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Tom Wheeler Should Not Be the Next FCC Chairman: Do You Like Your Wireless Bills?

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business
Bruce Kushnick

Thomas Wheeler is the heir apparent to the departing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. From 1992 through 2004, Tom Wheeler was president and CEO of the Cellular Telecom and Internet Association. If Wheeler is nominated he would have to take on his previous clients.

Why 'No Late Fees' Isn't an Excuse to Pay Late

Credit.com | Posted 04.06.2013 | Business
Credit.com

By Jason Steele When Discover introduced their latest product, the Discover it card, the company highlighted the fact that there was no late fee for ...

Airlines Add DOZENS Of New Fees

Posted 02.01.2013 | Travel

Airlines have added more than 50 new fees over the past year, new data from the website TravelNerd show. The finance-oriented site found dozens of ...

Fee 'Bundling' Creates New Headaches For Fliers

online.wsj.com | Posted 01.31.2013 | Travel

With your airline ticket, would you like to add "Ascend" or "Lift?" Perhaps you prefer "Choice Seats" or "Choice Plus?" Or maybe you're a "Main Cabin ...

Massachusetts University Charges Students A Pedestrian Fee

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.23.2013 | College

If you want to walk on the campus of Worcester State University in Massachusetts, it's going to cost you. Whether students at WSU drive or walk to ...

Catherine New

Post-Sandy Borrowers Face Uncertain Credit Help Due To Bank's Murky Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 11.14.2012 | Home

Karen Sposato is one of the lucky homeowners in Breezy Point, N.Y., a community ravaged by Hurricane Sandy and the devastating fires that followed -- ...

Cable's Social Contract on America and Other Cable Scandals: But Who's Counting?

Bruce Kushnick | Posted 12.29.2012 | Business
Bruce Kushnick

Shouldn't we get to choose who offers us Internet or broadband or cable programming services over the wires we've helped to upgrade? And if there's no serious competition, shouldn't the cable companies' prices for cable services be regulated again?

Airline's Attempt To Raise Fares Fails

AP | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home

DALLAS -- The latest attempt by airlines to raise fares has collapsed. United Airlines said Thursday that it rolled back an increase of $4 to $10 per...

How To Avoid Getting Ripped Off At The ATM

NPR | Jess Jiang | Posted 10.10.2012 | Home

I was at the ATM last week, when I saw a technician checking on the machines. He told me he checks all the machines from 6pm to 9pm everyday, looking ...

Why Read The Fine Print When Booking Hotels?

AP | SCOTT MAYEROWITZ | Posted 08.31.2012 | Travel

NEW YORK -- The next time you book a hotel room, read the fine print first. New fees and novel freebies continue to pop up on hotel bills. Knowing wh...

10 Things You Should Never Pay For

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 08.23.2012 | Home

Is the era of free stuff coming to an end? Many signs would point to yes. Banks continue to slap on fees for what most considered entitled service...

5 Facts You Should Know About Credit Card Fees

The Street | Posted 10.13.2012 | Home

Federal Reserve rules limit the penalty fees that credit cards charge. The rules, which stem from the Credit CARD Act signed into law in May 2009, wer...

Catherine New

Prepaid Cards Have A Short, Expensive Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 08.09.2012 | Home

Short-lived and high-priced. Such is the life cycle of a prepaid card. Consumers only use a card for six months on average before moving on to anot...

AT&T's Rumored FaceTime Fees Are Unfair -- and Unsurprising

Will Shanklin | Posted 07.19.2012 | Technology
Will Shanklin

The upcoming update to Apple's mobile operating system will allow you to use FaceTime over 3G (and likely LTE). Problem solved, right? Wrong.

It Is a User Fee

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 09.10.2012 | Politics
Amitai Etzioni

It is not a bird, plane, penalty or tax, but a user fee -- to be collected from those who seek to rely on the health care system but would rather avoid paying for it, the "free riders."

33 Ways To Avoid Annoying Fees

Kiplinger | Posted 06.18.2012 | Home

In our monthly survey of Kiplinger's readers, we asked which fees were the most bothersome. You told us that travel fees bug you the most, followed by...

Sprint To Charge $15 To Change Your Phone Number

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 06.11.2012 | Technology

Hey, Sprint customers: Want to change your phone number? Hope you've got some spare change. Sprint has announced that it will now charge its custo...

Catherine New

Prepaid Cards Offer Highest Savings Rates With A Catch

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 06.06.2012 | Home

The best savings accounts might not be where you think -- not at a bank or credit union but at institutions known for charging fees rather than making...

Airlines Consider Charging Fee For Over-Sized Carry-Ons

www.nytimes.com | Posted 06.05.2012 | Travel

HERE’S something that the big airlines really wish we wouldn’t discuss right now, with planes flying full, fares rising, fuel prices stabilizing a...

Sketchy Partnerships Make College Aid More Expensive For Students

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.30.2012 | Home

WASHINGTON -- It took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his co...

Wall Street No Longer Taking Up The Most Space In Manahattan

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.04.2012 | Business

When it comes to New York office space, Wall Street's no longer king. For the first time ever, financial services firms aren't renting the most of...

Catherine New

Suze Orman Defends Prepaid Card: 'Just Another Financial Tool'

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.10.2012 | Business

If personal finance megastar Suze Orman built the perfect way to use money, what would it look like? On Monday consumers found out. Her new Approved c...

Catherine New

Banks May Get Creative With Fees In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.29.2011 | Business

Squeezed by regulations under the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, banks are looking to find new ways to wring fees from customers. In 2012, expect to...

Son Misses Father's Burial Over Flight Change Fees

Posted 12.22.2011 | Travel

Fred Zajonczloski missed his father's funeral because of flight change fees he couldn't afford, reports WHEC in Rochester, NY. Zajonczloski flew fr...

Janell Ross

How Banks Profit Off Welfare In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.18.2011 | Business

Rodney Robinson, a single father in Los Angeles, needs government help to pay his rent. But getting that help from the state of California involves sh...