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Month: December 2015

Credit cards

Plastic surgery in Italy? $2,000 in sex toys? What’s the weirdest fraud you’ve found on your credit card?

December 4, 2015 Bob Sullivan 1

Ryan Will was shopping at a Loews near his Washington State home recently and got one of those calls from his credit card issuer, USAA.  The operator was trying to verify if a pending credit card change was legitimate. In this case, it was $800 at a plastic surgeon’s office somewhere in [Keep reading]

The Restless Project

Sane places to live in America? My all-in-one map says ‘Go (Mid)West, young people’ — the 2015 version

December 2, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

American families are stressed and squeezed by economic math that works against them. For example, as I wrote recently, homes in zip codes with at least one above-average school cost twice as much as homes in zips without a good school.  I’ll repeat this message because it’s so important: the [Keep reading]

Dog tales: Lucky and Rusty

A second chance at love: old dogs have much to teach us, new book reveals

December 2, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

The idea of a “Second Act” has captured America’s imagination for several reasons.  People are living longer, and careers are getting shorter, leading many to search for new meaning as life changes. But if you really want to learn something about second acts, check out Laura Coffey’s new book, My [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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