Consider your FICO score before closing credit card accounts

Guido Krzikowski/Bloomberg News Q. I’m really angry with my three credit cards, all from different banks. They’ve all lowered my available credit and one added a new annual fee. I have great credit and I’m thinking about canceling these cards...

Paragon Homecoming Festival ends on high note

The 86th Paragon Homecoming Festival ended Monday with closing ceremonies and a vow from festival organizers to be back next year. Festival secretary Mary Buttery said while some a ...

Legal eagle takes the chair at Roundtable

The irony has not gone unnoticed. Roger Partridge, noted Auckland lawyer and new chairman of the Business Roundtable, was a card-carrying union member.

Alimentation Couche-Tard Mails Letter to Shareholders of Casey's

ATD.A, ATD.B / TSX LAVAL, QC , Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. ("Couche-Tard") today announced that it has mailed a letter and BLUE proxy card to the shareholders of Casey's General Stores, Inc. ("Casey's") (NASDAQ: CASY - News ) in connection with the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders of Casey's to be held on September 23, 2010 . Couche-Tard urges the ...

Bad FICO score? Here's how to boost it

If you're thinking about buying a home, you know it's more important than ever to have a high FICO score.The pie at the right shows all the components that make up your score. What steps would you take to bump it up? How would you even know where to...

How to Sink Your Credit Score

Want to protest the power of one number? Here’s how.

Grand Monarch Holdings Incorporated Reacquisition Commences, Empire Energy Credit Card to be Issued

Empire Energy Corporation International announced on Wednesday, September 1st 2010 that Empire has signed a letter of intent with the view of completing binding documentation for the reacquisition of the former, wholly-owned Empire subsidiary Grand Monarch Holdings Incorporated .

TD Bank Financial Group Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results

This quarterly earnings release should be read in conjunction with our

INTERNATIONAL SOCCER: Liverpool back to winning ways in Premier League; Celtic triumphs in Scottish League

Fernando Torres opened his account for the season as Liverpool beat West Bromwich Albion 1-0 on Sunday to claim its first win in the Premier League, while Darren Bent scored Sunderland’s injury-time winner against Manchester City.

Scotiabank reports third quarter earnings of over $1 billion

Earnings per share of $0.98 compared to $0.87