Credit card fees, which a lot of consumer groups, have called out as unfair and abusive are in the news again. Today, the Federal Reserve Board proposed changes, which some believe have been a long time coming.
From the Federal Reserve’s press release:
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday proposed rules to prohibit unfair practices regarding credit […]

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In his debut special, Drew Hastings stands out to make his mark… in Ohio.
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In the debut special from Drew Hastings, very little is held sacred. Early in the show he indicates the glasses he’s wearing ‘These, of course, are my Al Sharpton frames; big, black, you can see right through them.” From there Hastings weaves […]

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Hi there!
Ok… Yes, I saw Iron Man on Friday. Yes, I loved the movie. Yes, I loved Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Yes, I loved Gwenneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts. And yes, this was the kind of comic book movie you only dream about. And Mr. Favreau, you’ve got my attention as a […]

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Southern Yemeni activist Hassan Baoum is seriously ill and has been transferred to a police hospital, his family reports. Baoum is on a hunger strike in protest of his “illegal arrest” on April 1, 2008. He has had a diabetic reaction, and his blood pressure is very high. Baoum has been held incommunicato since his […]

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ACCLAIMED ‘Scrubs’ star Zach Braff never seems to stop; when his not filming one of the now 8 seasons of his hit TV sitcom Scrubs, the 33-year-old is not only starring in but also writing and directing beautifully crafted and inspiring films [you might remember 2004’s Garden State opposite Natalie Portman or more recently […]

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Nikki talks to Paul about the difference in Victor and David. She says how good David is to her. Paul says that none of that is any good if he is lying to her. She says she can almost accept it if he is gambling again but it is the fact that he is hiding […]

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Katie says good morning to Brad and wants to know where Liberty is. He says she is in the bathroom getting ready for her first day at school. They start kissing and Katie stops him saying Liberty might walk in. Brad says so what. They start kissing again when Liberty comes out the bathroom and […]

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Sami and EJ are ready for the Immigration Hearing when Sami is surprised with Nicole walking in apologizing for being late. Sami asks what the hell she is doing there. They call John in first for questioning. He tells EJ and Sami not to worry, he has their backs covered. Sami and Nicole argue over […]

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“Robert Downey Jr. is the true man of steel.
I am not a comic book follower so when I saw the initial preview for Iron Man I didn’t even know he was a comic book super hero. I thought he was going to be some space age mutant of a nuclear holocaust. My only prior knowledge […]

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“What did Barack Obama hear and when did he hear it?” is not just a Beltway parlor game. Americans have legitimate questions about the influence Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s Afrocentric, liberation theology has had on Obama. Does Obama believe that Jesus was a black man? That the brains of black and white children are “different?” That […]

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Crimeware salesmen, like most e-commerce types, take a dim view when their creations are knocked-off (pirated). To protect themselves, they warn their customers (Internet criminal types) that if their products are counterfeited, they can and will be reported to the anti-virus companies.
Specifically, the verbiage used as reported on the Symantec blog is, “the binary code […]

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 April 15 was the official release date of Frank Sinatra’s Sinatra At The Movies CD, but there is no fear of missing out on getting a copy. This collection, which is a treasure for Sinatra fans, will be around for a long time. Or at least it should be. If for no other reason than to […]

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Through the period running from the end to WW2 until the Reagan election, Americans shared in the nation’s prosperity, the civil rights movement was launched, and we saw the beginnings of protections of others — women, the disabled, gays, and others faced with discrimination both personal and economic. The change which was not noticed by […]

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If there was any doubt that Commercialization dominates IPL more than Cricket, all doubts have been removed by the inaction of IPL authorities to take action against Ganguly for  vilation of cricketing norms.
In his match against Jaipur on 1st May, Ganguly had committed two acts of indiciplne, first by being late for the start of […]

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If you ask most Germans, and I wouldn’t if I were you, they will tell you that they want to have the Berlin Wall back. They also want the Sandmann, the World Cup, cheaper beer and gasoline, snow in the winter and Sabine Christiansen back, too (ich will, Anne Will, we all will). They will […]

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The expression on the face of Saurav Ganguly when he challenged the catch taken by Gream Smith of his batting in the match on 1st May as revealed by the Television was highly interesting. It appeared as if it was Ponting marching towards the umpire as he is always known to do in similar circumstances […]

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