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Credit card weakness a vicious cycle for lenders
Reuters - Nov 19, 2008
By Jonathan Stempel - Analysis NEW YORK (Reuters) - Efforts by large US credit card issuers to gird for historically high customer defaults may actually ...
Bank of America sees record credit card losses Reuters
UPDATE 1-UBS starts 3 credit card companies with neutral Reuters
Stock futures sink ahead of data; autos eyed Reuters
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Reward Card Incentives Expected to Drive Holiday Sales
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
Vesdia, a leading supplier of merchant-funded reward networks for credit and debit card reward programs, reports a sharp increase in consumer spending ...


Boston Globe (registration)

Target's Credit-Card Problems Could Lead To JPMorgan Role
CNNMoney.com - Nov 18, 2008
s (TGT) big drop in credit-card profit in the third quarter has raised questions about whether the retailer may ultimately turn certain parts of the ...
ABCPMMMFLF Spells Fed Relief for JPMorgan, Citi Shadow Banking Bloomberg
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Janet Bodnar, Deputy Editor,
Washington Post, United States - 3 hours ago
She recommends that her clients get credit cards for their teens and make them use them. "We then make sure they understand how a credit card works," she ...


Credit card use by mayor's aide cited
WXVT, MS - 6 hours ago
(AP) - There's disagreement in the city government of Shreveport over a credit card used by a top aide to Mayor Cedric Glover. In a letter to Glover, ...
Council members: Revoke mayoral staffer’s credit card Shreveport Times
City makes mayors office employees travel records available KSLA-TV
Dust-up over travel continues between mayor and council KTBS
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Credit Card Users Keep Getting Squeezed
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 4 hours ago
Whenever credit card use becomes more difficult for consumers, small-business owners are one of the most deeply affected of that group. Credit card debt is ...


Boston Globe (registration)

Despite Pledge, Citigroup to Raise Credit Card Rates, Blaming ...
New York Times, United States - Nov 14, 2008
By ERIC DASH Citigroup is reneging on a promise it made to tens of millions of credit card customers in good times. After pledging that it would no longer ...
Report: Citi will cut 10000 jobs, raise credit-card rates Bizjournals.com
Citigroup Hikes Credit Card Interest Rates AHN
Citigroup raising rates for some US cardholders Forbes
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Council Member's Ask for Removal of City Credit Card
KTAL, LA - 15 hours ago
Shreveport Councilmen Monty Wolford, Joe Shyne and Bryan Wooley want the mayor's assistant's city credit card revoked. In a letter to the Mayor, ...
Shreveport councilmen want city credit card taken from mayor's ... KSLA-TV
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Credit-card users face higher fees, rates
AZ Central.com, AZ - 35 minutes ago
Normally, when the Fed cuts rates, credit-card issuers follow suit, resulting in lower monthly payments for cardholders. Though average credit-card rates ...


The Associated Press

Target earnings plummet on credit card biz, weak sales
Bizjournals.com, NC - Nov 18, 2008
Poor performance in its credit-card business and a slowdown in consumer spending pushed Target Corp.’s earnings down nearly 24 percent in the third quarter. ...
What Target Forecasts for Credit Cards Seeking Alpha
Target Corporation Third Quarter Earnings Per Share $0.49 MarketWatch
Target plans price cuts despite lower 3Q earnings The Associated Press
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