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The credit card companies are adopting yet another method to change interest rates at their whim and circumvent the regulation adopted in the Credit CARD Act. Welcome back the variable interest rate.
A month before President Obama was elected, we blogged about the horrendously expensive fraud in the Medicare system and suggested that the new president make that one of his priorities. Apparently, he has as federal agents are already showing impressive results in a nationwide crackdown on Medicare scammers.
Water bills are rising again and it takes some serious ciphering and gazintas to figure out why
San Diego Water Department needs weeks to find car wash info
There are many steps to the loan modification process, but there are many scam artists out there as well. Are you best to go it alone? And if you do seek help where should you turn and what should you be aware of?
Miracles don't happen often enough in our world. But when Michael starts growing his own fish and food in his garage, then you know that there's some divine intervention because Michael doesn't fish and he's got a brown thumb that makes all leafy things tremble. So how did Advocate Michael become Farmer Michael? One word: AQUAPONICS.
Does your credit card company want to keep you as a customer
Chase is raising the minimum monthly payment on some of its loans which raises the ire of some of its customers.
Wash you car without wasting water - and cutting run-off
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