My Free Credit Report

The jammed credit markets barely budged Monday as governments around the world scrambled to prop up their failing banks and investors waited for details on how, exactly, the Treasury will go about buying $700 billion of U.S. banks’ mortgage assets.

Suspect sought in connection with stolen purse in Port St. Lucie, credit card use (Fort Pierce Tribune)
Someone apparently went on a two-county spending spree Sunday with a credit card stolen from the car of a woman who was in church at the time, according to a police report obtained Tuesday.

Report: U.S. VC Fundraising Falls 30% (Red Herring)
Globally, venture fundraising falls 56 percent in the third quarter versus the 2007 period, a second report finds.

S.A. starting to feel pinch of credit woes (San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5)
The credit crisis is beginning to seep into San Antonio. Car dealers have seen a slowdown in sales. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s office in San Antonio reports that entrepreneurs with spotty credit ratings are seeing rates increase or they’re having trouble getting loans.

No credit crunch at City Hall (Sun & The City)
It doesn’t seem – for now at least – the credit crunch that is decimating the US economy has reached Ottawa. In a memo to city councillors, below, the city treasurer Marian Simulik says everything at the city is A-OK. I am pleased to report that Moody s Investor Services has reconfirmed the City s Aaa rating which is the highest rating given by Moody s. The rating agency has just released its …