaster General John Potter. [...]

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Banks Buying Off Congress | From Your Payday Loan Source

And they’re doing it with bailout money!
Adam Green of the Daily Kos draws our attention to a controversial Huffington Post story that demands attention of your payday loan source. Without further ado, bring on the horror:
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted [...]

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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Payday Loans a Good Investment – No Fooling

Payday loans are a great investment
Rich Duprey reports for The Motley Fool that non-traditional financial companies that provide short-term consumer credit are a great investment during the current recession. When banks and credit unions stop offering credit, pawnshops and payday loans are the saviors of choice.
Storefronts that cash checks (which [...]

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South Carolina Bill Respects Payday Loans, Consumer

Payday loans are hot in South Carolina
Unlike neighbors North Carolina and Georgia, South Carolina is out to show that payday loans can work well for their economy. Legislation being introduced in Columbia will not cap rates at ridiculously low levels or otherwise ban the loans, but improve the consumer experience [...]

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