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Alisa Rowe Kenney knew she had bad credit, but she assumed it was getting better. Then the Florida mother of two ordered a copy of her credit report and discovered just how low she had scored. "I'd been paying my bills on time for seven years, thinking my score was improving," she says...
...Cambridge resident stated that at 11 p.m. in the Harvard Square MBTA station, her purse was stolen, containing a cell phone, one dollar and credit cards...
...survey by management consultant A.T. Kearney, and India is by far the top destination. U.S. banks, insurance firms and mortgage companies have been using outsourcing to handle tech support for years. Now these firms are using Indian workers to handle the business operations--say, assessing loan applications and credit checks--that the technology supports. Kumar Mahadeva, CEO of the thriving outsourcing firm Cognizant, explains the appeal: "It becomes logical for them to say, 'Hey, you know everything about the way we do claims processing. Why not take a piece...
Identity theft is soaring. The crime is up 79% from February 2002 and hit an estimated 7 million people in the past year, according to the research firm Gartner. How can you shield yourself? The Identity Theft Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization, suggests that consumers check their credit ratings annually from the credit-reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Don't write your Social Security or driver's license number on checks, don't respond to suspicious e-mail requests, and go easy on yourself if you're victimized: fraudsters have hit everyone from Steven Spielberg to Tiger...
...Giuliani stated he was proud of reducing the hotel-occupancy tax [July 14]. When I was considering a visit to New York City, the thought of paying a tax to stay in a hotel room never crossed my mind, but the fear of being mugged certainly did. Giuliani deserves credit for controlling street crime so visitors can feel safe. As a result, my wife and I visit that great city frequently. By crediting a tax reduction for the increase in tourism, the former mayor is not doing tourists or his record full justice. Sudhir Jain Calgary, Canada