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Recent Graduates May Find Jobs Sooner Than Expected
After a two-year hiatus, major corporations are finally starting to hit college career-fair tables again. Bank of America plans to offer 1,300 recent graduates jobs this year, and ... read more
Thank You Ken
Ken, thank you for all your ongoing efforts on DA. The general economic news is dismal, and good deals are few and far between, but you continue to do a great job of fin... read more
Citi Has Bad Timing
Citi decided to update it's servers this mid-morning, for two hours, so customers will not be able to log-on to their credit card accounts. Way to go Citi. It's the first of t... read more
Costco Amex Reduces 3% Restaurant Rewards
From my June statement:
With billing periods starting in August 2011, we are reducing the reward percentage earned for eligible purchases at restaurants from 3% to 2%.
... read more
Reposting Previous Review Of ING Direct
Hi Ken,
I posted a review of ING Direct on December 9, 2010. Because of the recent news about ING Direct's acquisition by Capital One, I wanted to inform folks about possib... read more
As Bank Fees Escalate, Prepaid Cards Go Mainstream
From Yahoo! Finance
Rising fees have chased millions of people away from banks and into prepaid debit cards.
In just a handful of years, prepaid cards have become the fastest... read more
Don't Overlook Nuvo Bank In Springfield, MA
With an APY currently of 2.02% for a savings account of up to 25K, the money can be taken out any time. Likely you will have to go there in person to initially open the account but... read more
Citi Data Theft Points Up A Nagging Problem
Citi Data Theft Points Up a Nagging Problem - Yahoo! Finance=
Big credit card lenders are loath to acknowledge another reason that the breaches keep happening: they are in the busi... read more
US Bank Screws Its Existing IRA CD Customers With Fee Change In Mid-Term
Minnesota-based US Bank has decided to screw its existing IRA CD customers hard.
Previously, one could open an IRA CD with no annual fee as long as the amount was 5k (the current... read more
Senate Votes To Let Fed Trim Debit Card Swipe Fees
Stores say the lower swipe fees will let them lower their prices. To no one's surprise, banks say they will have to raise other fees, such as checking account fees.
Senate votes t... read more
Homeowner Foreclosures On Bank Of America
Homeowner Foreclosures on Bank of America (Yes, You Heard That Right) - Yahoo! News... read more
Problem Logging In
Ken, When I attempt to login, all I get is a very small box with a slider at the bottom. There is no way to even open the box to enter my username and password. Is... read more
Extended Codes For Chase $200
Compliments of crediteye.net "I did not test this"....Ricochet.
Update: Offer extended through 05/16/2011, and the new offer code is 6W3 (or 6W4 ti... read more
Offshore Banking
Hi Guys!
My name is Steve and I am a new member here=) Jus had post a new thread about offshore banking because I am reall interested in this kind of safe banking.
Do you have ... read more
Smartphone Comments Box
Ken, I might be doing it wrong, but i can't type a comment in this box from my android phone. The box becomes available, but when I "tap" it, my virtual keyboard does n... read more
Editing Comments
I've noticed that I can't always edit a comment or maybe a forum post I make. For some reason, sometimes-some days an edit button appears at the bottom of my comment or forum post,... read more
How To Make A Quick 1.35% In Two Weeks
I kept telling the wife the market was spooky, silly spooky. So I bailed on a tad (well, more than a tad) about two weeks ago as the market hit another irrational, spooky, high. As... read more
BOA To Pay $410 Million In Overdraft Fee Case
Bank of America has agreed to pay $410 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging the bank charged excessive overdraft fees.
BofA to pay $410 million in overdraft fee case - Yah... read more
ING Black Friday NOTHING Special
Here is the ING Black Friday details;
www.ingdirect.com/blackfriday/
Earn $30, Refer a Friend
Avoid Checking Fees & get $100...Open Electric Orange No... read more
Happy Thanksgiving
Thought I wish everybody a Happy Thanksgiving. Although it has been a tough year for us savers, I am thankful for having this forum to help us with the very challenging task of ear... read more