July 31, 2005
Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a leading international card brand based in Asia, is pleased to announce that the JCB brand card will be accepted at Travelex branches in Japan for the purchase of foreign currency.
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Tokyo, Japan, Aug 1, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - JCB, a leading international card brand based in Asia, is pleased to announce that the JCB brand card will be accepted at Travelex branches in Japan for the purchase of foreign currency.
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Published Jul 08, 2005 - 15:10:10 CDT. Two of this month's novels, Don Winslow's "The Power of the Dog" and James Crumley's "The Right Madness," are violent and profane masterpieces.
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Complete FLORIDA TODAY coverage delivered to your door. Subscribe now. Four years ago, Kenneth Chenault faced high hurdles as the chief executive officer of American Express Co. A recession hurt the company's travel and credit card businesses.
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Q. I'm deeply in debt and falling behind on my payments. I need to find some relief and my problem is that I don't understand all the options available to me. Could you outline the available choices so I can start to take action?
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After consolidation, the companies are ready to reap windfall revenues. And with new services arriving, they'll be sitting even prettier
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AP - For financial planner Peg Eddy, work is sometimes child's play — literally.
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Standard & Poor s Ratings Services, one of the world s leading provider of fund and credit rating information, said the Philippines impaired fiscal flexibility because of its narrow tax base continues to limit its creditworthiness and doubts of the government s ability to reduce its high level of debt remains.
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Finance secretary Margarito Teves said the country needs to improve its access to international financial markets and does not need debt relief. He shrugged off proposals for the country to seek debt relief.
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Credit cards are getting harder to handle. Minimum payments are rising, as I've reported before. And some penalizing tactics are becoming so widely used that cardholders may feel like they're in a game of gotcha with their card issuer.
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July 30, 2005
Bank losses from credit-card fraud dropped to $788 million last year from $882 million in 2003.
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Bank losses from credit-card fraud dropped to $788 million last year from $882 million in 2003.
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Bank losses from credit-card fraud dropped to $788 million last year from $882 million in 2003.
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Charge it. Get something back. It's the new mantra among the nation's largest credit card companies. Gone are the days when a pen or photo frame arrived in the mail as a thank-you for being a loyal customer. Reward programs are becoming more popular and better than ever, as card issuers offer gift certificates at your favorite store, discounts on airfares and cars, and even hard cash to nab your
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Charge it. Get something back. It's the new mantra among the nation's largest credit card companies. Gone are the days when a pen or photo frame arrived in the mail as a thank-you for being a loyal customer. Reward programs are becoming more popular and better than ever, as card issuers offer gift certificates at your favorite store, discounts on airfares and cars, and even hard cash to nab your
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Charge it. Get something back. It's the new mantra among the nation's largest credit card companies. Gone are the days when a pen or photo frame arrived in the mail as a thank-you for being a loyal customer. Reward programs are becoming more popular and better than ever, as card issuers offer gift certificates at your favorite store, discounts on airfares and cars, and even hard cash to nab your
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Authorities in Osceola County, Fla., issued a warning Friday about a couple apparently using distraction to steal Central Florida shopper's credit cards.
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Do the math when retailers offer special deals for their store credit cards. Behind the bonus dollars and discounts are often outsized fees and feeble rewards.
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VINELAND - Two Vineland residents reported credit-card-number thefts this week, according to police. Charles Schaser, owner of J&C Auto Sales, reported a total of $3,492 charged to his Minotola Bank Visa card from convenience stores in Korea and Quebec last month.
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July 29, 2005
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The checks are being raised. As Americans discover -- or rediscover -- the joys of holding a hot hand, the business of poker is flush with cash.
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As Americans discover -- or rediscover -- the joys of holding a hot hand, the business of poker is flush with cash. From the casinos of Nevada and New Jersey to a basement down the block to a Costa Rican computer room, players are flocking to the centuries-old game in unprecedented numbers.
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Reuters - New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer subpoenaed Moody's Corp. , which runs one of the
largest credit rating agencies, for documents on how it rates
reinsurers and mortgage securities, broadening his probe of
Wall Street practices.
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AP - The prospects of enacting a rigorous new regulatory regime for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has improved, with the Bush administration strongly endorsing a bill that Republicans jammed through the Senate Banking Committee.
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The Motley Fool - With interest rates nearly scraping the bottom of the barrel, it's a great time to buy a new home or refinance your mortgage (and save big bucks on interest payments). Every loan comes with "points" -- also known as "loan origination fees," "maximum loan charges," "loan discount," or "discount points" -- which simply represent the interest you pay up front on the loan. But how should you deal with that interest come tax time?
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Millions of consumers who carry a balance or who don't pay their bills on time are now being hit with higher rates on their credit cards. The largest increases affect those with cards that have variable, or floating, rates that inch up with short-term interest rates.
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July 28, 2005
Company, not agency, cancelled home policy
St. Petersburg Times, FL - Jul 28, 2005
... On April 23, 2002, I made several mail-order purchases with my Discover Card. One such purchase was for $103.58 from a store in Boston. ...
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AP - Mortgage rates rose for a fourth consecutive week as financial markets responded to fresh evidence that the economy is picking up momentum.
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AP - Pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb said Thursday second-quarter net income soared 91 percent because of a lower tax rate. Sales grew by 1.5 percent, and earnings excluding certain items beat Wall Street estimates by a wide margin.
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Reuters - Loews Corp., a conglomerate whose
holdings include financial, tobacco, energy and hotel
companies, on Thursday said second-quarter profit rose 6
percent, helped by increased revenue and a federal income tax
settlement at CNA Financial Corp., its largest unit.
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July 27, 2005
American Express Sued Over Advertising Tagline
New York Times, United States - Jul 27, 2005
By ERIC DASH. A California small businessman contends in a lawsuit that American Express stole his idea for the tagline of the company's "My life. ...
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