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New Advertiser Shout Out: AnyCredit Car Finance and Urgent CashLoan

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I’d like to welcome two new advertisers to the blog: “AnyCredit Car Finance” and “Urgent CashLoans” both companies which provide financing for diverse applicants in the UK and US markets respectively.

#1: AnyCredit Car Finance recently joined InvestorBlogger Dot Com by purchasing advertising from us.

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AnyCreditFinance provides “Car loans to suit you”, as advertised on its website, for the UK market. Their products include car loans, payment protection and car insurance. It might be worth checking them out before you purchase your car, at the very least to see how well their deals compare with other deals you can find. On the website front, it’s a nicely laid out website, with good graphics, a nice web 2.0 feel, and quite responsive servers. It would be nice to see features that encourage drivers and car purchasers to come back: forums, a blog perhaps, and social web* awareness.

(ed. added ‘web’ to clarify the meaning).

#2: UrgentCashLoan has been with us for a few weeks now.

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UrgentCashLoan is a website that aims to provide payday loans online to US markets for those who need such a service. They differentiate themselves from other more informal lending by saying “visiting your local pawn shop or borrowing money from friends and family”. Such payday services are becoming increasingly common online, so it’s clear that there is a ready market for such services, whatever one thinks. Despite the high interest rates, the loans are usually for short periods. UrgentCashLoan provides services from a number of related companies.

Disclaimer: InvestorBlogger has received compensation from these companies for advertising, but does not intend to provide readers with advice particular to your own situation. Before you use any companies mentioned in our postings, consider your own situation carefully. You should also find an independent financial adviser to discuss the details of any loan, investment, credit card decisions, etc. that you make.

Entrepreneur’s Club: Taipei Get Together

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A few enterprising individuals, headed by Mr. He (screen name!) and under the aegis of Forumosa Entrepreneurship Meeting, got together at 12:00pm on Sunday March 19th 2008 to discuss amongst other things setting up companies in Taiwan.

Six or seven of us showed up for the meeting, Steve from Agentschat.com, Eric, Patrick and Karen from EnglishGear, Yours Truly, and our fearless leader, Mr. He, whose business card I seriously lost. Though I was a little late, we all eagerly devoured our various rather tasty food supplied by Carnegie’s in Taipei.

Topics covered were wide ranging, and I’m hoping that from this little buzz on InvestorBlogger dot com that others will be encouraged to attend, share with the group their entrepreneurial plans, and have a good ol’fashioned chinwag. If you’re in Taipei, do drop by the Forumosa.com forums, especially Business & Money to find out when the next one is!

And, next time I’ll definitely keep good minutes and take piccies to share!

Buzz: SKY.FM – What a wonderful service

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It’s rare that I advertise services that I like, but I have to say I’m doing a trial subscription for SKY.FM radio. It’s $2 for 2 days to see what it’s like. So today, I’m providing a free buzz for them as my way to say ‘thank you’ for making my day better. Thanks Sky.FM and DI.FM.

Despite having a sluggish connection, the music quality sounds that much brighter in higher definitions. I can listen in mp3 streams upto 192Kb, and in AAC upto 64KB.

This is what I’m listening to right now. Oddly I am listening in Windows Media formats at it is now playing the best and most stably. I usually prefer AAC or MP3 at a higher bit-rate on Winamp or XMPlayer.

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It’s really nice. I WILL be signing up for the full service soon! It’s only $4.95 a month, and combined with my Emusic account, it’s pretty much the only legal way for me to download music. I don’t download illegal music at all! Guess that’s nearly NT$8000 that the BIG record companies won’t be earning from me!