Credit Karma Roundup - The Super Massive Link Love Edition

Hello and welcome to February, it’s a brand new month! Today’s edition of Credit Karma’s roundup is stuffed to the gills with news articles and blog posts about the economy and the state of your finances. For easy perusal we’ve broken the links down into the main categories of economy, credit scores, credit cards, debt, with the last section on Credit Karma itself.

Economy:

• Million Dollar Journey Offers 6 Reasons Why Recessions are a Good Thing!
• Digerati Life blogs No Economic Stimulus Check? How Obama’s Stimulus Plan Affects The Middle Class.
• Consumer Commentary posts $350 Billion Additional TARP Funds to Go to Banks.
• Cash Money Life writes A National Shift Toward Frugal Living?
• Smarter Wallet asks Would You Go Into Business For Yourself During This Recession?
• The Simple Dollar presents How I Look at Economic News: Beyond the Talking Heads.
• Unemployed? Yes, You Still Have To Pay Taxes explains My Two Dollars.

Credit Scores:

• CBS News relates these Common Money Mistakes.
• Canceling cards can ding credit score warns Los Angeles Times.
• Can Canceling A Credit Card Really Hurt My Score, Or Did Discover Card Lie? Read more at the Consumerist.

• The Hartford Courant writes Hard Times Renew Focus On Using Credit Scores To Set Premiums.
• The Washington Post asks could mortgage preapproval hurt your credit score?
• Press of Atlantic City says that the FICO program puts credit score on bank statements.
• Learn how to polish up your credit score at Seattle Pi.
• Des Moines Register posts good credit score, but bank says no.
• The Daily Record presents prime examples that keeping a credit score high takes work and planning.

Credit Cards:

• Get Rich Slowly presents 5 Credit Card Company Tricks - and How to Thwart Them!
• Mighty Bargain Hunter posts Upset that your credit card company changed the rules?

• Handling those post-holiday credit card bills; Speculation on sectors that will benefit from stimulus at NewsToday.
• News First KOAA reports Credit card companies exploiting loopholes.
• Credit agencies are the messengers writes the Washington Times.
• 5 Cent Nickel says Credit Unions Can Seize Funds to Cover Credit Card Defaults.
• Skimmers prey on credit card users informs the Buffalo News.
• The Basics of Debit and Credit Cards Explained by Bargaineering.
• The Dough Roller asks What Costs More-A Bounced Check, Credit Card Late Payment Penalty or Payday Loan?
• The Sun’s Financial Diary asks Can Debit Cards Protect Consumers against Fraud?

Debt:

• Yes, You Can Live With Less Plastic says the Wall Street Journal.
• The Chicago Tribune says Recession a good time to negotiate credit card debt.
• Frugal Dad writes Credit Card Debt Full Of Forgotten Items.
• Start Up Nation blogs Credit Card Debt Out of Control? Help May Be on the Way!
• Got Debt from Stupid Spending? Suck It Up and Fix It says Stop Buying Crap.
• How to escape the debt hole by Dallas News.
• Debt Reduction Assets and Liabilities Revisited over at Kick Debt’s Butt.
• Financial Frugality explains how to use credit wisely.

News and Carnivals Featuring Credit Karma:

• How to Fix Your Life in 2009 @ Wall Street Journal
• Credit Karma Provides Consumers With *Free* Access to Their TransUnion Credit Scores Thanks to TrueCredit.com @ Sacramento Business Journal
• creditkarma.com offers free credit scores! @ Observe Business

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