Word: limiters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same way that banks are bombarding customers with ATM and service fees, giants like Citigroup, MBNA, Bank of America and American Express are raising fees, to $20 or $30, for being late or over limit. They're also shortening and rigidly enforcing grace periods on bill payments, upping foreign-transaction fees and imposing penalty interest rates of 20% or more. Some bewildered customers are being punished for not charging enough (inactivity fees). And even if you pay your MasterCard, say, but fall behind on your Discover charge, the MasterCard issuer might raise your interest rate, because you're deemed...
...joint legislation would raise the annual contribution limit families can make to education savings accounts (ESAs) from...
Students would also directly benefit from a portion of the legislation which allows individuals to earn tax credits for interest on higher education loans for the life of the loan, effectively repealing a current 60-month limit...
According to a Treasury Department official, the Clinton administration agrees with the repeal of the 60-month time limit on interest tax credits for higher education loans and the extension of tax exclusions on employer-provided educational assistance programs for all levels of higher education...
...After its passage this week, the bill should land on President Clinton?s desk sometime in September, at which point either it?s going to get a lot smaller ? Clinton?s stated upper limit is $300 billion, but he?ll go higher in a pinch -- or it?s going to disappear completely. And by way of pre-negotiation negotiation, both sides will be insisting all month that that?s OK with them. "Sometimes inaction is better than wrong action," said Trent Lott on Tuesday, sounding just like White House wonk Gene Sperling did on Sunday. If no deal gets done...