MetLife repotedly may buy American International Group's life insurance unit for about $15 billion in stock and cash.

The drama of the Greek tragedy continues to unfold.Investors today cheered hard as reports first circulated that Eurozone countries had decided in principle to come to the assistance of Greece.So said Reuters which citing a German newspaper also said that Deutschland was preparing an aid package for Greece. CNBC is reporting that there are conflicting reports as of now and a German government spokesman called the comments “unfounded.”So as we head into the close investors are left with what they started the trading day with: lots of uncertainty.Right now the Europeans are under a lot of pressure to restore ...

When the Credit CARD Act takes effect later this month one of the major provisions is the restriction on marketing credit cards to young adults under 21."Right now it is easier for a college student to get a credit card than to get up for class ” says Bill Hardekopf CEO of LowCards.com and author of The Credit Card Guidebook. “College students use credit cards to pay for everything just like their parents. Once this new law takes effect many college students will have difficulty getting a credit card."Beginning February 22 issuers are not able to offer free merchandise ...

Peer-to-peer lending is one way web-savvy consumers are meeting their credit needs without turning to the bank. Investors willing to take a risk for a return on their money are making loans to borrowers looking for better interest rates than they could get elsewhere -- if at all -- in this constricted credit environment. Sounds like fun. As a devotee of social media this kind of thing is right up my alley. So I decided to give it a whirl to understand just how easy and what kind of deal the no-nonsense peer-to-peer process really offers. Harvard Business Review ...

I was about 18 years old when I got my first credit card. About a month or so into my first semester at college I spotted a poster advertising Chase (JPM) student Visa (V) cards.“Why not?” I thought. “All adults have credit cards and I’m old enough to vote; I’m old enough to have a credit card.”Or to be perfectly frank I thought “I’m old enough to sneak into a bar; I’m old enough to have a credit card.”Never mind that my work experience was limited to after-school and summer jobs including dishwasher delivery boy bookstore shelf stocker messenger ...

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