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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


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...

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

Patrice Peyret | Posted 12.29.2009 | Living


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.

Gold Purchased At 1980 Peak Outperformed By Checking Accounts

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


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...

Dodd's Bill Protects Customers From Abusive Overdraft Fees

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business


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.

An Open Letter to Magic Johnson

Don McNay | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business


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?

Sam Stein

Coleman Spokesman Humiliated During Press Conference

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


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...

Sam Stein

What Does Norm Coleman Actually Pay For Himself?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics


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...

The Evil of Banks

Jon Raymond | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


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.