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Catherine New

This Guy Stole A Man's Life Savings

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 07.18.2012 | Home
Read More: Savers, Commodity Prices, Personal Savings, Life Savings, MF Global, Behavioral Finance, Commodity Trading, Pfgbest, Personal Finance, Futures, Investors, Financial Advice, Home News

On a Tuesday morning earlier this month, Farhan Khan sat down for his milk and toast at his home in the Dallas suburbs. The 32-year-old engineer opene...

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Catherine New

Prepaid Cards Offer Highest Savings Rates With A Catch

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 06.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Interest Rates, Checking Account, Saving, Rewards Checking, Savings Account, Savers, Mango Prepaid Card, Prepaid Cards, Fees, High-Yield Checking, Saving Money, Facebook Stock, Savings, Home News

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...

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Rather Than Aiding Economy, Low Interest Rates Hurt Savers

AP | By PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 10.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Interest Rates, Retirees, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Bond Purchases, Savers, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, Federal Reserve, Economic Recovery, Economic Growth, Savings, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Super-low interest rates haven't done what they usually do after a recession. They haven't ignited economic growth or revived the home m...

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We Need a Rehab Program for Spenders

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Payday Lending, Wall Street Bailout, Savers, Trickle-Down Economics, Addiction, Payday Loans, Don McNay, Credit Crisis, Consumer Spending, Amy Winehouse, Rich People, Citicorp, Spending, Kentucky, Poor, Credit Card, Subprime Loans, Shopping Spree, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

The nation's economic system has also gotten addicted to shopping.To turn the economy around, Americans need to find a spender's version of rehab.

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Fed Cut Is Bad News For Savers

USA Today | Barbara Hagenbaugh | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Adjustable-Rate Mortgages, Savers, Interest Rate Cut, Raised Fees, Write-Downs, Fed Cut, Federal Reserve, Home-Equity Loans, Credit Card Rates, Lenders, Business News

The Fed's cut is good news for borrowers but bad for savers. Lenders cut the prime rate, the benchmark for many home-equity loans. Credit card rates ...

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