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Month: February 2018

Gotchas / Consumer

Dow plummets 1,500 — that sure got your attention. Now, what to do?

February 5, 2018 Bob Sullivan 0

Unless you are living under a rock, you now know that the stock market is in the middle of that time-honored tradition called a “correction” — as in, months and months of tidy gains in your retirement account have been lost in just a day or two.  At one point [Keep reading]

Cybercrime / Privacy

Hackers hit the jackpot in US, can now drain ATMs of all their cash

February 5, 2018 Bob Sullivan 0

When ATMs were first invented, the obvious nightmare scenario involved someone figuring out how to walk around draining machines of all cash. Well, that nightmare has just arrived in the U.S. Hackers have figured out how to trick machines into spitting out all their $20 bills, hit-the-jackpot style, minuses the [Keep reading]

30 Days of Gotchas

Quick: What was your cell phone bill in 2008? A lot less, but you got less — 30 Days of Gotchas

February 1, 2018 Bob Sullivan 2

  (NOTE: This is a free excerpt from my new book: Gotcha Capitalism, 10 years later.  A lot has happened in the world of cell phones since 2008.  It’s fun to look back….)   Remember when you tried really hard not to use your mobile phone until nights and weekends? [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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