Posted on July - 26 - 2011
They seem to be common cases of identity theft: One person suddenly discovers $750,000 in credit card debt; another is charged for speeding tickets when he’s never been pulled over. But, there’s a puzzling twist to these stories: the victims are children.
Think Of The Children
A study by the ID Analytics Lab recently concluded that as many as 140,000 individuals under the age of 18 in the U.S. are victims of identity theft every year.
Committers of identity fraud are targeting minors more often because kids have clean records, and parents are unlikely to check their children’s credit history. As a result, identity theft can go undiscovered for a long time. Usually, victims of child identity theft don’t realize their identities have been stolen until they are of age to apply for a credit card or take out a loan.
A Clean Slate For The Taking
Since young children have fresh Social Security Numbers, fraudsters can easily tie the numbers to different birth dates and addresses, making ID theft even more difficult to track. The ID
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Posted on July - 25 - 2011
A great actual estate investing plan may be worth its weight in gold. Believe it or not, just a couple of bargains can spend all of your bills for an complete year.
Inside the last 5 years we’ve all heard about foreclosures and quick sales. But who has the time, energy or cash to find out how these all operate? Listed here are 3 factors why you need to use our actual estate investing program, and become a full time investor.
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Posted on July - 25 - 2011
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Posted on July - 25 - 2011
Starting a business involves many decisions like how much capital is required, which type of format will be followed, what are the legal formalities to be completed and so on. But when it comes to closing a business the sole proprietor is in a difficult position. According to a leading magazine approximately 7 out of 10 businesses fail during the starting years. And during the first five years around 80% of new businesses declare bankruptcy. Even after detailed planning and analyzing the competition what are the causes behind this high failure rate. This dismal rate is mostly due to external factors like when the economy suffered recession which costs a lot of employees their jobs and lot of small businesses faced closure. Full Post…
Posted on July - 25 - 2011
With the Aug. 2 deadline looming, how concerned are you that the U.S. will go into default?
Stocks slipped Monday as progress toward a deal to raise America’s debt ceiling hit a roadblock and fears of a U.S. debt default rippled through the market.
Lawmakers in Washington played a game of political chicken over the weekend, pushing rival plans to reduce the bulging U.S. budget, which some politicians are demanding as a prerequisite to hiking the $14.3 trillion budget cap.
The clock is ticking ahead of an August 2 deadline, when the Treasury Department says the country will run out of money to pay its debts and other obligations if the borrowing limit isn’t lifted.
“The only thing keeping investors from panicking is it’s in that category of ‘too big to fail,’ and they’re assuming there will be some rational thought among government leaders,” said Rick Meckler, president of LibertyView Capital Management.
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