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Sunday Roundup at Credit Withdrawal

Welcome to the Sunday Roundup of Credit Withdrawal posts and other interesting posts around the blogosphere. It’s another one of those soggy weekends, and the whole family is getting over a cold, so no fun here ;(
Just a quick post to highlight some of the more interesting posts I’ve come across recently, and an update [...]



Pres. Elect Obama’s Economic Plans – How Do They Affect You and the Nation?

Now that Pres. Elect Obama is done with the election, with a decisive victory, control of both the House and the Senate, what is in store for the country?
We still have a little over two months before he officially becomes president. With that kind of available time, there’s still significant things that can happen before [...]



Obama Wins! A Change is in the Air

With a fairly decisive victory last night, Pres. Elect Barack Obama is set to be sworn in as the 44th president on January 20, 2009. He is also the first African-American to hold the highest office in the United States.
All in all, the Democratic party made an impressive showing on these elections. The Senate is [...]



AT&T IPhone Users Now Get Free Wifi Access at Hotspots

I recently received an e-mail from AT&T promoting a new feature for those that have IPhones.
AT&T is offering free Wifi for those IPhone users, at any AT&T hotspot. That means the next time you need to hook up at the airport, coffee shop, book store, or other public location that has AT&T service, it’s free [...]



HSBC Penalized Me for Doing a Credit Balance Transfer With Another Card

Two articles I read recently seemed to be eerily prophetic about what happened to me recently when I did a balance transfer on one of my cards.
I normally do a little credit card arbitrage, to get the lowest rates possible. So when one of the credit card rates was set to increase, I did my [...]