Poor Credit Loans

As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets on Thursday, stocks fell sharply again, and the credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation's financial system ebbed.

The word "subprime" may now send shudders down bankers' spines. But a number of listed lenders that specialise in making loans to people with poor or no credit histories are proving that money can be made from even the riskiest customers.

Standard & Poor's cites city's stable economy, strong financial position ALBANY ? Albany's credit rating may make its bonds the best buy of any Capital Region city.Standard & Poor's upgraded the city's rating two levels to AA-, giving it the highest rating of any Capital Region city. Mayor Jerry Jennings tied the seal of approval to the city's budgeting efforts, that include 10 vacant police ...

Investors flooded into government debt again on Thursday, sending Treasury yields to multiyear lows as ongoing worries about an auto industry collapse impede the credit markets' attempts at a recovery.