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Banking, finance, and taxes

Credit to Americans Still Declining (V, MA)

Unemployment may be improving or getting less bad, but the same is not true for credit and borrowing by consumers if the June trends continue.   The consumer credit report for June has…

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Douglas A. McIntyre
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Media

Media Digest 6/23/2009

Reuters:   Toyota’s (TM) new management has a rocky road. Reuters:   A poll shows confidence in Obama’s economic plans drops. Reuters:   Apple’s (AAPL) Jobs was at work. Reuters:   Ford (F) and Nissan will…

Douglas A. McIntyre
2:18pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes

Consumer Credit Keeps Dropping (V, MA)

There is a reading of the economy which we used to see only go up and up, and that is the monthly consumer credit.  In the month of February, consumers cut their…

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Douglas A. McIntyre
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Investing

Merchants Going After Credit Card Processing Fees (V, MA)

Credit card processing fee legislation appears to be coming back.  Whether it becomes law is another matter, but merchants are going after credit card processing fees via a fight in Washington D.C. …

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Douglas A. McIntyre
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Economy

Credit Cards: Weighing Bad Debt Against Any Debt At All

Bank uber-analyst Meredith Whitney wrote in The Wall Street Journal that the economy will have more problems as banks take credit cards away from people to prevent bad debt write-offs. She says…

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Douglas A. McIntyre
6:57pm ET
Investing

Visa, Safe Harbor For Financial Tsunami (V, MA)

Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) has posted very pleasing earnings, one of the few bits of good news in the financial sector.  The credit card processing giant earned $0.78 EPS on an adjusted…

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Douglas A. McIntyre