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Police: Woman used sister's identity to get credit card, make purchases (The Shelby Star) Police say a Shelby woman ordered a credit card in her sister's name and used it to charge more than $1,600 in purchases from stores in Cherryville and Gastonia. us.rd.yahoo.com
Man accused of using stolen credit cards (The News Journal) A 42-year-old Middletown man was arrested after police said they linked him to several purchases made with stolen credit cards. us.rd.yahoo.com
Dollars & Sense: Credit Card Debt (WESH 2 Orlando) Does it seem like your debt will never go away, even though you make payments every month? There are ways to pay off your credit cards -- quickly and painlessly. us.rd.yahoo.com
Computer glitch puts Visa cardholder over and over her limit (Toronto Star) Annette Foux had no idea of what could happen when she gave her credit card number to CostJet.com, an automated online travel booking service. A computer glitch at the website caused her card to be billed again and again for a pair of return flights from Toronto to Los Angeles. us.rd.yahoo.com
Think hard, ask yourself if bankruptcy is answer (Courier-Post) If mounting credit card bills are threatening to pull you under, you may be considering bankruptcy as a way to hit the restart button. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Debt Diet: Ways to Trim Unsightly Bills (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance) Carrying a few thousand dollars in credit-card debt in this crisis is unsafe for your financial health. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Battering Grows Harsher (New York Times) Reports that Timothy F. Geithner would lead the Treasury Department were seen as a sign of continuity to a new administration. us.rd.yahoo.com
The cost of losing yourself (Stuff) The lapses came at a rate of one a week - hundreds of credit card receipts from a Bondi Junction chemist are strewn across Mascot Oval; names and dates of birth for 3500 customers of a Sydney restaurant are inadvertently attached to a mass email; detailed financial records for Aussie Home Loans customers are dumped in an unsecured bin; and, most worrying, a Tax Office CD of documents about 3122 ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Chris Payne: Economic policy should not be based on rising house prices and consumer credit (Guardian Unlimited) Chris Payne: Economic policy based on rising house prices and the availability of consumer credit is doomed to failure us.rd.yahoo.com
Paulson Credit-Card Bailout Draws Growing Criticism (Time Magazine) Why consumers don't need boost from the TARP fund us.rd.yahoo.com
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