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Month: March 2014

Money and Life

N.J. teen sues her parents to force them to pay for college

March 4, 2014 Bob Sullivan 0

Here comes an 18-year-old suing her parents to compel them to pay for her college education and other living expenses.  The details are in this story from the Daily Record in New Jersey.   The teen is living with another family, which is paying her legal expenses ($13,000 so far). [Keep reading]

Identity Theft

Bank: Don’t use credit, debit cards in Chicago taxis

March 3, 2014 Bob Sullivan 2

This is sure to raise alarm with consumers.  First American Bank in Illinois issued a warning to consumers on Friday, telling them to stop swiping their credit cards in Chicago taxis. The banks says in a notice on its Website that a system which processes back-seat plastic card transaction for [Keep reading]

Gotchas / Consumer

Where did all the credit card Gotchas go? Hard to find those hidden fees now

March 3, 2014 Bob Sullivan 0

Over-limit fees. Retroactive interest rate hikes. Floating due dates and missing bills. Not long ago, millions of credit card users found themselves in a constant arm-wrestling match with credit card issuers, fighting off surprise fees and booby-trapped agreements. But times have changed. Complaints about late fees now make up only [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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