The New Year’s cusp is always a good time for looking both forwards – -and backwards. Especially when one considers how fast the whole passing parade… passes by! For some colorful holiday reading about the history of credit cards, we refer you this...
A new study by credit rating bureau TransUnion shows a steady rise in credit card use this holiday season. Some newspapers are reporting this as unabashedly good news, as consumers return to credit-use levels not seen since before the Great Recession. Marketwatch,...
It’s that December mix of holiday time — wrapping up business for the year, and mixing in some seasonal pleasure, celebration, gift-giving, and travel, with it all. We’ll have a similar mix here on the blog heading into the new year, looking at the “fiscal...
As 2012 wraps up, and we head toward 2013, new year prognostications start filling the air, on subjects ranging from our ever-shifting climate to who will win an Oscar to, of course, questions about the economy, and what shape it will be in. Recently, Odysseas...
