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Credit CARD Act of 2009: Consumers Getting the Shaft as Banks Rush to Raise Interest Rates

Posted by amabaie 31 days ago, popular 31 days ago (http://personaldividends.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers credit cards interest
While the Credit CARD Act of 2009 does provide a number of protections for consumers and little more transparency out of credit card issuers with reg[...] read more »
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Frugalista: The New Style of Consumption

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 362 days ago, popular 361 days ago (http://earnwhatyouspend.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers frugalista
The age of conspicuous consumption is, at least temporarily, gone. Enter a new era - that of the Frugalista... read more »
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Good news for used car buyers

Posted by amabaie 9 days ago, popular 9 days ago (http://www.automonster.ca)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: cars consumers prices
Good news for used car buyers: prices, which have shot up in recent months, have started to come down — at least at the wholesale level, according to[...] read more »
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Poor People Turning to Video Games

Posted by thewild1 372 days ago, popular 371 days ago (http://thewildinvestor.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: consumers markets video games
Just because the economy is slumping, that doesn’t mean people stop playing video games. In fact, video game and console sales increased during the m[...] read more »
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Target to pay $1.7 million for overcharging customers

Posted by sunnyspeaks 395 days ago, popular 395 days ago (http://www.sfgate.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: cash consumers shopping target stores
Target stores has agreed to pay a $1.7 million civil penalty for overcharging California customers through electronic cash register scanners that ran[...] read more »
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Big Macs and Fries: What You Pay Per Calorie at SmartMoney.com

Posted by amabaie 192 days ago, popular 191 days ago (http://www.smartmoney.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers food prices
Even with glimmers of hope for the recovery, consumers are still cutting back — especially when it comes to dining out. But turning to some of fast f[...] read more »
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Credit Card Bill of Rights

Posted by ultrageek 87 days ago (http://www.billshrink.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers credit cards rights
Feel like your credit card company is doing you wrong? Here's a list of the 10 rights for U.S. credit card holders that President Obama signed into [...] read more »
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10 Things Health Food Stores Won't Tell You at SmartMoney.com

Posted by blenheimeducation 125 days ago, popular 125 days ago (http://www.smartmoney.com)
Category: Green | Tags: consumers food shopping
So what does organic really mean? Produce is grown without the use of most synthetic pesticides, genetic modification, irradiation, or fertilizer mad[...] read more »
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5 Money Lessons For New Grads That Everyone Should Follow

Posted by tamar 201 days ago (http://consumerist.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers economy finance money
From Consumerist as taken from the WSJ: New graduates are about to walk smack into the Great Recession, and they need every bit of financial advice t[...] read more »
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Exclusive: Web watchdog site shut down by Consumers Union

Posted by AmyVernon 165 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Business | Tags: consumers consumers union
Consumer Reports WebWatch, a well-known watchdog site that detailed web-based scams and schemes and worked to educate consumers about online perils, [...] read more »
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Are you ready for a flying mall?

Posted by MSNMoneyStories 4 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Business | Tags: airlines consumers shopping travel
AirTran and Spirit airlines already are offering some inflight shopping, with wireless Internet connections in flight. Other airlines are looking at [...] read more »
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Fixed Deposit Financial Plans Finds a Place In Consumer Daddy

Posted by RahulKapoor 99 days ago (http://www.consumerdaddy.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: banks consumers finance fixeddeposit
If You are planning to invest your money in fixed deposit scheme, then check a list of fixed deposit accounts offered by different banks in consumerd[...] read more »
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Strong Vehicle Sales in August Could Be Bad For the Economy

Posted by eChristianFinance 79 days ago (http://www.echristianfinance.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: consumers economy ford sales vehicle
While it’s great that American consumers have been able to take advantage of the government’s cash-for-clunkers program, the heralded program may act[...] read more »
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6 Old-School Savings Tricks Are Back

Posted by healthylivinggal 64 days ago (http://www.smartmoney.com)
Category: Business | Tags: busine consumers savings shld economizer
It’s no secret that consumers have grown more frugal: Excessive spending is out and saving is in. “It’s become chic to talk value,” says Julie Winski[...] read more »
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'Stimulus plan' the new buzzwords for sales

Posted by longdongsilver 243 days ago (http://www.walletpop.com)
Category: Business | Tags: consumers shopping stimulus
A search of the Internet reveals all kinds of other "Stimulus Plans" from baseball teams around the country, many of them minor league teams, as a [...] read more »
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