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		<title><![CDATA[Best Credit Cards for You]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/article/best-credit-cards-for-you/358961/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Card companies are getting shadier and stingier, and interest rates on plastic are going higher. So now?s the time to be sure you?re holding the best cards for the way you charge. MoneyWatch surveyed the landscape and picked the top cards in several categories.      ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Best Credit Cards Now]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/the-best-credit-cards-now/358465/]]></link>
		<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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		<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[Consumers in the Crosshairs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Americans are being nickel and dimed with a barrage of special fees and charges. Here?s why ? and what you can do about it.The fees are insidious, in part because they?re so small. A buck here, $3 there; it barely seems worth breaking a sweat over. But these additional charges...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big Banks’ Sneaky New Tricks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With direct access to your cash, financial institutions have developed a range of clever ploys to whittle down your account. A few banks are starting to change gears — but for many consumers, that news is too little, too late.  A few weeks ago, Bank of America hit the...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harvard Law professor and TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren explains  why Obama?s proposed new watchdog would help bankers as much as consumers.     	Unlike many other consumer crusaders, Warren had the clout  to get her ideas taken seriously. The head of the congressional panel overseeing ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Cards: How to Get the Last Great Deals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Issuers are now approving few new customers and charging steep  rates with low credit limits. So say goodbye to those 3.99 percent teaser offers and zero percent balance transfers.      &#8220;These days, you should not expect to get a  $20,000 credit line right off...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama to Confront Credit Card Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/video/obama-to-confront-credit-card-industry/291058/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Interest gouging practices by banks who received stimulus money will highlight President Obama's meeting Thursday with credit card companies, reports Bill Plante.]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Credit Card Regulation Is Broken]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/article/why-credit-card-regulation-is-broken/288874/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Until recently, regulators routinely looked the other way as credit card issuers ensnared unwitting consumers with huge finance charges and penalties. So how did credit card regulation become so broken? Here's a brief history of the slippery practices of the  industry.        How...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Card Consumer Guide]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/feature/credit-card-consumer-guide/288957/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Until the Fed cleans up the credit card industry, take matters into your own hands. Protect yourself from rate hikes and punitive rule changes with these tips.  As if things weren't rough enough for your finances these days, credit card issuers have started to play rough. They're jacking up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beat Tough Credit Card Terms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/saving-money/article/beat-tough-credit-card-terms/288518/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Card companies are raising rates, lowering credit limits, and  boosting minimum payments. Here's how to get your mind off of the  punishing terms — or at least handle the changes if you're stuck with your card... You probably don't spend as much on your credit card as you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dos and Don'ts of Using Credit Cards in the Downturn]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MoneyWatch's Eric Schurenberg fills us in on some of the tricky ways credit card issuers are putting the squeeze on customers and what you can do to fight back.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:13:57 -0700</pubDate>
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