In fact, negative information can stay on your report for up to seven years.

Charles says even negative information is better than none at all.

But it is not clear why negative information did not turn up until almost a year later.

But what if the negative information in your credit report is correct?

At least I got one bit of negative information from him.

So far, the information, both positive and negative, is mostly anecdotal.

Too much negative information, they worried, would scare women away.

People evaluate others in a positive way, and this makes it easier for the more negative information to stand out so much.

This may be due to the psychological power of negative information.

Voters often look to negative information to find reasons for supporting one candidate over another.