Word: carded
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...Washington Congress Takes a Swipe at Credit-Card Issuers The U.S. House and Senate have approved a major reform of the credit-card industry, limiting unpopular practices like abruptly hiking interest rates, issuing confusing agreements and peddling cards to minors. The banking industry warned that the bill, which would take effect in early 2010, could lead to more rejected credit applications and the return of annual fees...
...Demauro and her friend John Capra decided to indulge their yen to bet. Their Atlantic City jaunt began innocuously enough, with Demauro, only a casual casinogoer, planting herself in front of a penny slot machine on the Borgata floor and Capra going off to try his hand at three-card poker. (See an interview with the new king of poker...
...Instead, the Brandeis English major hoped to pursue his passion for writing. But after a short-lived career that involved working as a ghostwriter, textbook contributor, and greeting card composer, Young decided that he “probably wasn’t going to make it” and decided to go back to school...
...Technology that is already fairly old allows credit card companies to keep tabs on what customers are doing with their money, which includes where they shop, what they spend, and whether they pay their bills for other credit cards, their car payments, and mortgages. The Senate recently passed a "Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights" that will make it more difficult for lenders to take personal financial information and decrease people's credit lines or raise their interest rates. The Bill of Rights will make most of the payment tracking software useless. The banks that bought it will have...
...Pokemon card aficionado in his childhood who once amassed an entire book of the much hyped collectibles, Cosby later channeled his energies into playing basketball and maintaining...