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

Posted by amabaie 841 days ago, popular 841 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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Good news for used car buyers

Posted by amabaie 819 days ago, popular 819 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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The Psychology of “Used Cars”

Posted by amabaie 85 days ago, popular 84 days ago (http://www.automonster.ca)
Category: Business | Tags: cars consumers frugal house used
When you buy a house, nobody calls it a “used house”. Nor a “classic house”. Not even a “pre-owned house”. It’s just a house. But for certain types [...] read more »
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Beware: Realtors Do Better for Themselves than Their Clients

Posted by amabaie 536 days ago, popular 535 days ago (http://www.darwinsmoney.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: consumers incentives real estate
Do the math. Do you really think your realtor’s going to hang around haggling and fighting with the opposing realtor for a prospective buyer over $3[...] read more »
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Frugalista: The New Style of Consumption

Posted by earnwhatyouspend 1172 days ago, popular 1172 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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Target to pay $1.7 million for overcharging customers

Posted by sunnyspeaks 1206 days ago, popular 1205 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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Poor People Turning to Video Games

Posted by thewild1 1182 days ago, popular 1182 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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Is Consumer Profiling Affecting Your Credit Cards?

Posted by financialhighway 613 days ago, popular 613 days ago (http://financialhighway.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers credit cards
Did your credit cards change in the past three years? Did your interest rate go up? read more »
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The mother of all outrageous fees?

Posted by amabaie 604 days ago, popular 604 days ago (http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: atm consumers fees rip-offs
Wow! These are simply incredible. Fee to use another bank's ATM: $2. Fee to check a bag when you fly: $35. Fee to the guy who built your house 50 y[...] read more »
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How car shoppers can protect themselves from buying a lemon

Posted by amabaie 669 days ago, popular 669 days ago (http://www.automonster.ca)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: automotive buying cars consumers lemon
Buying a car can always rev up some angst. But buyers today have to navigate a choppy sea of car recalls and mea culpas from automakers. Analysts say[...] read more »
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December is the best time to buy a new car

Posted by amabaie 68 days ago, popular 67 days ago (http://www.automonster.ca)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: buying cars consumers deals december
Buying a new car in December offers the biggest discounts for new car shoppers. The reason is simple, dealers want to get rid of their 2011 models be[...] read more »
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Joint Credit Card vs. Authorized User

Posted by financialhighway 564 days ago, popular 564 days ago (http://financialhighway.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers credit cards
What is the best option to share a credit card with someone? Joint vs Authorized User read more »
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Stock Futures Higher After Retail Sales Report

Posted by healthylivinggal 791 days ago, popular 790 days ago (http://kiplinger.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business consumers market sales stocks
Stock futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street Friday after a report on retail sales showed consumers are picking up their spending. read more »
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Big Macs and Fries: What You Pay Per Calorie at SmartMoney.com

Posted by amabaie 1003 days ago, popular 1002 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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Gen Y Developing a Preference for Used, Secondhand Stuff?

Posted by Matt-SF 761 days ago, popular 761 days ago (http://steadfastfinances.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: consumers craiglist retail
It would appear that Gen Y is not the flighty consumers main stream media portrays them to be. In fact, they're quite astute when it comes to findin[...] read more »
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