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On travel sites, the pre-checked box checks out
The pre-checked box, a clever technique that travel companies use to extract a few dollars more from customers booking their trips online, may be checking out.
Last month, the Minnesota Department of Commerce alleged that National Union Fire Insurance...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Insurance, Chris Elliott, Online Advertising, Services and Shopping
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New FCC ban on robocalls faces challenges
Nobody likes telemarketers, especially the electronic voices used by telemarketing companies who are too cheap or lazy to actually pay people to call you. So there should be widespread support for new rules blocking those robocalls.
But you shouldn't...Tags: Allentown, Crime, Law and Justice, Facebook, Marketing, Macungie
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CVS Caremark settles deceptive pricing charge for $5 million
The Federal Trade Commission announced that CVS Caremark Corp. agreed to pay $5 million to settle a complaint that it misinformed seniors about the price of certain Medicare Part D prescription drugs sold through CVS and Walgreens pharmacies.
The...Tags: CVS Corp., Corporate Crime, Medicare, Anti Trust Crime, Prices
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Fraudulent schemes? There are enough out there to fill a book
Joyce Brown of Brooklyn Park receives lots of blatantly bogus letters claiming she won millions or billions of dollars in a lottery, but the one that arrived about a week ago was different. The letter contained a check so real-looking, the 78-year-old...Tags: Sales, Lotteries, Consumers, Brooklyn Park, Fraud
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Even savvy consumers can find it tough to negotiate car sales
Most of us don't buy cars all that often. So when we do, we can come away with that nagging feeling of not knowing whether we got a fair deal or grossly overpaid.
"We don't negotiate much at all as Americans, so suddenly we find ourselves negotiating for...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Consumers, Tools and Hardware, Entertainment Events, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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A vicious cycle in the used-car business
First of three parts
Tiffany Lee wanted a car. She was weary of the two-hour bus ride to her job at a UCLA Health System clinic. She hated having to ask friends to drive her 7-year-old son to his asthma treatments.
But as a single mother with three...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Services and Shopping, Financially Distressed Companies, Real Estate, Automotive Equipment
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Feds settle acai diet scam case
Many dieters have felt their stomach sink after ordering acai weight-loss supplements and finding that their wallets got lighter instead of their belly. This week, federal authorities said they tipped the scales on one phony weight-loss operation. They...Tags: Defendants, Allentown, Credit and Debt, Sales, Business
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Scam watch: Discount electronics, holiday cons, telemarketers
Money & CompanyHere is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. Discount electronics -– Consumers should be careful when shopping for electronics on the Internet during the holidays, the Better Business Bureau said. Some shady people have...... -
Scam watch: Computer virus warning, Ponzi scheme, fake BBB email
Money & CompanyHere is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. Computer virus warning -- The Federal Trade Commission has started mailing refunds to 300,000 consumers who were victims of a scam in which they were tricked......
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