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Bank Of America Overdraft Fees Dropped: Bank Will End Fees By Summer 2010

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 03.10.2010 | Business

Read More: Checking Account, Debit Cards, Bank of America, Financial Reform, Banks, Overdraft Fees, Debit, Credit Card, Fees, Wall Street, Business News

NEW YORK — Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step t...

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How to Save $11 Billion on Checking Account Fees in 2010

Patrice Peyret | Posted 12.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Banking Crisis, Checking Account, Credit Cards, Bank Fees, Prepaid Cards, Living News
Patrice Peyret

If you're one of 51 million people in the U.S. between the ages of 18 and 29, you are unknowingly spending a collective $10 billion to $17 billion in checking account fees yearly.

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Gold Purchased At 1980 Peak Outperformed By Checking Accounts

bloomberg.com | Nicholas Larkin and Millie Munshi | Posted 12.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Investing, Gold Prices, Checking Account, Markets, Stock Market, Savings Accounts, Financial Crisis, Gold, Business News

Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Gold's best year in three decades has yet to match the returns of an interest-bearing checking account for anyone who bought the...

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Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Carolyn Maloney, Checking Account, Maximize Penalties, The Fairness and Accountability in Receiving (FAIR) Overdraft Coverage Act, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Chris Dodd, Overdraft Protection, Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009, Stamford, Connecticut, Senate Committee on Banking, Overdraft Fees, Housing, Ben Bernanke, Customer Protection, Mario Livieri, Business News
Mary Ann West

Ninety percent of bank overdraft fees happen to only ten percent of checking account holders, comprising those people who are also the most vulnerable.

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An Open Letter to Magic Johnson

Don McNay | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Checking Account, Michigan State Spartans, Magic Johnson, Irs, Earned Income Tax Credit, Loan Sharks, California Attorney General, Internal Revenue Service, Michigan State University, Eitc, 2009 Ncaa Tournament, Ncaa, Don McNay, Payday Loans, Basketball, Dream Team, Los Angeles, College Basketball, Mcdonalds, Working Poor, Los Angeles Lakers, Check-Cashing-Store, Jackson Hewitt, Tax Refunds, Banking, Refund-Anticipation-Loans, Louisville, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Nba, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

Who is the real Magic Johnson? The friendly guy who raises money for charities or the guy who encourages people to get high interest loans they don't need?

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Sam Stein

Coleman Spokesman Humiliated During Press Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Private Trips, Coleman Checking Account, Coleman Presser, Coleman Finances, Norm Coleman, Coleman Housing, Coleman Embarrasing, Coleman Clothing, Coleman Trips, Checking Account, Politics News

For the second day in a row, Norm Coleman's Senate campaign tripped all over itself when trying to explain reports that the Minnesota Republican had l...

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Sam Stein

What Does Norm Coleman Actually Pay For Himself?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Checking Account, Coleman Finances, Norm Coleman, Private Trips, Coleman Housing, Coleman Trips, Coleman Checking Account, Coleman Clothing, Politics News

What does Sen. Norm Coleman actually pay for? On Monday, an aide to the Minnesota Republican refused to officially deny that the Senator had his clot...

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The Evil of Banks

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Regulation, Banks, Foreclosure, Checking Account, Bailout, Money, Economy, U.S. Economy, Economic Crisis, Offthebus, Home News
Jon Raymond

Banks operate on the premise that everyone has money in their accounts, so a few little fee deductions here and there won't matter. They can't fathom the concept that some poor guy might be down to his last ten dollars before next week's paycheck and that ten dollars might be the difference between buying food to survive for another week, or not.

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