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2009

November

Nov 06, 2009

• Shocked into supporting health reform?
• Fannie Mae to allow borrowers to lease back homes
• Vets eat free in holiday salute
• House votes for jobless benefits, home buyers’ credit

Nov 05, 2009

• House cracks down further on credit cards
• Latest defective product from China: Drywall
• Google allows some insight into data stored
• Programs help ‘unbanked’ avoid high fees
• Verizon jacks up early cancellation fees
• E-books’ holiday charge

Nov 04, 2009

• Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low
• Real estate company’s pitch leads to unexpected bill
• 3 ways to save money on health insurance
• Congress poised to keep homebuyers’ tax credit

Nov 03, 2009

• More walk away from homes, mortgages
• States are pondering fraud suits against banks
• Rental car taxes are getting jacked up
• A free credit score followed by a monthly bill

Nov 02, 2009

• Home equity loan market remains very tight
• Not a jolly season for people looking for work
• Lender CIT Group files for bankruptcy
• Congress prepares to curb bank overdraft fees

Nov 01, 2009

• Keep pet expenses on short leash
• Barney Frank: Opt in for overdraft
• Fraud watch for homeowners

October

Oct 31, 2009

• Home appraisal system could be dustbin bound
• Best credit cards for you

Oct 30, 2009

• Mortgage rates’ upward trend continues
• Group wants employers to help workers with housing costs
• Democrats unveil health care legislation
• People plan a thriftier, more homemade Halloween

Oct 29, 2009

• Congress wants to stop credit card hikes
• Senators agree to extend $8,000 housing tax credit
• Change passwords:Crooks want keys to e-mail
• Calling the debt collectors on abuse
• Credit-rating bill clears committee

Oct 28, 2009

• 13 ways to get gift cards for less
• Health insurer profits even when denying coverage
• Pay less to stay warm this winter
• Southwest, AirTran post airfare sales
• States mismanage student information, study concludes

Oct 27, 2009

• Dodd seeks freeze on credit card fees and rates
• Probe of government privacy office sought
• Millions of homes to get smart meters
• Target: mortgage modification scams
• Healthcare bill will include public option

Oct 26, 2009

• Insurers poised to reap benefits of healthcare overhaul
• Retailers tracking our web habits

Oct 25, 2009

• Loaded propositions
• Citibank shows why credit cardholders need protection
• Money talks to have before marriage
• Losing out after winning an online auction
• Scrutinizing 2010 insurance options

Oct 24, 2009

• Old credit disputes can scuttle loan
• Food industry halts ‘Smart Choices’ label

Oct 23, 2009

• House panel backs creation of Consumer Financial Protection Agency
• Home buyer tax credit fraud called ‘disturbing’
• FCC to draft net neutrality rules, steps toward web regulation
• 5 evil things credit card companies can (still) do

Oct 22, 2009

• Going to college almost requires degree in thrift
• U.S. to cut pay for bailed-out bosses
• Telecom firms face net-neutrality defeat

Oct 21, 2009

• Health insurer tries to avoid owning up to error
• Is it time to dump your ARM?
• FDA to clarify standards for the front of food labels
• White House skeptical on renewing home buyers credit
• For car buyers, the brand romance is gone

Oct 20, 2009

• Group seeks answers for retirement ‘crisis’
• Bill to limit automatic overdrafts, fees
• Latest fee for paying off credit card
• Home buyers, small firms to get a boost
• Healthcare public option gains support

Oct 19, 2009

• Healthcare bills lack protections against denials
• Still hazy on cloud computers’ security
• Group it for online bargains
• Big financial firms lose clout on Capitol Hill
• Health sites harness power of social networks

Oct 18, 2009

• Roth IRAs open to wealthier Americans in 2010
• How healthcare reform affects consumers
• Dow 10,000: Proceed with caution
• Making sense of high-deductible health plans
• Obama threatens insurers’ anti-trust exemption

Oct 17, 2009

• Beware fast credit fixes

Oct 16, 2009

• Steal your own identity
• Holiday airfare is soaring daily
• Lawmakers back $250 Social Security checks
• Easy steps can cut winter heating bills

Oct 15, 2009

• Foreclosures: ‘Worst three months of all time’
• Wal-Mart to offer prepaid cellphone service
• For social networks, it’s game on
• Banks need customer ok to pay overdrafts
• Perils of ignoring open enrollment
• Hidden costs of Medicare Advantage

Oct 14, 2009

• Turmoil in arbitration empire upends credit-card disputes
• How about a bailout for student debtors?
• Schwarzenegger vetoes update to California privacy law
• Still on the job, but making only half as much
• Bank of America to charge annual fees on some rewards credit cards

Oct 13, 2009

• Tax evaders face choice: Pay or pray
• Senate panel votes on health care reform

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