Credit Challenged Car Buyers Find Help Online (Benton Evening News)

Through continued conscientious behavior, your credit should continue to rise. Eventually, you may qualify for a credit card for people with good credit. At this stage, you have many more card options to choose from. You also should be able to qualify for other types of loans, which should provide additional opportunities to demonstrate your responsible repayment behavior.

Credit Challenged Car Buyers Find Help Online (Benton Evening News)

(ARA) - Eighty percent of all Americans have at least one blemish on their credit reports. And a third of all consumers have credit scores so bad that they may have difficulty securing a car loan.

Think You're Paying Too Much on Your Car Loan? (Benton Evening News)

(ARA) - You have probably heard of auto refinance before. Or simply refinance. The term actually refers to a financial situation wherein a borrower finds financing to pay off a current loan.

Turned Down for an Auto Loan? There are Options (Benton Evening News)

(ARA) - In the current climate of declining property values, higher interest rates, and changes in available mortgage products, more and more homeowners are becoming delinquent or going into foreclosure.

TRANSCRIPT: Democratic presidential debate (The Des Moines Register)

ABC NEWS/ABC5 NEWS DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, SUNDAY AUG 19TH, 2007 Live from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa

TRANSCRIPT: Democratic presidential debate (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)

The debate moderated by ABC Newsâ€™ George Stephanopoulos with additional questioning from David Yepsen of The Des Moines Register, was held at Drake University on August 19, 2007. All Democratic presidential candidates were in attendance.

Mortgage pinch causes domino effect of pain (USA Today)

The problems in the mortgage industry are having a domino effect in the real estate market. Increasingly, first-time home buyers are getting shut out of the market, and that hurts move-up buyers. Homeowners are also having more trouble refinancing their escalating adjustable-rate loans, and that is increasing the number of foreclosures and the supply of homes on the market.

Can the Economy Keep up the Pace? (KiplingerForecasts.com)

It still has some underlying momentum. But the growing list of risk factors is worrisome.

Beware Of Tax Refund Loans (Forbes)

Why pay fees and surcharges on your own money when the IRS typically sends refunds within ten to 14 days?

Your Bad Credit Could Cost You $1 Million (TheStreet.com)

If your credit score drops, it could cost you big time.

Bradesco Quarterly Profit Rises 44% on Lending Growth (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Banco Bradesco SA, Brazil's second- biggest non-state bank, said second-quarter profit rose 44 percent as easier credit conditions in Brazil helped propel consumer and corporate loans.