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- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- An increasing number of businesses, from hotels to cell phone providers, are advertising bargain prices and then tacking on hidden fees and charges to boost the final cost. Here's how you can fight back. “The...
- Articles 2009-10-08
- Fees Gone Wild: Why You're Paying More for Everything
- 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...
- Articles 2009-10-08
- Consumers in the Crosshairs
- 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...
- Articles 2009-10-08
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- Travel Roundup: Hostels As Boutique Hotels, United Drops Fees, Hilton's Roosevelt Hotel Reopens and More
- Hostels now more like boutique hotels -- The term "youth hostel" maybe not be correct anymore, since most now seem like boutique hotels catering to families wanting low-cost, informal-style lodgings. And the demand keeps growing, a spokesman for the Western Canada for Hostelling International reported. One of the new hostels includes...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Running Springs, Calif., Ski Resort Files for Bankruptcy.
- By Matt Bodenheimer, The Business Press, Ontario, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 6--A major Running Springs ski resort has careened down the slippery slope of debt and plowed into a Chapter 11 filing. Snow Valley LLC, doing business as Snow Valley...
- Research articles 2001-08-06
- Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa hosted three "Jam With the Band" teen concerts this summer
- Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa hosted three "Jam With the Band" teen concerts this summer. Kathleen Cochran, general manager of Loews, created the concept to help educate teenagers about philanthropy. The bands donated their time and fees and provided $3,000 for Modest Needs, an organization to help hardworking individuals...
- Research articles 2007-09-24
- St. Petersburg, Fla., Area Resort Tax Broadened.(Originated from St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
- ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--For the past 17 years, Pinellas County has imposed a tax on the cost of a hotel room. But last month county Tax Collector Fred Petty broadened the 3 percent tax to cover a slew of add-on services such as movie rentals, local phone charges,...
- Research articles 1995-07-18
- $130m holiday rental dream turns into a nightmare
- Guests would pay a minimum of $1000 a night and investors would secure annual returns on their investment of as much as 7 per cent. Now some of the 50-odd owners of the villas at the exclusive Peppers Bale Port Douglas, in north Queensland, have joined others around the country...
- News items 2009-11-01
- Mutual fund companies roll out big fee breaks.(Finance)
- Byline: FREDERICK P. GABRIEL JR. Heightened sensitivity to mutual fund fees, coupled with intense pressure to attract and retain assets, is forcing many fund companies to resort to blue-light specials. At the end of the first quarter, the latest Byline: FREDERICK...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Fund fee waivers are on the increase; Benefits to investors are in question, however.(News)
- Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. BOSTON - Heightened sensitivity to mutual fund fees, coupled with intense pressure to attract and retain assets, is forcing many fund companies to resort to blue-light specials. At the end of...
- Research articles 2004-09-13
- How to Get Customers to Pay Up
- Hounding clients to pay their unpaid bills is a loathsome task, even when the economy is good. But in a recession, mismanaging accounts receivable threatens both customer relationships and the health of the company. Here's how to make your clients pay — tactfully. ...
- Articles 2009-03-06
- Travel Roundup: MGM Mirage backs CityCenter, Hawaii's Rail Transit, Ryanair Battles Birds and More
- MGM Mirage and partner Dubai World commit to $1.6 billion for Las Vegas Strip project -- MGM Mirage and Dubai World seem determined about the MGM Mirage CityCenter project. Both joint-venture partners agreed to back the Las Vegas Strip project even if they can't get outside financing. The CityCenter project, a $9.2 billion mixed-use development,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Vail Resorts' Stock Price Tumbles to All-Time Low.
- By Jason Blevins, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--Vail Resorts' stock price tumbled to an all-time low Thursday after news that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how the resort tallies initiation fees for its private clubs....
- Research articles 2003-02-14
- Stalking Horse Bid for Steve & Barry's
- Bay Harbour Management has offered $163 million in a stalking horse bid for leases and inventory of 125 Steve & Barry's stores. The Long Island discount clothing chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization July 9. Retail expert Howard Davidowitz told Newsday the offer is "a steal."...
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- F5 Networks Inc. F4Q07 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question from Samuel Wilson of JMP Securities. And your line is open. Samuel Wilson - JMP Securities Good afternoon, everyone. It's a big list, so I won't try and name all of you. But, just three very...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- American Electric Power Co., Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. And our first question is from Greg Gordon from Citigroup. Please go ahead. Greg Gordon - Citigroup Thanks. Would you mind talking in a little bit more detail about what your next steps will be in determining whether...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- ConocoPhillips Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Neil McMahon with Sanford Bernstein. Neil McMahon - Sanford Bernstein Hi, guys. Just wanted to run over a number of questions. The first is really on your refining number you mentioned that you were capturing more of the crack this...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-25
- County settles restraint case
- El Paso County has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit that challenged the use of a restraint device to control county jail inmates. Approved Monday by the County Commission, the agreement pays the American Civil Liberties Union for attorneys' fees and court costs. It...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
- Debt: Buyer's Remorse
- If you're buried in bills, here's more bad news: help isn't on the way. Lenders are less likely to offer concessions to cash-strapped borrowers, reports the National Consumer Law Center. And that traditional last resort--the credit-counseling industry--is getting squeezed, too. How come? The Internal Revenue Service is preparing to drop...
- Research articles 2006-02-13
- NASCAR season moving into its final laps
- Putters and sand wedges took a backseat to some real drivers yesterday at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa. In a clash of cultures, NASCAR's top talents assembled for the championship contenders' news conference inside an oak-lined meeting room while outside, duffers paid greens fees in excess of $200 to...
- Research articles 2006-11-17
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