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...Michele Orecklin. Reported by Bruce Crumley/Paris, Moira Daly/Toronto, Mimi Murphy/Rome, Matt Rees/Jerusalem, Vivienne Walt/Baghdad and other bureaus...
...legend attention bureaucrats!!! entry forbidden. Mayor Petr Pávek imposed the ban Sept. 12 after he found his staff of three spending as much as 80% of their working hours complying with countless (and he says "nonsensical") requests for information from the Czech Statistical Office and other state bureaus. "It drains our resources and doesn't leave enough time for work in the community," he says. In addition to the ban, he plans to charge an hourly rate for compliance with requests that he deems nonessential to the functioning of his community. Pávek's initiative...
WATCH YOUR CREDIT: Place a fraud alert on your credit reports with the three credit bureaus: Experian (888-397-3742), TransUnion (800-680-7289) and Equifax...
...such surprises. New provisions to the act, which is set to expire at the end of the year, would allow consumers to get a credit report every year--something everybody should probably do--without charge. Right now, getting a report and score from one of the three national credit bureaus--Equifax, Experian and TransUnion--costs...
...from February 2002 and hit an estimated 7 million people in the past year, according to the research firm Gartner. How can you shield yourself? The Identity Theft Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization, suggests that consumers check their credit ratings annually from the credit-reporting bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Don't write your Social Security or driver's license number on checks, don't respond to suspicious e-mail requests, and go easy on yourself if you're victimized: fraudsters have hit everyone from Steven Spielberg to Tiger Woods. --By Daren Fonda