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For all the influence they have on determining a country's ability to borrow money, hardly anything is known about credit rating agencies. In this matter-of-fact article, the authors lay bare the ABC's of rating agencies, how they operate and what informs the (sometimes death) sentences the...
Morbid Obesity (MO) is a public health problem that affects a person’s physical, psychological and sexual well-being. Women with MO are affected by their body image and self-concept, and obesity stigma may affect women in social and sexual relationships
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Similarly, while we know that most CSAM offenders are male, females appear to be engaging in CSAM more than once thought (Seigfried et al., 2008). The Philippines is considered to be the present global epicenter of online CSAM and research on this country indicates about 87% of cases have...
Enron's $63.4 billion bankruptcy was the biggest on record at the time.11 Bankruptcy On Nov. 28, 2001, credit rating agencies reduced Enron's credit rating to junk status, effectively solidifying the company's path to bankruptcy.12On the same day, Dynegy, a fellow energy company Enron was...
A deceased alert notifies credit card companies that an account holder has died. Credit reporting agencies such as Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion will issue an alert that will appear on the person's credit report. The alert informs credit card companies to deny credit transactions on the card...
The Individual Tax Identification Number, or ITIN, allows taxpayers who don't have a Social Security Number (SSN) to file income tax returns. Unlike other forms of ID, ITINs only have one purpose—tax filing and reporting. Having an ITIN number won't mak
Three-quarters (75%) of filers expect a refund, according to anew survey from Intuit Credit Karma, with more than a quarter (27%) of them predicting it will be larger than last year. Other filers, however, are feeling anxious as the April 15 tax deadline looms: Twenty-three percent of...
You should also check with the three major credit reporting agencies and obtain a copy of your credit report to be sure that nothing else has been accessed fraudulently. According to the Fair Credit Billing Act, consumers have 60 days from the time they receive their credit card bill to di...