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		<title><![CDATA[Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even smart people make financial moves that are downright illogical. Emotions and superstitions have a sneaky way of keeping you from rational financial decisions. But dumb choices can have serious, real-world consequences. Here are some of the biggest blunders we all make, plus tips from the experts on how to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Target Profit Up, Cautious on Holiday]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nicole MaestriSAN FRANCISCO (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Target Corp TGT reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, but remained cautious about the fourth quarter given a budding holiday season price war.Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT is slashing prices every week until Christmas, and not to be outdone by its much larger rival,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Bancorp Looks to Expand Credit Card Business]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. Bancorp USB, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, is looking to expand its credit card business and is actively marketing its cards nationally, Chief Executive Richard Davis said at a conference on Tuesday.The Minneapolis-based bank, which has so far avoided serious loan losses during the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:09 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Delta Says No to Cash, Yes to Credit Cards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delta Air Lines announced today on its blog that it would no longer accept cash on Delta and Northwest flights in North America (that's including Central America and the Caribbean, its blog states, as if we didn't take sixth-grade social studies) starting Dec. 1Â and instead will only take credit cards...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S.C.R.E.W.U. or the Safe Credit Revision Everyone Wins Undertaking]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    According to a new cartoon byÂ Mark Fiore, an award-winning political animator who hangs out somewhere in the Bay Area, this is the program that credit card issuers have developed in response to the CARD (Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009) which is to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:50 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Britons Face Higher Credit Card Charges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - Consumers face higher rates and fees on credit cards as lenders battle rising bad debts, funding constraints and reduced appetite for borrowing, accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.These changes, combined with rising regulatory and government scrutiny, would shake up the market and prove the current model based...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:45:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Advanta Files For Bankruptcy Protection]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Advanta Corp ADVNA, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.In the filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Old Credit Card Tricks Are New Again]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Congress enacted the consumer-friendly credit card law back in May, you'd think that the cardcos would have at least started to roll back all those bad practices that it bans.    You'd think.Â After all, if you knew you were starting Weight Watchers on Monday, wouldn't you stock...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Best Credit Cards Now]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial expert Ray Martin answers your questions: how many you need, which cards are best, and what to look for.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:11:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Senator Dodd Is Saving Lenders From Themselves]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Christopher Dodd is getting tough on his old chums in the commercial banking industry. The Connecticut Senator who heads the Senate Banking Committee, and was once the beneficiary of a Countrywide home loan himself, is turning on credit card issuers who have tried to wriggle out of an interest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:07:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Quandary - How Much Credit Should Creditors Give You?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/blog/home-equity/credit-quandary-how-much-credit-should-creditors-give-you/1135/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Karen King owes $36,000. According to the Wall Street Journal, The amount of credit card debt King is carrying is more than she has ever earned in a year.  "Years ago, I lived for now. It was so stupid," the 28-year-old says. "It's depressing, but I can't live that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:26:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Merchants and Consumers Get Relief From Soaring Credit Card Fees?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10004134/will-merchants-and-consumers-get-relief-from-soaring-credit-card-fees/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kathy and Warren Miller run a mom-and-pop grocery store in tiny Elmore, Vt. pictured at left, and soaring credit card fees are strangling it.    In congressional testimony on Thursday, she said they make only two cents whenever a customer pays for a 99 cent bag of potato...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:30:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Card Companies: Legalized Drug Dealers Strike Again]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/financial-decoder/credit-card-companies-legalized-drug-dealers-strike-again/792/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Bloomberg reported that Wells Fargo plans to raise interest rates on all credit card customers by 3% on November 30th. Funny coincidence-House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank wants to speed up the enactment of the Credit Card Act from February 22, 2010 to December 1.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:50:52 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best Credit Cards for You]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/video/best-credit-cards-for-you/350830/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people are unhappy with their credit cards, according to a Consumer Reports study. Senior editor Mandy Walker suggests some better alternatives.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:56 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Turns to Cash - What's Your Retail Strategy?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/harvard/?p=3980]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans have put away their credit cards and are paying with debit cards. The problem: Many retailers built business models around a credit card economy. Here's what some companies are doing to keep cash customers happy. by Sean Silverthorne]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:05:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fees Gone Wild: Why You’re Paying More for Everything]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sneaky fees and hidden costs are popping up everywhere. But angry consumers may only have themselves to blame. Here's the truth about those hidden costs.    	  With consumers demanding lower prices, businesses are seeking new ways to raise revenue, and have started charging separately for services...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Credit Card Rules]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/new-credit-card-rules/347330/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fed has released 800 pages of rules spelling out the credit card reforms President Obama signed earlier this year. But the changes may not be over for the big banks.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:39:14 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed Meddles With Credit Card Issuers]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve's plan to clamp down on credit card issuers represents a funny about-turn on its previous hands-off economic stance. Only a little while ago, you might remember, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan mulled a similar sort of effort over subprime lenders, but concluded ultimately that it would "require...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:29:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[After Calm Year, Bank of America Faces Storms]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[    For Bank of America, 2009 has been a relatively stable year. Management turmoil, Troubled Asset Relief Program TARP loans, and potential earnings volatility have all been handled very much business as usual, rewarded with a gain of 21.5 percent in the firm's stock price. For America's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:54:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Not Saying "No" Shouldn't Mean "Yes"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have trouble saying "no?"    I'm not talking about fending off that friend down the street who's constantly entreating you to participate in the community trash pick-up or spaghetti dinner fund-raiser.    What I'm referring to are those deals where marketers charge you and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:48:57 -0700</pubDate>
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