Quicken Loans Arena, A Mecca Of Entertainment
For basketball enthusiasts such as myself, Quicken Loans Arena (The Q) is the place to see Cleveland Cavalier home games. But after basketball season is over, and melancholic depression descends upon die-hard fans as they await the start of summer league and preseason basketball, The Q takes on a new purpose. The arena hosts a fun list of concerts and special events, providing much-needed diversion for suffering basketball fans.
Aside from being home to the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lake Erie Monsters, Cleveland Crush, and Cleveland Gladiators, the Q has tons of fun events planned for the upcoming months. Events scheduled for September include:
- PNC Cleveland Praisefest – September 11th
- WWE Monday Night Raw – September 19th
- Foo Fighters Concert – September 20th
- Cleveland Crush vs. Baltim
The Chinese Housing Crisis that will Send the World into a Great Depression
Last month, we learned about the eery phenomenon of Chinese ghost towns gigantic cities and universities built by the Chinese government to hit inflated GDP growth targets (kind of like a sales rep who spends more than his salary on his companys products to hit his sales quota).
What was the result of this disturbing and incredibly wasteful trend?
1. An estimated 64 million empty housing apartment units in China that are too expensive for most Chinese families to afford.
2. Occupancy rates in these new cities are at less than 25%.
3. The ‘world’s largest shopping mall’ is almost completely empty.
4. Universities built to accommodate 2.3 million students that have a slightly lower enrollment of a mere 11,000.
Brilliant, guys.
The Get Rich Quick Bug is Universal
If this trend wasnt disturbing enough on its own, the Chinese are compounding it. It turns
World Markets Volatile Ahead of Bernanke Announcement
Many of the world’s economies have been ailing to the point of needing help for many years, weather through the use of government loans or business loans. The current state of the U.S. economy leaves a lot to be desired as people are finding that they are losing large chunks of their retirement funds quickly and do not have any clue of when things will start to look up and get better for them. There are certain events that can trigger a bad or good day when speaking of the stock market. Economic announcements and statistics that are released loom and do have an impact on the trading for that day. When the unemployment numbers come out and look bad, the market usually goes down as optimism fades fast. Other times, good economic news has the stock market up and everyone gets excited and starts buying what they feel are the available bargains out there. T
How to get a Credit Report for Free
According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), it is actually a consumer’s legal right to get a credit report for free. The three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) are required by law to provide a free credit report once annually upon consumer request. There are also a handful of other situations and avenues through which an individual can receive a free report.
Contact Information
To get a credit report for free, a consumer need only visit the annual credit report website or complete the official credit report request form and mail it to the address provided on the form’s instructions. A free credit report cannot be obtained by directly contacting Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion although it is possible to buy a report directly from these companies. Luc