| Alicia Keys Reigns At NAACP Image Awards; Plus Britney Spears ...
Alicia Keys took home four trophies from the NAACP Image Awards, held at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium Thursday night. She won the Outstanding Album and Outstanding Female Artist prizes, as well as the top video and song awards. Other honorees included Chris Brown, Jordin Sparks, Denzel Washington and Janet Jackson. Washington and his "Great Debaters" co-star Jurnee Smollett won the Best Actor and Actress prizes for film, while Jackson received the Best Supporting Actress honor for her work in "Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?" ... As Britney Spears' father extended control over her affairs in Los Angeles on Thursday, a New York attorney attempted to undo them by taking the conservatorship to federal court. Claiming he represents the singer — despite a judge already deciding she's unable to retain counsel of her own just yet — attorney Jon Eardley filed a claim that the singer's conservatorship deprives her of her civil liberties, since she's been denied the right to meet freely with whom she chooses (as her father has the power to restrict visitors); make and receive phone calls (since a restraining order prevents manager Sam Lutfi from contacting her); drive a car (since her father hired security to do that for her); and gain access to money or credit cards (since her finances are being handled by her trust).
Winning the Credit Card Game
It seems the better people get at paying off their credit card balances each month, the nastier the companies get. Why? This is because the better you are at paying off your balance every month, the less profit for the company. Companies are responding by becoming more creative in finding ways to make money off of you. Thus, it is more important than ever to master the rules of the game. Rule 1: Don't be a revolver.
The first rule of credit cards is avoiding the evil "balance." Carrying a balance means paying far more than you should for everything you charge to your card. And it is one of the fastest ways to fall deep in debt. Are you what the credit card companies call a revolver -- someone who carries a balance -- or are you a freeloader, someone who pays off their balance every month? With any luck, you are a freeloader.
Aktyv Bank Starts Issue Of Paycards With Client Photos
Midsized bank Aktyv Bank (Kyiv) started to issue payment cards with its clients' photos. The bank disclosed this in a statement. "OJSC Aktyv Bank is suggesting to its clients the drawing and issue of Free Design paycards, which may bear photos, nature or any other pictures," the statement says. The bank may place the picture on the card's right side at the client's wish. Free-design cards are issued on the basis of Visa Electron. As Ukrainian News reported, the bank's credit portfolio was valued at UAH 1,198.7 million as of October 1, 2007, when its assets were valued at UAH 1,683.39 million and the capital totaled UAH 375.95 million. The bank ended January - September 2007 with net profits of UAH 16.078 million, and 2006 with profits of UAH 21.064 million.
Times Writers Group: Bachmann's mailer cost us
Mine sure has. In December every day brought catalogs (free shipping for last-minute shoppers!), credit card applications (gift now, pay later), cards and letters, and the usual bills. One thing I received that I wasn't expecting was a mailing from my congressional representative, 6th District Rep. Michele Bachmann. I'm sure if you live in her district you received one also. It was a full-color, glossy cardstock, trifold brochure on Internet safety and, of course, featured a picture of her carefully coifed visage. For the life of me I can't figure out why Bachmann felt it necessary to spend money on photography, production, printing and postage to send out information that is not needed by constituents who don't use the Internet and is easily found elsewhere by those who do.
Mending Credit Status For a Smooth Life
(Best Syndication) Is not it a great idea to have dual advantage from a loan plan? Meet your financial requirements and make yourself free from the clutches of bad credit tag. Some loan plans available in the UK financial market help you to avail this dual advantage. Bad credit is no more a nightmare and you can have a loan in spite of this. Bad Credits, is one of the problems that has its toll over a lots of Britons. People with bad credit history find it hard to avail a loan at the time of deficit. The major cause of this is extensive use of plastic money. People don't use cash anymore because they consider credit cards as cheap financial tool when it comes on buying expensive stuff. .
Southwest Airlines Celebrates Anniverary of DING!
DALLAS, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines celebrates the Third Anniversary of the exclusive low fare finder, DING! by offering Customers three days of super low fares and a chance to win fabulous prizes by submitting an original DING! headline. DING! headlines are sent straight to a Customer's desktop to announce the latest and greatest Southwest discount. Entering is easy! New Customers can visit southwest.com, download DING!, and follow the link provided on DING! to the contest entry page. The contest will begin February 28, 2008 and run through March 7, 2008 at 11:59 p.m. central time zone. Customers simply submit a clever headline of 150 characters or less (including spaces). Southwest Airlines judges will determine a winner. The prizes include: "We are thrilled to celebrate the success of DING! by offering our Customers a chance to share their creative ideas," said Kevin Krone, Vice President of Marketing, Sales, and Distribution.
STEPHANIE SALTER: You want your fix in pill form or straight from the ...
Even if you wanted to kick the jones you couldn't. Where in the entire nation would you go to get clean, let alone stay clean? Some hippie commune in the wilds of Oregon?Seventy percent of the United States economy relies on consumer spending. Baby, you haven't got a prayer of getting this monkey off your back.If you ever thought you did, take a look at the bipartisan "economic stimulus package" the White House and the House of Representatives have pronounced acceptable. What a victory.A country that is wobbling under individual and government debt is going to remedy the situation by handing out one-time infusions of cash to taxpayers and businesses so they will … spend it as quickly as possible.A national economy that has been knee-capped by its own investor greed and atrocious federal oversight of mortgage lending practices breathlessly awaits relief from an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve that will make borrowing … easier.While the wages of all but the wealthiest Americans have stagnated or shrunk, the cost of living has done what it always does — continued to rise.
Exchange Students Find a New Way to Deal With Germans
Her vote in the next election, she says, would go to Democratic candidate Barack Obama. But the students are unrelenting. Do you think it's good, the way Americans consume natural resources? Bashore says no. Do you approve of the death penalty? Bashore says she prefers the German system. Do Americans support the Iraq war? Bashore tells the students about anti-war demonstrations on her campus. This sets the students at ease, and the next thing they want to know is why Americans eat so much fast food and whether they too have organic grocery stores. A Long Slog The same scenario repeats itself in the next hour, when Bashore visits an 11th-grade class. She introduces herself and passes around her photos. A student asks the first question: "How do you feel about Bush and the policies of his government?" When Bashore criticizes the administration, another student adds: "No one supports him.
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