NZ credit card billings fall 0.2 pct in July (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
In some states, including Texas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, the sale of lottery tickets on a credit card is specifically prohibited by law. As with online or casino gambling, the concern seems to be that consumers who buy lotto tickets on credit could wager more than they can afford to spend.
NZ credit card billings fall 0.2 pct in July (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
WELLINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Credit card billings in New Zealand eased in July, following four interest rate increases by the central bank, data showed on Tuesday.
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NZ electronic card retail spending eases in July (Reuters Finance News, New Zealand via Yahoo!7 Finance)
WELLINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - New Zealand electronic retail card spending eased in July, official data showed on Tuesday, with consumer spending levelling off in the face of higher interest rates.
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Target Corporation Second Quarter Earnings Per Share $0.80 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MINNEAPOLIS----Target Corporation today reported net earnings for the second quarter ended August 4, 2007 of $686 million, or 80 cents per share, compared with $609 million, or 70 cents per share in the second quarter ended July 29, 2006, representing a 14.0 percent increase in earnings per share.
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CREDIT WRAPUP 7-Fed keeps tools handy, calms Wall Street (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled a willingness to consider an early cut in the benchmark interest rate to quell market unrest, a key U.S. lawmaker said on Tuesday after meeting with the Fed chief.
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CREDIT WRAPUP 6-Fed keeps tools handy, calms Wall St (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled a willingness to consider an early cut in the benchmark interest rate to quell market unrest, a key U.S. lawmaker said on Tuesday after meeting with the Fed chief, sending Wall Street higher.
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July electronic spending flat (Scoop.co.nz)
In July 2007, there were 79 million electronic card transactions totalling $4.6 billion, Statistics New Zealand said today. When adjusted for seasonal fluctuations, this represents a 0.1 percent decrease in the value of total card spending compared with June 2007.
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Australian Stocks Decline, Led by Banks; Woodside Drops on Oil (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Australian stocks declined, led by banks and U.S.-linked stocks after U.S. credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp. shut its mortgage unit, reigniting concerns the effects of the subprime mortgage rout may linger.
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Stability's now No.1 priority for Fed (Baltimore Sun)
Inflation takes back seat to resolving credit crisis Federal Reserve policymakers, who declared that inflation was their paramount challenge just two weeks ago, have been forced to make financial-market stability the trigger for changes in interest rates.
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Jack Henry & Associates Fiscal Year Ends With 19 Percent Increase in Earnings Per Share (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. , a leading provider of integrated technology solutions and outsourced data processing for financial institutions, today announced fiscal 2007 results.
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Dow, Nasdaq rise as flight to quality ebbs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Monday after reversing direction in the last hour of trade as the flight to safety into short-dated Treasury bills flagged, suggesting concerns over the stability of credit markets were receding.
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NZ credit card billings fall 0.2 pct in July (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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