Daily credit repair news

Credit-repair firms often don’t deliver what they promise (The Oklahoman)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 12:10 AM CST

WASHINGTON — With foreclosures, short sales and credit-card defaults at record levels, an aggressive breed of firms has sprung up offering to power-wash consumers' damaged credit files and boost their credit scores — thereby eliminating records of bankruptcies and mortgage delinquencies, even when the information is accurate. Such services — promoted widely on the Internet and in radio ads — are ...

Heart valve repair (Sunday Observer)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 01:57 PM CST

Baby Sandeepa requires surgery for total correction with valve conduit repair in the heart. She is advised to undergo the procedure at an early date, in view of severe cyanosis, Chief Paediatric Cardiologist of MIOT Hospital, Chennai Dr. K. Siva Kumar said.

Truesdale returns high school credit options for some eighth-grade classes (Bluffton Today)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 06:14 AM CST

A cafeteria full of parents andcommunitymemberswho asked Superintendent Valeria Truesdale last month to reinstate offering high school credit for advanced eighth graders in math, English 1, physical science and foreign language got half of what they asked for — and then some.

Housing aid program raises hopes, concerns and questions (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 07:16 PM CST

Local governments across Georgia are getting ready to jump into the house-flipping game — financed with federal tax dollars. Government officials and housing organizations in Georgia will have $153 million to spend under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, part of the federal $700 billion bailout of the banking system. The aim is to buy, repair and sell or rent run-down homes and create ...

Barack Obama promises to repair economy (The Appleton Post-Crescent)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 04:26 AM CST

CHICAGO Even Barack Obama cant change the calendar.

This roof is rotten -- as is roofer's reply (Orlando Sentinel)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 03:25 AM CST

Dear Greg: Seven years ago, I bought a new home from David Weekley Homes. On two occasions I had a roof leak that was repaired by Delphini Roofing, which installed the metal roof. The second repair involved removing a significant portion of the roof and installing a waterproofing material to stop the leaks. Last December while hanging Christmas d�cor, I found rot on the fascia boards and was ...

Phone hang-ups hurting businesses (Galveston County Daily News)

Posted: 08 Nov 2008 08:22 AM CST

GALVESTON — AT&T still is working to restore phone and DSL services, without which many businesses can't process credit card payments and are losing money.