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Mr. Bill Returns (In One Piece) To Pitch A Debit Card

New York Times | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business


MasterCard executives have found a new poster boy for the angst-ridden economy: Mr. Bill. The small clay figure that appeared in "Saturday Night Live...

Security Breach Exposes 4.2M Credit, Debit Cards

AP | David Sharp | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business


A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed more than 4 million card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. gro...

How The Press Failed Readers On The Changing Credit Card Industry

Columbia Journalism Review | Dean Starkman | Posted 03.13.2008 | Media


One of the paradoxes of the business press is that while everyone should read it, since we all live in the economy, not everyone does. In fact, most p...

Visa's IPO: The Next Big Thing

Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business


On Monday, Visa announced that it was looking to raise $19 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), which would make it the largest in U.S. his...

Visa IPO Could Be Largest in US History

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Stocks are shaky, credit is tight, the economy may be tipping into a recession. Not the best of times to be going to the markets for ...