Archive for September, 2009

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FICO and FAKO Credit Scores [Credit]

Have you ever heard the term FAKO score? What about FICO score? Seasoned Consumerist readers will know the difference but if you’re new to the whirlwind credit industry, you may not.

Have A Great Weekend! Gimme Back My Bullets!

Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds [Flickr]

Here are seven wonderful photos readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post. Check ‘em out!

Cash4Gold Drops Consumerist From Lawsuit [Breaking]

Cash4Gold has dropped Consumerist as a defendant in the lawsuits against ex-employees Michelle Liberis and Vielka Nephew.

Obama Might Want to Go to the Pirates Game Instead

So they are having a G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, PAin the U S of A tomorrow, eh? Well good for Pittsburgh. I’m sure they will appreciate half the town being closed down and not being able to get anywhere due to “security detail”. Kinda like what’s going on in NYC these days with the UN [...]

You’re Always At Most 107 Miles From A McDonald’s [Infographics]

Stephen Von Worley has figured out that while located in these United States of America, one is always within 107 miles from a McDonald’s.

Confidential Invoice Discounting – The Facts & Advice

Confidential Invoice discounting (or CID ) really does provide a very powerful cash flow solution to your trading business.  Confidential Invoice Discounting provides all the working capital benefits from an accounts receivable finance solution while still allowing your business to utilise its own internal accounts systems and credit collection staff.

Edolphus Towns Wants to Consider Renegotiating AIG Loans. Hmm.

From Bloomberg News

American International Group Inc., the insurer bailed out by the U.S., extended its rally for a second day, exceeding the companys highest closing share price this year.

Teen Girls Accused Of "Food Contamination" After Squeezing Muffins [Muffins!]

We’re not quite sure what to make of U.K. grocery chain Tesco. First, the store bans a Jedi after he refuses to lower his hood. And, now, the chain is threatening legal action against two teenage girls who squeezed a couple of muffins to see how fresh they were.

Invoice Factoring Companies UK – Risk Free Quotes

The are about 85 individual Factoring Companies operating in the UK all of which have their own individual underwriting criteria as to which companies and business they like to work with and fund.

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