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Visa, MasterCard being sued over swipe fees
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24.5.2013 |
Chicago Tribune: Business |
| Visa, MasterCard being sued over swipe fees |
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Trial begins Friday in fatal stabbing of Oakdale nanny
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24.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Local |
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Target, other retailers sue credit card firms
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24.5.2013 |
Star Tribune: Business |
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Metro moves to modernize fare-collection system
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24.5.2013 |
Washington Post |
| Metro, fast approaching 40, is embarking on a lot of midlife projects.
The transit agency is spending $5 billion rebuilding the tracks and other vital infrastructure. Millions of dollars are being eyed to redesign the system’s ’70s-era look. And preliminary plans are in the works to build another tunnel under the Potomac River. ... |
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Economics Daily Digest: Fearing the future
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23.5.2013 |
Daily Kos |
| By Rachel Goldfarb, originally published on Next New Deal
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What’s in millennials’ wallets? Fewer credit cards ( LA Times )
Emily Alpert talks to Pipeline Fellow Nona Willis Aronowitz about why young households are carrying less and less credit card debt. According to Aronowitz, it’s all about fear of an uncertain future.
Roosevelt Take: Aronowitz discusses why she thinks Millennials should be called the Crash Generation.
Why Suburban Poverty Is Less Visible and More Insidious ( The Atlantic )
According to Emily Badger, suburban poverty is an incredibly isolating phenomenon. In areas where children play in back yards, not public playgrounds, and commuters drive instead of taking the subway, communal support for the poor all but disappears.
Elizabeth Warren Grills Treasury Secretary on Too Big to Fail ( MoJo )
Erika Eichelberger characterizes Jack Lew’s response to Sen. Warren’s questioning on breaking up the biggest ... |
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CFBP, Protect Us From State Lotteries
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23.5.2013 |
Red State |
| CFBP, Protect Us From State Lotteries |
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The do’s and don’ts of mortgages and refinancing
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23.5.2013 |
Salt Lake Tribune |
| by Paul Beebe The Salt Lake Tribune
Published May 23, 2013 08:59AM MDT
With Utah’s recovery from the recession outpacing the nation, would-be homebuyers returning to the housing market are stepping into the best interest rate environment in memory. Rates for 30-year fixed mortgages in Utah have stayed mostly below 3.5 percent since last summer, while 15-year rates have drifted downward to around 2.8 percent, according to Bankrate.com. Here is a refresher course to help buyers and owners avoid making the wrong decision about a mortgage or refinancing. There are goo... ... |
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Four Ways The Feds Are Making State Marijuana Legalization Even Tougher Than You Think
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23.5.2013 |
Think Progres |
| Four Ways The Feds Are Making State Marijuana Legalization Even Tougher Than You Think |
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Indian flight attendant jailed in Dubai
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23.5.2013 |
New Kerala: World News |
| Dubai, May 23 : A court here has sentenced a male Indian flight attendant of Emirates airline to six months in jail for stealing credit cards from two passengers and using them to buy mobile phones. |
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Target and other large retailers sue Visa and MasterCard for swipe fees
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23.5.2013 |
San Jose Mercury News: Business |
| A group of U.S. retailers including Macy's and Target sued Visa and MasterCard on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions. |
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Seven Steps To A Better Credit Score
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23.5.2013 |
Yahoo! News Search Results for credit report |
| Whether it's by accumulating credit card debt, missing a few debt payments, doing a short sale, or even filing for bankruptcy protection, you may be one of the many people whose credit has been hurt during the weak economy over the past few years. We all know that can make it harder to get a loan. But did you know that if you lost your job (another common casualty in this economy), your damaged ... |
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Former NH worker accused of stealing $600,000
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23.5.2013 |
Boston Globe: New Hampshire |
| Former NH worker accused of stealing $600,000 |
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Square Starts Mobile Payments In Japan, Its First Country Outside Of North America, In Partnership With Visa's Ally
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23.5.2013 |
TechCrunch |
 Mobile payment platform Square has announced that it is now publicly available in Japan, its first country outside of North America. The iPhone is very popular in Japan, making it a potentially strong crossover market for Square, which first launched on iOS before also becoming available on Android. |
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This Week In Credit Card News: Consequences Of Bad Credit, Hazards Of Prepaid Cards
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23.5.2013 |
Yahoo! News Search Results for credit cards |
| A weekly summary of the top credit card stories that appeared in major publications across the country. |
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Help Us Build Investigative ‘War Chest’
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23.5.2013 |
ConsortiumNews.com |
| Help Us Build Investigative ‘War Chest’ |
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GiftCards.com Agrees To Buy Giftly To Grow A Mobile Platform
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23.5.2013 |
TechCrunch |
| GiftCards.com Agrees To Buy Giftly To Grow A Mobile Platform |
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Target profits fall 29% in first quarter
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22.5.2013 |
Minnesota Public Radio: Business |
Target's first-quarter profits fell 29 percent, as cool spring weather and worries about the economy curbed shoppers' spending. |
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These 5 Start-ups Will Change the Way You Pay for Everything
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22.5.2013 |
Inc |
| Cash registers and IOUs are going the way of the dodo, taking with them that old ka-ching sound. From Square Cash to Google Wallet, here's how tech is changing cash payments.
Digital wallets have long been in the news, but the hottest trend is peer-to-peer payments and apps that help small business owners ditch their cash register. Visionary start-ups like Square will introduce new payment services this year, while Google plans to get in on the trend by bringing its Wallet to Gmail users. "Our mission is to make commerce easy around the world," Square founder Jack Dorsey told Inc. magazine. These five cash disruptors are doing just that.
Square continues its quest for world domination with Square Cash , a peer-to-peer service that lets friends e-mail money. "We get to design what we want to see in the world rather than doing what other people think should be done," Dorsey told Inc. magazine. His guiding philosophy has paid off: The technology is so intuitive more than three million merchants ... |
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Student Loan Problems: One Third Of Millennials Regret Going To College
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22.5.2013 |
Forbes.com: Business News |
| Here's an indication of how burdensome student loans have become : About one-third of millennials say they would have been better off working, instead of going to college and paying tuition. |
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Target's 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak sales
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22.5.2013 |
Twincities.com: Business |
| NEW YORK—Target Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profit as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' |
