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COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian®, the leading global information services company, today released its second-annual State of Credit list of cities with the highest and lowest credit scores. Wausau, Wis. topped the list with the highest credit score of 789, unseating Minneapolis, Minn. from the number one spot after a four-year reign. At the bottom of the spectrum were Harlingen, Texas, Jackson, Miss. and Corpus Christi, Texas. The complete list, along with...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- BizDeals (http://www.bizdeals.com), a B2B weekly deal site, today announced its weekly slate of deals for the week for October 11th through 17th. This week, BizDeals features a range of group buying discounts on advanced ways to help business find and be found by customers. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111011/CG84108) Most small business owners are busy enough without the challenge of searching for customers whose needs...

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The proliferation and usage of mobile devices is exponentially growing, as is consumers' dependence on the Web, causing many to lose sight of the importance of keeping their personal information and social media profiles secure and protected. This month, Cyber Security Awareness Month, Experian's ProtectMyID(TM) has teamed up with 20-year veteran and identity theft expert Chuck Whitlock to ensure consumers are armed with tips and information...

ROCHDALE, UK, October 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 and Experian Hitwise recognise business webuyanycar.com is officially one of the UK's biggest private technology companies according to the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 and Experian Hitwise as the British public embraces the fast, safe and fair way to sell their car. The UK's largest independent car buyer has been placed 25th in the Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100...

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With fall schedules now back in full swing, shoppers all over the country are gearing up for the holiday shopping season, which begins in just a few weeks. PriceGrabber®, a part of Experian®, just released the results of its first winter holiday shopping survey, revealing that 45 percent of consumers intend to spend less money during the 2011 winter holiday shopping season than they did in 2010. Forty-nine percent of consumers will spend the...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --- BizDeals (http://www.bizdeals.com), a B2B weekly deal site, today announced its weekly slate of deals for the week for September 27 to October 3. This week BizDeals is offering small businesses a chance to take advantage of group buying discounts with deals from credit giant Experian, custom greeting card maker SimplyToImpress.com, and toughphone producer JCB. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110927/CG75666) Offered in plenty...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RentReporters.com, a new online service that verifies individual residential rental payments and empowers over 100 million American renters to show their true credit worthiness launched today. The rent verification service securely and seamlessly verifies rental payment activity for individuals or groups of renters, and transmits the data for inclusion onto a consumer's credit report. Reporting of a consumer's rental data can help improve the...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The season of jack-o'-lanterns and ghosts is almost upon us, and savvy consumers are gearing up to make the most out of Halloween 2011. PriceGrabber®, a part of Experian, just released the results of its Halloween shopping survey, revealing that 53 percent of consumers will spend $50 or less on a costume this year. Twenty percent indicated that they will spend $50 or more, and 17 percent said they will not spend anything on a costume. Conducted...

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian® CheetahMail®, a unit of Experian Marketing Services and the leading global technology services provider of integrated email, social, mobile and display marketing, today announced the release of its latest analysis illustrating how flash sale emails significantly outperform other types of offers in campaigns. The study provides marketers with a thorough understanding of trends surrounding Flash Sale email marketing along with tactical...

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Data through August 2011, released today by S&P Indices and Experian for the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices, a comprehensive measure of changes in consumer credit defaults, showed the bank card default rates decreased in August to 5.26% from July's 5.64%. First and second mortgage default rates remained almost flat, with the first mortgage rate moving down from 1.93% in July to 1.92% in August and second mortgage slightly up...