April 2009 – News Developments

Dodd Collects Donations From Payday Loan Industry

April 27, 2009November 9, 2009 - by Adrian Fisher

The people affiliated with the payday loan industry made amusing thousands of dollars donations to Sen. Christopher J. Dodd. I am sure it has to do something with their ongoing bill on – Capitalizing annual interest rates of consumer loans at 36 percent. Moreover, Dodd is the chairman of Senate Banking Committee. Pawnbrokers and other businesses, which provide high-interest loans to even people with bad credit ratings, have also donated around $44,000 to Dodd. The …

Scott Tourism Business Declines By 30%

April 27, 2009April 1, 2013 - by Dylan Thurston

Around 250 tourism firms and around 800 buyers attend the VisitScotland expo trade fair in Glasgow. It has been a crucial one amid the gloomy times of the tourism industry all over the world. Even the Scotland has seen an unpleasant drop of 30 percent in the corporate tourism business. The proportion of tourists from overseas has dropped by 10 percent. Despite of all the dire statistics, the chief executive of VisitScotland still says that …

Business

A Look At The International Tourism Amid Recession

April 27, 2009April 1, 2013 - by Gavin Moodie

The condition of the tourism industry in many nations all over the world is dire. Corporate companies are cutting business travels and holiday packages to their employees (in fact those are cutting the jobs itself), people apprehended with recession are in no mood to spend on tourism. To tell the exact situation, the industry is running on the travelers lured by discounts and offers. It is not the condition in any one nation, as I …

Business / Top News

Hotels Honor Customers’ Cutbacks

April 27, 2009April 1, 2013 - by Jayden Attard

This is the cutbacks season. You can see your neighbor spending less on dog food; other foreign-neighbor is cutting back his regular tour to his hometown; your friend says she is not interested in shopping; your cousin says he is cutting his regular weekend party for one year, etc, etc, etc. Some may be surprising, some amusing, and some embarrassing. Still not to worry, because you have many retailers and businesses giving you amazing discounts …