business - "credit"

(http://www.money-zine.com/Category/Debt-Consolidation/)A number of identity theft regulations were signed into law as part of the Fair and Accurate credit Transactions Act (FACT Act). In particular, FACT Act requires financial institutions and creditors to develop and implement written identity theft programs by November 1, 2008.

SEOUL (MarketWatch) -- Creditors of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE) are considering withdrawing their offer to seek Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s (GS) service as financial adviser to lead the sale of a controlling stake in the shipbuilder, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.

Sell in May and go away...? The UK stock market has experienced a sharp rebound since the two-year low it hit in late March, taking it back to around the same level of a year ago before the credit cru...

Citigroup is to stop offering some new UK mortgages and personal loans to customers who have a patchy credit record in a move that could threaten 700 British jobs

ICANN sent a notice of breach [PDF, 81K] to ICANN-accredited registrar Red Register, Inc. based on Red Register, Inc.'s failure to comply with the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ('UDRP'). Specifically, Red Register failed to comply with UDRP Rule 16(a) and paragraph 4(k) of the UDRP despite repeated requests by ICANN and the National Arbitration Forum ('NAF'). These rules require ...

Flash forward: Real life, Washington, new leaders, a new Congress, old wizardry. Be forewarned: No matter who's elected president, America will soon see a massive statistical curtain pulled back, exposing a con game of historic proportions. And when that happens, you and I will suffer another ear-splitting global meltdown, bigger than today's housing-credit crisis, dragging us deep into a recession and bear market for years.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- RAM Holdings late Monday reported it swung to a first-quarter loss of $189.5 million, or $6.95 a share, compared with net income of $14.3 million, or 52 cents a share, in the year-ago quarter. The Bermuda-based financial guaranty reinsurer attributed its losses to increases in mark-to-market losses on credit derivatives and a rise in case basis loss reserves, related mostly to a deterioration in the performance of residential mortgage-backed securities. market pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

OLDWICK, N.J.----A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and issuer credit ratings of 'a-' of PMA Insurance Group and its pooled members, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity Company and Manufacturers Alliance Insurance Company.

The head of the European Central Bank has suggested there could be worse to come from the global financial crisis. Jean-Claude Trichet's takes a more pessimistic view of the credit crunch than the B...

Perot Systems Corporation announced today that it has entered into a six-year agreement to provide infrastructure services to Moody's Corporation , an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets.