[H]ardNews 7th Edition - Slow News Edition

Faster Check Processing:

So that check that you sent in the mail has a couple days to clear right? Well not according to the new rules on check processing. It looks as if the speed in which a check is processed has been reduced from days to hours. An AP Article (on Forbes.com) outlines the new processes your check under goes for processing. How many of you really use checks in this information age. I for one only use them to pay my Rent!

Consumers who had been used to having a couple days to "float" a check - using the lag time before a check clears to make a deposit - will find they are suddenly bouncing lots of checks unless they change their ways.

Die Spammer Die!:

Go get ‘em boys! AOL and its Coalition of SPAM hunters are on the move again. Thank goodness that the big boys are using their ‘moula muscle’ to get these SPAM perpetrators back. Even the SPIMERS are being sought.

Four of the nation's largest online providers yesterday announced a new round of lawsuits aimed at e-mail spammers, including the first major case involving spam sent via an instant messaging service.