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Is this the beginning of a trend? NPR reports that loan companies in Finland are accepting loan applications via text message. It seems these Finn lenders have taken the payday loan scheme a big step further into impulse land. “The loans are approved quickly but come with exorbitant interest rates.” The lure of cash in [...]
Talk about second lives. The fuzzy wiseacre formerly known as the Pets.com sock puppet has enjoyed a long and illustrious career as the pitchman for car financing firm 1-800BarNone … longer than his namesake gig. A true cultural icon, replicas of the adorable pooch still command respectable sums in eBay auctions. All that VC money spent [...]
Just now, a student loan consolidation pop-up appeared on my computer. I happen to think that student loan consolidation is an important subject. But I’m just not sure why this appeared in front of my face at this very moment. I’ve been fastidious about running my new favorite programs to avoid seeing things like this. [...]
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