Former commissioner on trial for conspiracy
Bernard Kerik knows that committing tax fraud is a no-no. He made that clear in 2004, when he withdrew his name from consideration for Secretary of Homeland Security. At that time, Bernard Kerik admitted that he had committed tax fraud.
Bernard Kerik had employed an illegal [...]
Merkin says he didn’t know
The New York attorney general has added another name to the list of people charged in connection with Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Money manager J. Ezra Merkin was charged today. Merkin says he was stunned to learn of Madoff’s scheme, and Merkin’s attorney has called the [...]
Governor approves New York budget
Governor David Paterson and top legislative leaders Sunday finished negotiations on the proposed budget for the state of New York. The governor, along with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Malcom Smith rolled out the $131.8 billion package.
Yes new taxes
Critics, of course, had plenty [...]
New York prison focuses on re-entry
State budgets have fallen on hard times, which means states have less money for everything, including prisons. At Attica prison in New York, that has meant many convicts are being released after serving only minimum sentences.
But the efforts to save money have turned out [...]
Tragedy Strikes Clarence
Near Buffalo New York a Continental Commuter Plane crashed killing all estimated 44-49 people on board. The plane reportedly was traveling from Newark to Buffalo.
Plane crashed on one person
There is an estimate that at least one person on the ground was killed as the plane crashed. At least [...]
Payday loans only one source of extra cash
With the traditional lending market in so much trouble, people are turning to payday loans and other forms of credit to meet their financial needs. A lot of families have come up with creative ways of coming up with extra money, and one good example [...]
City governments, Caterpillar slash jobs
As promised, your source for a quick payday loan brings you some high-profile job cuts announced today.
The third-most populated state in the country has hit quite the rough patch. Wednesday New York Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced that if the governor’s current budget passes, the state [...]
4.5 million unemployed not eligible for a payday loan
People waiting to try and get a job. (Image by Getty Images via Daylife)
Those who are steadily employed today might find themselves without a job tomorrow due to the continuous rise in lay-offs and downsizing. And the unemployed have a hard time [...]
If it were up to Becky Bloomwood, payday loans—like credit cards—would always be unlimited, interest-free, and to be paid whenever she felt like it. Better yet, they would be mere favors; after all, they are personal, right? This kind of thinking about loans and credit, which she started in Confessions [...]
Most professional sportsmen in the modern era will never have to worry about payday loans or tight finances for the whole of their lives, and those ball players that gravitate towards the New York Yankees generate some of the biggest paydays that pro sports have to offer. The Yankees, perhaps [...]
The current economic situation has many seeking out financial assistance in the guise of payday loans, but other people are looking for bigger paydays where they perhaps shouldn’t be. The near collapse of the banking, credit, and investment industries has suddenly cast doubt and a lot more attention on the [...]