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Posted on Friday, 16th July 2010 by Jeremy Lee

By Oregon Tax News,

Oregon is one of a few states that dedicates funds, paid by Oregon employers, to cover unpaid wages when a company fails and does not have money for payroll. Last year, the average payout was about $1,048 per worker. The fund pays amounts equal to unpaid wages up to a maximum of $4,000. Several incidents in the mid-1980s, when employees of distressed companies learned that banks were ahead of them in collecting debts, led to legislation that established a fund to protect workers.

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Posted on Friday, 16th July 2010 by Gregory Moore

Credit is an opportunity very rarely given to deserving individuals. Not all people in this world get approved of a credit application because credit worthiness varies from one person to another. The making of worthiness highly depends on a person’s financial activities especially of his ability to pay for his debts. Credit report tips flourish in the internet because of the intense conditions that not all borrowers are able to adhere to payment options. Almost all consumers experience difficulty settling for accounts and looking for tips give them ideas on how to do so.

Credit ratings repair and enhancement begins with securing a copy of your reports from the reporting agencies. T

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Posted on Thursday, 15th July 2010 by Jeremy Lee

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Would you like your website to show up on page one of Google or Yahoo… and bring lots of online traffic to your door? Here are the basics on lifting search engine placement for small business owners…

It’s all about having the right keywords

You need to find out the language of your target audience. What key words and phrases are searchers using when they look for your kind of products or services? It may be quite different to your own language.

You can use the Google keyword research tool to generate a long list of terms that searchers have been actually using. After

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Posted on Thursday, 15th July 2010 by Jeremy Lee

The world leader in mobile phones Nokia just announced another new value budget handset in its classic line – the Nokia 6303i Classic, following on the heritage of its 6303 classic phone.  

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Posted on Thursday, 15th July 2010 by Laura Hernandez

Doug Kass called the bottom on July 1 via Twitter. It was looking like another legendary call until today happened:

But in fact, Kass was already backtracking in a column this morning:

It still remains my view that the S&P 500 has made its low for the year, but, from my perch, the developing downbeat economic conditions will trump the nonrecurring events at BP, Goldman Sachs and Apple, and, in the days ahead, stocks will erase some of the recent breathtaking gains.

Prior to the recent soft patch, most economists and strategists expected a self-sustaining economic recovery that might average at least 3% GDP growth.

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Posted on Wednesday, 14th July 2010 by Laura Hernandez

But so far, that has not been the case.

In fact, the most recent foreclosure data would seem to suggest that Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties may have dodged the bullet.

The great unknown is just how many loans on properties will ultimately fall into the distressed category.

Foreclosure filings in June hovered around their lowest point since summer 2009, according to data released Wednesday by RealtyTrac Inc., a California company that has been tracking the phenomenon.

Realtors will tell you that strong demand from investors and first-time buyers is taking distressed properties out of the market rapidly.

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