Oprah effect brings microlending to Main Street
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The credit crisis may be fouling up billion-dollar takeover deals, but if you're a poor African seamstress who needs a loan for a new sewing machine, you could not ask for a better borrowing market to expand your business.
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Consumer advocates are turning their attention to scam artists who market computers to people with low incomes or bad credit.
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Don't overlook your small accounts -- they can add up, too.
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Many 'contactless' credit cards can allow their owner's name and card number to be read at a distance.
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By Rosemary Gallagher  GONE are the days when people visited their local bank or building society when they wanted a mortgage or savings account - and brand loyalty is becoming a thing of the past.
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Social-networking principles have spawned a lending marketplace that lets individuals make loans to almost anyone.
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You can find long-haul wealth-builders on the market's sales rack.
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Making money in a different world than Wall Street.
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Oprah Winfrey is expanding her empire into reality TV with two shows based on money.
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Some books sell because Oprah Winfrey wants you to buy them. Others get help from a major prize, a controversy, a movie tie-in, a famous author or an especially clever marketing campaign.
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The loan servicer is raising some serious cash.
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Mobile payments and banking are now moving into the U.S. through some big names, but the speedy checkout system is slow to put in place.
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Christmas is a time of fantasy. Throughout the land, merchants fantasize about hitting their fourth-quarter numbers, with the aid of gift-givers with starry eyes and platinum credit cards.
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As a businesswoman, Oprah Winfrey has   made more than a billion dollars calling her own shots and says   she is not looking for shareholders to help her now, thank you   very much.
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A migrant community whose disposable income runs to billions has become a prized market for high-street banks, supermarkets and bookstores
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âMaxed Outâ examines why the most vulnerable segment of society is victimized by the lending industry and finds a simple answer: Itâs obscenely profitable.
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The local merchant social network brings some complementary elements to Citysearch's offering.