AmEx Encourages Cardholders to Leave
It used to be that credit-card companies lured customers with cash rewards. Now American Express Co. is paying to get rid of them. The card issuer is offering selected customers a $300 AmEx prepaid gift card if they pay off their balances and close their accounts.
The unusual move underscores how quickly conditions have deteriorated in the credit-card market. The current economic morass was provoked by spiking mortgage defaults. But as the economic crisis widens and unemployment climbs, there is growing concern that credit-card defaults will soar into the stratosphere as well.
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Lawler: Observations on the Recent Surge in Net International Migration
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Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Lawler: Observations
on the Recent Surge in Net International Migration
A brief excerpt:
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