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Scams, Lies, and Credit Cards: Fraud Rings’ Five Favorite Schemes

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Even if you’ve become religious about shredding your credit card statements before you toss them away, criminals can still find ways to cheat you out of time and money. Investigators want you to watch for five of the fastest growing sources of identity theft and credit card forgeries… Read the full article at CardRatings.com…

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Top 5 Things You Shouldn’t Do with Your Corporate Credit Card

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We’re having a lot of fun over at the CardRatings.com blog, posting some Top 5 lists and looking at some of the unusual credit card news that’s cropping up. I tracked down five of the wildest corporate fraud cases involving credit cards, and came up with some stories of greed, ambition, and just plain cluelessness: [...]

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Five Ways Credit Cards Can Save Your Marriage

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Here’s another highlight from our CardRatings.com blog that I’ve been getting some great feedback about: A slumping economy, a soft job market, and rising credit card debt can strain relationships. If you didn’t manage to stun your spouse on Valentine’s Day, you may have to call for reinforcements to save your marriage. Fortunately, credit cards [...]

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Know Your Credit Card Foreign Transaction Fee BEFORE You Travel

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Posted last week on CardRatings.com, here are some of my favorite tips for folks planning to travel outside the U.S. with a little cash and a lot of plastic: With new credit card rules squeezing profit margins at major banks, foreign travelers have become an even easier target for special fees and surcharges. Credit card [...]

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Five Steps for Social Media Marketing Using Free Web Technology

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Social media have become a powerful small business marketing technology for entrepreneurs who truly understand how to network effectively. Just posting ads or special offers won’t work on systems where viewers can easily tune you out. Follow these five steps to turn your own social media marketing effort into a success. Social Media Marketing Step [...]

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Five Decades of American News Radio History

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It's been about ten years since I wrote for AOL's content team, and I'm excited to be back on their roster. Here's the first piece I did for the AOL Radio Blog: Although news reporting had been a regular component of American broadcast radio since its invention, the "news radio" format didn't emerge until the [...]

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