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GOP Blocks Freeze On Credit Card Interest Rate Hikes

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

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Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic effort Wednesday to immediately freeze increases in credit card interest rates, fees and finance charges. Sh...

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Credit Card Fees: 10 Ways Credit Card Companies Are Still Ripping You Off

businessinsider.com | Lawrence Delevingne | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit CARD Act, Bank of America, Credit Cards, 10 Ways Credit Cards Are Screwing You Over, Center for Responsible Lending, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Credit card companies are already finding new ways to get rich at your expense, all while racing to increase penalties and other charges before Februa...

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Citi Closing Mastercards Without Warning

msn.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Citi, Phillips Conoco, Exxon Mobile, Credit CARD Act, Exxonmobil, L Mastercard, Gas Cards, Citbank, Master Card, Credit Cards, Shell, Citgo, Shell Oil, Banks, Business News

AP - NEW YORK - Shannon Burdette tried to pay with her Shell Mastercard after filling up her gas tank this weekend but found the card rejected. Confu...

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A Tale of Two Contracts

Rachel Natelson | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York City Department of Education, College Student Credit Cards, Predatory Lending, Military, Credit CARD Act, No Child Left Behind, Military Enlistment, Military Recruiting, Credit Cards, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Politics News
Rachel Natelson

While "tangible inducements" to minors may now be a forbidden tactic in credit card marketing, military recruiters continue to ply students with key chains, hats, and t-shirts in pursuit of their goals.

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Credit Card Reform Act: Washington At Its Worst

James Boyce | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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James Boyce

Consumer groups who are touting this bill as a success, bloggers who are smiling and happy about it and consumers who think somehow their representatives did something for them are missing two really important facts about the credit card issue.

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A Forerunner of Credit Card Debt Helped Spawn the Revolutionary War

Russ Wellen | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Debt, Credit Cards, Credit Card Debt, Credit CARD Act, Usury, Business News
Russ Wellen

Even George Washington had reasons other than unadulterated fealty to Lady Liberty for rejecting foreign rule. In fact, what galvanized him was the 18th century version of credit card debt.

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