3 Tips for Saving Money When You are Socializing

No one wants to be known as a miser to their friends and loved ones. But desperate times calls for desperate measures. The state of the economy necessitates that you save on each and every penny that you possibly can. Also, avoiding unnecessary expenses using credit cards, the bills of which you cannot repay on time, ensures that your free credit scores are in good condition. At the same time you also save money. The next time you are out with friends or you are planning a date, try following these 3 simple tips for saving on some serious amounts of money.

Eat Out? Yes, Lunch.

Are you planning on taking your special someone out on a date to a restaurant of your choice? Try and take...

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International financial news

A roundup of news in finance, economics and business from around the world:

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BEIJING – Chinas Commerce Ministry says Australias ban on Huawei bidding for work on the national broadband network (NBN) is unjust.

WASHINGTON – The US job market slowed in March as companies hit the brakes on hiring amid uncertainty about the economys growth prospects.

WASHINGTON – US employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the US economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

NEW YORK – Facebook will...

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Company barred from doing further business in state

A telemarketing company state officials claim made dozens of “robocalls” to unsuspecting residents has been barred from doing further business in Mississippi.

SBN Peripherals Inc., doing business as SBN Dials, also will surrender $3 million in assets to the federal government, Mississippi Public Service Commission Brandon Presley said.

The PSC and Federal Trade Commission announced Monday the penalties against SBN Dials.

Presley said at least 50 complaints were lodged with the PSC alleging SBN offered “worthless extended auto warranties and credit card interest rate reductions” by calling people on state and federal “do not call” lists without their permission.

Now...

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Credit Card Debt Relief Without a Debt Consolidation Loan – DebtConsolidation …

NEW YORK, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Finding the best debt relief solution is not always a simple task for consumers deep in debt. A wide range of options is available to help get through those tough times, which makes it hard to make a decision about the best solution. Fortunately, DebtConsolidation.com is working for those who are striving to find a way to consolidate without taking out a new loan or struggling with bad credit.

Avoiding the Consolidation...

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AtHomeNet Announces Planned Integration with Jenark Property Management …

Web services company, AtHomeNet, announces their new relationship withCoreLogic, which will allow AtHomeNet clients to integrate their websites with the Jenark property management accounting software

Suwanee, GA (PRWEB) May 03, 2012

AtHomeNet, Inc., a web services company in metro Atlanta, announces an agreement creating a newly founded relationship with CoreLogic. Once the integration is complete, the affiliation will allow AtHomeNet clients to merge the information stored in their Jenark property management software with their AtHomeNet website and provide easy online access to account information, work order and violation status, and a variety of other association management...

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CoreLogic® Releases May MarketPulse Report

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
CoreLogic

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, a leading provider of information, analytics...

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Stopping Those Irritating Robocalls

(SAN FRANCISCO) – Thousand of people receive calls from telemarketers selling debt reduction services or credit cards with promised lower interest rates; selling extended auto service contracts after telling them their warranties were about to expire; or telling consumers that they have won or are specially selected to receive a vacation package.

Many of these worthless or dubious deals are offered by companies operating autodialing businesses, which deliver prerecorded messages that allow clients to deliver large numbers of prerecorded phone calls, or “robocalls.” The prerecorded messages would last just a few seconds. If a call recipient who received a prerecorded...

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CoreLogic® March Home Price Index Shows Slight Year-Over-Year Decrease of Less …

2.8%

Source: CoreLogic.

Figure 1: Home Price Index Featuring March Data, Percentage Change Year-Over-Year

Map 1: Single-Family Combined Series, 12-Month Change by State

Map 2: Single-Family Combined Excluding Distressed Series, 12-Month Change by State

Methodology

The CoreLogic HPI incorporates more than 30 years worth of repeat sales transactions, representing more than 65 million observations sourced from CoreLogic industry-leading property information and its securities and servicing databases. The CoreLogic HPI provides a multi-tier market evaluation based on price, time between sales, property type, loan type (conforming vs. nonconforming) and distressed...

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CORELOGIC INC. : CoreLogic Announces New GSE REO-to-Rental Data Offering for …

May 07, 2012, Santa Ana, Calif. -

–Updated Valuations, Average Rent Pricing and Market
Trends: Available in One Business Day–

CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information,
analytics and business services, announced today the
immediate availability of a new property data and analytics
offering that provides enhanced insight to investors
participating in the new government-sponsored enterprise
(GSE)/Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) REO-to-Rental
program and other similar private programs. To learn more
about this offering,...

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CoreLogic® Reports 69000 Completed Foreclosures Nationally in March

SANTA ANA, Calif., May 1, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information, analytics and business services, today released its National Foreclosure Report for March, which provides monthly data on completed foreclosures, foreclosure inventory and 90+ day delinquency rates. There were 69,000 completed foreclosures in March 2012 compared to 85,000 in March 2011 and 66,000* in February 2012. Through the first quarter of 2012, there were 198,000 completed foreclosures compared to 232,000 through the first quarter of 2011. Since the start of the financial crisis in September 2008, there have been approximately 3.5 million completed foreclosures.

To...

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