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  Federal Reserve Announces Final Rules to Protect Credit Card Users from Certain Practices The Federal Reserve Board approved a final rule to protect credit card users from unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees and to require credit card issuers to reconsider interest rate increases imposed since the beginning of last year. The new rules require that late payment and other penalty fees be assessed in a way that is fairer and generally less costly for consumers. The provisions of the Act addressed in this rule will generally go into effect on August 22, 2010. Read more...

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  Latest Airline Fee? Early Boarding Do you like to be one of the first people to board a plane, avoiding crowded aisles and getting your pick of overhead bin space? There's a fee for that. Read more...

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  Tips for Putting that Graduation Money to Good Use For most teens, the surge of cash they receive to commemorate their graduation achievement will be the largest amount of money they’ve ever had to manage. But that diploma doesn’t necessarily mean they have the answers to pass this financial test. Read more...

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  Hurricane and Windstorm Deductibles During the Atlantic hurricane season, which lasts from June to November, every coastal state from Florida to Maine could potentially be hit by a storm. Increasing development along the coastal areas of these states has put more and more homes at risk of severe windstorm damage. To limit their exposure to catastrophic losses from natural disasters, many insurers in these states are selling homeowners insurance policies with percentage deductibles for storm damage instead of the traditional dollar deductibles, which are used for other types of losses such as fire damage and theft. Read more...

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  Money in the Bank: Help Your Child Manage Finances Responsibly The 3.3 million students projected to graduate from high school this year might feel they are ready to attend college or enter the work force. But those students’ diplomas don’t guarantee that they are prepared financially for their new ventures. Summer is the perfect time for parents to talk to their children about handling personal finances before they start their own lives. But the clock is ticking. Here are some tips for covering banking basics with your child before he or she leaves the nest. Read more...

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  10 Behaviors That Hurt Your Credit Score Do you know the top 10 financial behaviors that can hurt your credit score? It turns out that most people don’t, especially parents. According to a new survey by ING Direct, only five parents out of 1,042 could correctly identify the following behaviors as damaging to credit scores. Read more...

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  Tips for Watching Your Credit Report As we recover from a mass of faulty loans, and the credit market continues to tighten, it’s more important than ever to keep an eye on your credit report. If you don’t, and anyone accesses your credit--for a home, car, a job, or even your insurance--you may face an unpleasant surprise and be denied or pay unnecessarily steep interest rates. By that time, it’s too late. It takes months to correct errors or improve poor credit. The time to take action is well before you expect to need to draw upon your credit. How can you stay ahead of the game and protect yourself? Read more...

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  Five Money Lessons for New College Graduates Many college graduates do not have a clue about how to manage their money. Instead, it's more likely they will use credit cards like cash, take on an auto loan they can't afford or blow their first few paychecks at the mall. However, that doesn't have to be the case. Instead, money experts offer five tips to help keep new college graduates out of financial trouble. Read more...

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  FTC to Mail Out $6 Million in Refunds to Consumers Who Bought Deceptively Advertised Weight-loss Supplements from QVC Starting April 30, an administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission will mail more than 140,000 refund checks totaling about $6 million to consumers who bought certain "For Women Only" brand dietary supplements from TV home shopping channel QVC, Inc. Last year, QVC settled charges that it violated a 2000 FTC order by falsely claiming that the supplements would cause consumers to lose substantial amounts of weight and would allow them to eat fatty and high-carbohydrate foods without increasing their body fat. QVC was required to pay $6 million for consumer refunds as the result of a settlement agreement approved by the court in March 2009. Read more...

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  BBB Warns that Insurance Scams Are Flourishing in Current Economy In the midst of a tight economy and in the wake of the new national healthcare reform bill, State and Federal regulators are warning about a surge in healthcare-related scams. Better Business Bureau advises consumers to do their research before signing up for insurance coverage because their personal and financial health is on the line. Read more...

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  Complaints to BBB Against Debt Settlement Companies On the Rise Better Business Bureau is warning financially troubled families to beware of misleading debt settlement companies that claim they can easily reduce or eliminate credit card debt. Since the start of the recession, BBB has received more than 3,500 complaints from individuals, including many who paid hundreds of dollars in upfront fees to debt settlement companies but only fell deeper into debt. Read more...

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