<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : credit : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>8874</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8874/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bad credit? Do NOT cancel your credit cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[If your credit card spending is out of control, you may be tempted to cancel some of your cards so that you can elevate your score. But simply cutting up the card the old-fashioned way, rather than canceling it, may be the better way to go.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>30</score><crdate>1/10/2007 8:53:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-10T20:53:01+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>33782</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33782/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Law to Allow Freezes on Credit Reports]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consumers can prevent their credit reports from being released in most instances without their authorization under a new state law...]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>55</score><crdate>8/30/2007 1:24:58 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-08-30T13:24:58+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72273</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72273/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Judge says UC can deny religious course credit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution.]]></description><comments>26</comments><score>348</score><crdate>8/13/2008 3:55:31 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-13T15:55:31+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>23986</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23986/1/</url><title><![CDATA[$7 Credit Repair]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just released today for everyone to check out. The 7dollar credit repair report that is. In case you are curious...]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>-31</score><crdate>6/15/2007 1:33:54 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-15T13:33:54+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>43530</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/43530/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Legit Free Credit Report (USA)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do not be fooled by those freecreditreports.com offers and similar. They are scams and just want to sell you overpriced crap. AnnualCreditReport.Com is ran by the 3 main credit reporting agencies, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.equifax.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Equifax</a>, <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.experian.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Experian</a>, and <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.transunion.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Transunion</a>. You are entitled to one free <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/helpfaq#creditfile" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">report</a> every 12 months.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>128</score><crdate>12/7/2007 12:14:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-07T12:14:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>36163</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36163/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Debit or credit? Here's the answer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Paper or plastic? Credit or debit? These are the questions that haunt consumers as they head to the checkout line every day.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>38</score><crdate>9/19/2007 1:24:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-19T13:24:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>34888</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/34888/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bad Credit? Great, You'll Pay Less For a Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you came in armed with excellent credit and a good payment history to buy your car, you're gonna get a better deal than some deadbeat, right? Wrong.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>16</score><crdate>9/7/2007 8:39:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-07T08:39:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>15972</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15972/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Watch Lost...Get College Credit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Twice a week, about 25 students at Tufts University participate in a one-college-credit course in which they analyze the show that has puzzled, intrigued, and outraged viewers for almost three seasons.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>17</score><crdate>4/12/2007 1:09:04 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-12T01:09:04+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10958</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10958/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Bank of America takes fire over migrants' credit cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you an Illegal? No Social Security Number? Don't have a home address? Do you live out of your car? Have you been trying to get a checking account and Banks won't even give you the time of day?  Well, your worries are over!  We at the Bank of America feel your pain and we're here to help.  Come on down and we'll give you a credit card!]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>25</score><crdate>2/16/2007 5:15:35 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-16T17:15:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>17405</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/17405/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Via Details Credit Card-Sized Motherboard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taiwan's Via Technologies Inc. Thursday released details of its upcoming Pico-ITX motherboard, which is roughly the same size as a credit card and opens the door to very small PC designs.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>91</score><crdate>4/22/2007 4:27:41 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-22T04:27:41+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8502</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/8502/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Cat gets credit card with $4000 limit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Messiah Campbell was considered a good enough credit risk to be given a card with a $4200 limit - which was surprising, considering he's a cat.]]></description><comments>8</comments><score>184</score><crdate>1/3/2007 4:55:02 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-03T16:55:02+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>12514</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/12514/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Congress Critisizes Credit Card Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Woot alliteration<br/><br/>Congress takes steps to get rid of shady and confusing credit card policies]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>58</score><crdate>3/7/2007 7:14:30 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-03-07T19:14:30+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7322</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7322/1/</url><title><![CDATA[The Torn-Up Credit Card Application]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tearing up credit card applications just isn't good enough. Use a shredder.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>59</score><crdate>12/9/2006 12:09:25 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-09T12:09:25+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>35263</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35263/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Identity theft -theives dont deserve the credit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks to Detective Pick-o I now know so much more about identity theft!]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>14</score><crdate>9/11/2007 12:01:14 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-09-11T00:01:14+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>69982</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/69982/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Debt Slavery: Why Are Americans So Willing to Dig Themselves Deep into Debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just two generations ago, America was a nation of mostly thrifty people living within their means, even setting money aside for unforeseen expenses.<br/><br/>Today, Americans carry $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, up 22 percent since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household&#8217;s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15 percent from 2000.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>78</score><crdate>7/25/2008 1:25:35 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-07-25T01:25:35+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>39559</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39559/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Verizon worker stole customer IDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman who worked at a Verizon store at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream stole the identities of more than 25 customers and used their personal information to get fraudulent credit cards, Nassau police said.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>64</score><crdate>10/25/2007 1:35:07 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-25T13:35:07+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>23720</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23720/1/</url><title><![CDATA[ComScore to Measure Embedded Multimedia ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new measurement means that Photobucket, for example, would get full credit for items that are accessed as part of a Facebook profile.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>7</score><crdate>6/13/2007 4:51:00 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-06-13T16:51:00+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>9509</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/9509/1/</url><title><![CDATA[50 Fun Facts About Credit Cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[16. Under the merchant agreements of MC, Visa, and Discover Card, vendors may not require a minimum purchase amount.]]></description><comments>2</comments><score>145</score><crdate>1/24/2007 8:40:18 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-24T20:40:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>57466</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/57466/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that financial losses stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis might approach $1 trillion, citing a &quot;collective failure&quot; to predict the breadth of the crisis.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>106</score><crdate>4/8/2008 9:44:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-08T21:44:38+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>4339</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/4339/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Researchers see privacy pitfalls in no-swipe credit cards]]></title><description><![CDATA[The card companies have implied through their marketing that the data is encrypted to make sure that a digital eavesdropper cannot get any intelligible information.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>10</score><crdate>10/24/2006 9:57:03 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-24T21:57:03+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>