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Kevin Hunt: Why Mystery Shopping Is No. 1 Job Scam In State
The Hartford CourantIt's no mystery when a mystery-shopping job offer asks the prospective shopper to cash a money order and wire most of the money to a third party. It's a scam. An actual mystery-shopping job is much less mysterious: Some retailers hire companies that...Tags: Connecticut Labor Markets, Lifestyle and Leisure, Walmart, Dining and Drinking, West Hartford
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The vendetta against S&P
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's suit against the rating agency Standard & Poor's makes for riveting headlines and lousy history. We want to blame the financial crisis and Great Recession on greed and dishonesty. The charge that S&P rigged bond...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Washington, DC, Investments, Banking
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Problem Solver: Updates on stolen bank check, dog's vet bill
Who took Harriet Hausman's $4,643.75 state tax refund check remains a mystery, but the 89-year-old River Forest resident has gotten her money back. Hausman said the entire amount was deposited into her account Friday. "I have the money and I'm...
Tags: Theft, Nicor Incorporated, Banking, Judy Baar Topinka, Jon Yates
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BofA cuts 2 million customers loose
It's long been a basic tenet of the business world: You give us more business, we'll reward your loyalty with better deals. That's how cable companies operate with their service packages. That's how phone companies work. And until now, that's pretty...
Tags: Marketing, American Express Company, Satellite and Cable Service, Economy, Business and Finance, Loans
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The bankbuster
WASHINGTON -- With his chronically gravelly voice and relentlessly liberal agenda, Sherrod Brown seems to have stepped out of "Les Miserables," hoarse from singing revolutionary anthems at the barricades. Today, Ohio's senior senator has a project...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Economic Indicator, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Japan, Ronald Reagan
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Time To Break Up Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
The Hartford CourantWith his chronically gravelly voice and relentlessly liberal agenda, Sherrod Brown seems to have stepped out of "Les Miserables," hoarse from singing revolutionary anthems at the barricades. Today, Ohio's senior senator has a project worthy of Victor Hugo...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Economic Indicator, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ronald Reagan, General Motors Corp.
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Redfin's valuation tool puts homeowners in driver's seat
For the past six years, the question "what's my home worth" caused homeowners to wince. With some optimism now in the real estate market and more transactions occurring than have in years, Redfin thinks homeowners and potential homebuyers are ready to...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Homes, Finance, Mortgages, Real Estate Buyers
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Bank of America makes booking gains look easy
Wouldn't it be nice if investing in the stock market were as easy as Bank of America Corp. is making it look? The second-largest U.S. lender this week settled a five-year legal battle with MBIA Inc., the struggling bond insurer, over losses tied to bad...Tags: MBIA Incorporated, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Banking, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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The price of moral grandstanding
WASHINGTON -- Politics becomes amusing when liberalism becomes theatrical with high-minded gestures. Chicago's government, which is not normally known for elevated thinking, is feeling so morally upright and financially flush that it proposes to rise...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama
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Rapid-fire bursts on Rick Ross, Marino and the Rothsteins
Ho-hum, just another week in South Florida. We had: Bullets over Las Olas, a "love child" scandal involving Dolphins legend Dan Marino and more fallout in the Scott Rothstein Ponzi saga. Quick hits for Super Sunday (my tip: bet on Harbaugh)…...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Dan Marino, Delray Beach, Lawyers, Justice System
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CSO's Muti upbeat on his health: 'I am fine, I still walk'
"Are you surprised to see me?" Music director Riccardo Muti wore a sly grin as he addressed members of the media at the beginning of the news conference the Chicago Symphony Orchestra held Wednesday morning at Orchestra Hall. Muti and CSO...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Concerts, Culture, Entertainment, Music Industry
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The perils of being a Princess Leia Pez dispenser, 30 years on
After more than two hours of stories — about the sexual proclivities of dad Eddie Fisher, the Hollywood stylings of mom Debbie Reynolds, the marriage to the cerebral Paul Simon, the demands of the even-more-cerebral George Lucas, the gay second...Tags: Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Banking, Entertainment, Samuel Johnson
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