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...leads by three lengths. The chestnut filly gallops past 8,000 empty seats and withstands a late charge by Halo's Gem, the favorite, to seal the win. In the once exclusive box seats, Constantine Kimos, a retired butcher surrounded by a dozen desolate rows, glances at his card. He had two bucks on Halo's Gem. "I lost," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports: Furlongs Behind | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

Mounting banking fees became such an annoyance to Andral Parrish that when her company, U-Haul International, offered a paperless alternative to direct deposit she signed up to receive a payroll card. Now the debit-style card with the Visa logo and a Bank of America imprint gets loaded with her salary twice a month. No bank account required...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Paycheck | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...using them in our overall initiative to pay folks electronically," says Tonia Horton, director of payroll and financial services at Sears, which is rolling out payroll cards to its 4,300 domestic locations, including department stores, automotive centers and corporate offices. The cards are a great match for Sears' large part-time force, says Horton, as well as the company's young workers, who receive more than 70% of the paper checks that Sears still cuts. In the 11 states where law allows, Sears is giving employees two choices: direct deposit or payroll card. In other states, where paper checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Paycheck | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...hand her my card. She moves it towards the machine, and a bead of sweat breaks on my forehead. She pauses. I hold my breath...

Author: By Peter CHARLES Mulcahy, | Title: Open Wide, Adams House | 10/9/2003 | See Source »

...HUPD officer was sent to the Museum of Comparative Zoology to take a report of a stolen credit card number...

Author: By Hana R. Alberts, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/8/2003 | See Source »

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