News tagged with credit
Cheaper Solar Power's Time Has Come
Sep 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar power manufacturers in the US are cutting prices to shift their stock, the government is chipping in with tax credits, and innovative leasing or financing arrangements spreading payments ...
Water heaters put solar energy within reach
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Andrei Mitran of Cary says he has no desire to live "off the grid." But when choosing a replacement for his 18-year-old hot water heater, the computer programmer says he decided to look into purchasing a solar unit.
Government delays new ban on Internet gambling
Nov 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.
Biology, training and profit sharing make best traders
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have identified a group of traders consistently able to outperform the market, even during the credit crisis.
Link between over-indebtedness and obesity identified
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Mainz have discovered a close correlation between over-indebtedness and obesity. According to the report published in the journal BMC Public Health, over-indebted Germans are more likely to be ...
Cyber-criminals targeting social networks: experts
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites are inceasingly being targeted by cyber-criminals drawn to the wealth of personal information supplied by users, experts warn.
A few pennies for your thoughts -- and credit card
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.
Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers
Apr 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.
Bogus security software growing threat: Microsoft
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Hackers are increasingly hiding viruses in bogus computer security software to trick people into installing treacherous programs on machines, Microsoft warned on Wednesday.
Orders streaming in for new Tesla electric sedans
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Tesla Motors says orders have been streaming in for its electric Model S sedans due to begin rolling off assembly lines in 2011.
New research shows that your looks, creditworthiness may go hand in hand
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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New research suggests that a person's appearance may play a role in whether they are deemed trustworthy by financial lenders. The study is summarized in a working paper by Jefferson Duarte at Rice University's ...
Russia's hackers pose growing global threat
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Not long ago, the simple, anonymous thrill of exposing chinks in American software was enough of a payoff for a Russian hacker.
Research finds customers' fixation on minimum payments drives up credit card bills
Oct 06, 2008 |
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New research by the University of Warwick reveals that many credit card customers become fixated on the level of minimum payments given on credit card bills. The mere presence of a minimum payment is enough to reduce the ...
Gadgets: Card reader helps you shop safer online
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 26, 2009 |
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NetSecure Technologies SmartSwipe credit card reader is a new device to help Internet shoppers or small business owners.
UK police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday.
