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Government Debt And Deficit 10...

Nov 18, 2013

Government Debt and Deficit 101 What is the difference between debt and deficit? Many people confuse the two terms and think they mean the same. They are not. It is easiest to look at the difference by lo. . . .

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Pierre Paradis Summers Luckies...

Oct 28, 2013

Pierre Paradis: Summer’s Luckiest Man “I’ll be making the most of my summer riding on my new Harley-Davidson® motorcycle, next to my spouse” Pierre Paradis. . . .

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Buying Money At A Discount Ano...

Oct 24, 2013

Buying Money at a Discount: Another Look at Life Insurance If I were to “sell” to you $1,000,000 and my “price” is $200,000, would you take my offer? You’d probably think I’m some kind of scam or I am selli. . . .

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Crfa To Work With Competition ...

Oct 22, 2013

CRFA to Work with Competition Bureau to Check Skyrocketing Credit Card Fees Good news to Canadian consumers, Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) said it would work closely with the Compet. . . .

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Canadians Debt Burden Rises Bu...

Oct 22, 2013

Canadians Debt Burden Rises But Delinquency Rate is at Record Lows Majority of Canadian consumers continue to increase their debt burdens despite recent efforts from regulators to tighten lending standards, . . . .

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Equifax Suggests 10 Ways To Im...

Oct 22, 2013

Equifax Suggests 10 Ways to Improve Your Credit Report Global leader in consumer, commercial and workforce information solutions provider Equifax urges home buyers to maintain an excellent credit history to . . . .

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How To Get Started With Debt R...

Oct 21, 2013

How to Get Started with Debt Relief and Debt Consolidation Debt relief for consumers is needed today now more than ever. The recent global economic crisis in 2008 and its lingering effect have triggered the ne. . . .

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How To Better Manage Your Payd...

Oct 21, 2013

How to Better Manage Your Payday Loan Latest government statistics have shown that the number of payday loan requests has increased 109 percent in the past two years alone. But the figure is expected rise in t. . . .

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Landlords Descent In Ontario T...

Oct 21, 2013

Landlords Descend in Ontario to Provide Affordable Social Housing Solution More than 1,100 landlords, policy makers and issue experts descendent in Ontario recently to tackle Ontario's critical need for afford. . . .

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Canadas Housing Sector Remains...

Oct 21, 2013

Canada’s Housing Sector Remains Strong Canada’s housing sector remains strong as latest data from The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) showed that the national home sales posted modest gains in Septembe. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 31, 2014    Post By: - Ottawa_Chap

I hear where you are going with the suggestion of giving MBNA a ring to see if I'm still on their file. Pretty certain that's I had done that a couple months back, but just can't recall what their answer was right now?. . . .

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RE: Are instant tax refunds ...

Mar 31, 2014    Post By: - HonestAbe

Baggetts's post is telling us that there were at least 800,000 desperate individuals out there last year who were stretched to the limit because of the economy and the ever increasing polarization of incomes. Probably a. . . .

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Are instant tax refunds wort...

Mar 31, 2014    Post By: - Alan Baggett

Are instant tax refunds worth the cost? : CRA SOTW More than 800,000 Canadians pay up front to get their tax refunds right away By Tom McFeat, CBC News It's a familiar scene at tax preparation services across t. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - HonestAbe

I forgot to add the fact that during the early 2000's, MBNA used to sell their defaulted credit cards to Portfolio Management Solutions in London, ON. Later on, PMS morphed into Aktiv Kapital (aka Active Vultures). In s. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - Ottawa_Chap

Alright Abe, guess I was thinking they could tack on the balance of a previous account to any credit line made available this time around. Either way, I don't like their numbers, and, I haven't fully read their terms o. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - HonestAbe

Set off involves removing money from one asset account to cover a delinquent debt in another account. It's not the transfer or piggy backing of a stats barred debt onto a current debt. It would defeat the purpose. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - Ottawa_Chap

T.J., that was the example I was aiming to make. ... This 'pre-approved' app is avail til May 15th, but I'm not sending anything in as they rejected me on an app 2 or 3 mos back. Besides, this card has some pretty HE. . . .

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - TJ.brooks

Not that I believe this is what they are doing, however they could issue a card exercise their right of off set on some old stat barred debt and replace it with the new debt which they could then sue on.

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RE: MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - HonestAbe

Right of offset? I don't think so. How can you offset one debit balance with another one? Apply; you have nothing to lose. They will weed out the bad apples.

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MBNA - Pre-Approved!

Mar 30, 2014    Post By: - Ottawa_Chap

Interesting that I recv'd an MBNA mailout indicating that I am pre-approved for one of their Platinum Plus promo 0%/10mos interest cards, yet there was nothing indicating of my name anywhere on the app. ... How the h. . . .

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