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For nearly two years, news reports have chronicled New York City cab drivers' love-hate relationship with credit cards -- with an emphasis on the hate. In an abrupt shift, NYC cabbies are now confessing a change of heart toward plastic payments.
Although I knew cats have established a home on the Internet, I was shamefully unaware of the feline finance category -- until today
The Pew Charitable Trusts published a pretty damning report Wednesday about how credit card issuers continue to be "unfair or deceptive" with their products -- despite legislation set to curtail these practices in 2010.
Whether you bought a bucket of cake or a honeymoon trip to Puerto Rico, credit card companies are watching what you spend. The practice has even made its way into prime time TV comedy.
Song about today's debt woes brings back memories ... and concerns.
While keeping your finances in order can be tough and having bad days can send you through the roof, learn why today is the day to remain calm as you read some of the best blog posts from the personal finance blogosphere.
For a moment, let's put aside her barefoot romp through a public gas station bathroom, lackluster parenting skills and forgefulness with foundational garments and give Britney Spears -- or her father, who is currently managing her spending -- a pat on the back for superb budgeting.
In celebrations of canines everywhere, My Life ROI selected National Dog Week as the theme of the 224th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance, and has included my blog post, "Did credit cards fund -- or foil -- latest terror plot?"
You've almost certainly read news reports on the alleged terrorist plot that took shape around the anniversary of Sept. 11, including details suggesting a link between the attack's funding and credit cards. But it also appears that aside from being aided by credit cards, the alleged terrorists may have also been undone by plastic.
Although you may have been hoping for an edition of Criminal Charges that focused on your run-of-the mill identity theft, this week's collection of card crime news items is anything but bland.
A year ago this month, the financial industry nearly collapsed. While financial Armageddon appears to have been averted, frugality is the rule, and the 223rd edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is here to help.
This Monday, Sept. 21 Taking Charge will host 223rd edition of the granddaddy of all personal finance blog carnivals, the named Carnival of Personal Finance. Do you blog on money topics? We'd love to see you bring us your A-material!
In this week's edition of Criminal Charges, the focus is on the females. We've got a collection of credit card crimes and identity thefts dominated by law-breaking ladies, including a debt collection worker who stole consumers' information, a legal secretary who used the firm's plastic to fund a trip for her male exotic dancer side business and a female prison inmate who got ripped off -- while behind bars.
Hit the four-day work week running with some great personal finance articles -- including my post about telemarketers -- by heading over to the 221st edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.
This week's list of credit card crimes has gems involving corrupt government officials, a cab ride that turned really ugly and doll-loving card thieves.
This week's edition of Criminal Charges includes stories of colon cleansing and card skimming, pizza deliverymen and pimpin' videos.
We have, through our psychographic tag cloud software, delved into the mind of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke to get his real reaction to his renomination.
Credit card thieves apparently have little shame. In this week's collection of card fraud items, scammers show their willingness to steal from nearly anyone -- including abused children, deceased parents and Medicare -- if it gets them a (sometimes brief) taste of the good life.
Credit card fraud and identity theft is hardly an American phenomenon. Our latest roundup makes that abundantly clear, showcasing stories that involve (either directly or indirectly) the U.K., Turkey, Dubai, Libya and Australia, as well as various places throughout the United States.
Another week brings with it another assortment of credit card crime stories. This week, Criminal Charges includes tales of dumpster diving police, pizza-loving crooks and bigamy.
Things suddenly seem a little more European around here. Almost Frugal has included my blog post, "Iceland trip preparation provides education on travel, money," in the French Money Quotes edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.
Although it's summertime, it seems that card thieves don't take any time off. This week brings with it another healthy collection of credit card fraud and crime stories.
Read about the inspiring financial success story of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in addition to a recap of the week's best credit-related blog posts from the Web.
When you consider this week's crime stories involving adult entertainment stores, cross dressing and automatic litter boxes, it becomes clear that some credit card scammers are pretty weird.
Franklin Pierce may be considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, but I'll take what I can get.
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