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...student activity fee on eachundergraduate's fall term bill is in large partthe stuff the council's $130,000 budget is madeof...
...what does the adult Barnaby do for a living? Why, he goes into people's houses as an 11-year employee of Rent-a-Back, a Baltimore firm that performs, for a fee, household chores that are impossible for the elderly or infirm. And sure enough, one of his clients eventually accuses him of stealing $2,960 in cash stashed in a flour...
...Internet game. Fed up with service lags and other bugs, they charge Origin knew it couldn't deliver 24-hour real-time play but advertised it anyway. Their lawyer says it's time the computer-gaming industry quit hyping its wares; he wants Origin to drop its $10 monthly fee until the problems are fixed. The company won't comment but invites players to call its help line...
...process of consolidation, as the banks love to point out, creates cost saving. But several studies show that, if anything, the banks have pocketed whatever value they've sprung loose. And new and higher fees have been introduced as banks merge and branches close. Noninterest service fees--for bounced checks, certified checks, etc.--now account for a third of industry profits, totaling $18.5 billion. Last year a report by the U.S. Public Interest Group (USPIRG) found that consumers paid 15% more to maintain a regular checking account at a big bank than at a small bank. Similar results were found...
Space Camp's parent-child program is designed for children ages 7 through 11, though exceptions are occasionally allowed. A $300-a-person fee covers the entire three-day Space Camp parent-child program, including meals and housing (guests stay in a dormitory-style facility and are separated by gender). Families that don't like the idea of sleeping in bunk beds can stay at any nearby hotel and join the rest of the group for programs and activities. One good bet: the Ramada Inn at Kennedy Space Center, which gives Space Camp participants a special rate...