May, 2010
Claims Of Too High Of Interest From Payday Lenders Involves Some Bad Math
A claim often stated about payday lenders is that the APR charged for payday loans is more than 100 percent per year. There is a truth to it but only if you have one view. More restrictions on payday lending is being called for in the financial reform bill because of this supposed high interest. ...
Are Stock Market Circuit Breakers Going To Stop An additional Flash Crash?
Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange commission proposed new circuit breakers for the stock market to keep away from another Flash Crash. The new trading curbs would be applied as a trial first to all stocks on the Standard and Poor's Index. According to the SEC, the circuit breakers would pause trading in certain stocks if ...
Viking Appliances Nevertheless Battling It Out For Profits
Viking Appliances are a wonderful example of American ingenuity and manufacturing excellence. Few companies match the status or quality of Viking stoves. While so many companies manufacture overseas and import goods, Viking is nevertheless based upon within the US. Viking products may go for a bit more instant cash than its counterparts, but you will ...
World Of Dance Sparks A Debate After Young Girls Dance To Single Ladies
The World Of Dance is a competition intended to "celebrate urban dance." Some are wondering, though, if World Of Dance competitors went too far when a video of 8 and 9 year old girls dancing to Put A Ring On It hit the internet. The dance troupe doesn't seem to have won the instant cash ...
In Senate Hearings, BP Oil Leak Executives Point Fingers
The BP oil leak made its way to the political arena Tuesday when top oil company executives testified at a Hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in New York. As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico 2010 continued, suits from BP, Transocean and Halliburton each blamed the other guy for ...
