| Nice income but not much credit history
Dear Liz: My husband and I decided to start using a second airline frequent-flier program and applied for its credit card. I was turned down on the grounds of "few revolving accounts opened long enough to establish credit history" and "not enough accounts opened long enough to establish a credit history." My husband then applied for the same card, with the same response.
We have an annual income above $170,000, we own a $750,000 home outright and have investments of $1.5 million. We have no debts and we've had the one credit card we use (a MasterCard) for 15 years. We always pay the bill in full every month, and we have never been anywhere near the $25,000 credit limit. Our FICO scores are about 750.
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Taiwan Fund Q1 Net Realized Gain On Investments Rises - Quick Facts ...
1/14/2008 1:05:28 PM Taiwan Fund Inc. (TWN) announced details regarding its investment performance for the first quarter ended November 30, 2007.
The company reported a net asset value per share of $22.69 as of the close of business on November 30, 2007. This represents a decrease of $1.04 per share from the net asset value per share of $23.73 reported on August 31, 2007.
Net Realized Gain on Investments for the first quarter was $29.27 million, up from $7.39 million in the same quarter of last year.
The Fund had a total return of (4.38%) for the three months ended November 30, 2007, based on the change in its net asset value. For the same period, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Index had a total return of (2.22%) (in US$ terms).
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Internet China Bans American Movie Sales; MPAA’s Glickman Responds
China is blocking the import of American films, said MPAA CEO and Chairman Dan Glickman in an official statement released last week. "Although we have not received official confirmation of such a ban from the Chinese Government or China Film, the indicators are strong that our information is correct," read the statement. "If such action has been taken … it would represent an enormous step backwards in terms of China's efforts to develop a strong … and legitimate film exhibition and distribution market." In a move that some suspect is retaliation for a recent U.S.-filed WTO complaint over China's alarmingly high piracy rate, the Chinese government appears to have stopped granting import requests to American filmmakers -- of which it normally allows for about 20 movies per year.
Contractor loses La. scholarship account data dating back to 1998
BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Boston-based contractor hired to store and safeguard state scholarship and college savings account data lost most of those records _ including bank account numbers and student and parent Social Security numbers _ during a move, officials say. "We certainly don't want to create any panic. But people should be aware and take the necessary steps," said Melanie Amrhein, executive director of the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance. "This is backup data off of a mainframe that contains sensitive personal information." Special equipment and software and "sophisticated computer skills" would be needed to get the compressed records from the TOPS scholarship program, START Saving Program, and Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according to a notice posted on the Internet.
Mike Henry says ...Big plans ahead for Vernamfield
Now with Vernanfield being larger than Manhattan in New York and the main airstrip there being extremely long and capable of being lengthened even further, this offers us the possibility of feasibly developing the kind of overall facility to accommodate pretty much any size and type of aircraft in the world, not only for cargo or travel purposes, but for servicing, which we could develop as a critical regional service industry. The servicing of airplanes involves not only engine and other mechanical operations, but many other facets like upholstering and other aspects of craftsmanship, for which Jamaicans are noted internationally. So while we have been talking about all of this over the years, Europe has been busy delivering on these promises at pretty high costs. It's now time for us to get in on the action and that's another big focal point of the development plans.
Two men guilty of plot against US envoy released
The appeal court upheld the primary verdict which stipulated that the two accused be jailed three years from the date of arrest. They were arrested on the same day of their attempt to assassinate Hull in December 2004. On May 2007, the primary court, chaired by Judge Najeeb Al Qaderi, sentenced Al Mas and Al Halylah to three years in prison from the date of arrest. .
Northern Rock gets new chairman
He was also a managing director within oil firm BP for eight years. He joins as speculation rises over a possible rescue deal for Northern Rock from a consortium led by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin. © Independent Television News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. .
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