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Straightening out the mess took nearly four weeks, a dozen phone calls and a visit to the local Social Security office, where I had to sign an affidavit attesting, "I am indeed alive and well . . ." As it turned out, I had fallen victim to the single most common credit-record error: cross-merged files. In such cases, which according to Williams afflict as many as one of every eight credit consumers, people with similar names or addresses have their credit histories mixed together. Often this occurs when a John Doe Sr. and Jr. live at the same address. Another common...
...inflation and putting upward pressure on interest rates. The yen has sagged largely because of the quickening outflow of Japan's immense cash hoard to other countries, where Japanese investors have found investments more lucrative or stable than at home. Says Nomura's Koo: "We got into this mess because Japanese investors were always moving money abroad." Example: Ito- Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain, agreed last week to pay $400 million for a 75% stake in Southland Corp., the Dallas-based operator of the 7-Eleven chain of convenience stores. At the same time, Japanese investors have developed a case...
...happy is always fascinating, and the story of former Miss America Bess Myerson is riveting. Quiz-show star, New York City's Commissioner of Cultural Affairs, walker of Mayor Ed Koch, candidate for U.S. Senate, she fell from grace with a thud. Although the ending of the Bess Mess is known -- she was acquitted of bribery charges stemming from her affair with a married man -- it is a tribute to Shana Alexander's storytelling that the reader believes at points along the way that Myerson and those around her could be spared the sorrow that ultimately engulfs them...
Republican quips about the state's fiscal crisis preceded the appearance of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and his wife, Kitty. Bulger defended the embattled governor and alluded to the state's fiscal mess: "It gets me mad when people say the state is in chaos. Chaos--those were the good old days...
...tough new regulations that would require manufacturers to provide precise details on fat, fiber, cholesterol and other nutritional contents of their foods. Said Sullivan: "Some food labels are hard to read and understand, and frankly some unfounded health claims are being made in the marketplace. It's a real mess...