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		<title>Unfair credit card companies named (Brisbane Times)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.</p>
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		<title>Study names unfair credit card companies (The New Zealand Herald)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers, Australian consumer advocate group Choice says.A study of 20 credit card companies across the Tasman showed...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers, Australian consumer advocate group Choice says.A study of 20 credit card companies across the Tasman showed&#8230;</p>
<p>Read more here:<br />
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		<title>Unfair credit card companies named (Business Day)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.</p>
<p>See original here: <br />
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		<title>Unfair credit card companies (News Mail)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HIDDEN details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HIDDEN details about the interest charged on partly-paid or overdue credit card balances is unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.</p>
<p>View original post here: <br />
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		<title>Consider Layaway, Rather Than Using Credit Card (Kansas City InfoZine)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Shopping with a credit card also can give buyers a false sense of buying power."]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Shopping with a credit card also can give buyers a false sense of buying power.&#8221;</p>
<p>Original post: <br />
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		<title>Unfair credit card companies named (The Age)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hidden details about interest charged on partly paid or overdue credit card balances are unfairly costing customers, consumer advocate group Choice says.</p>
<p>Here is the original: <br />
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		<title>Credit Card &amp; Credit Cards: Avoid Holiday Debt Advises Totaldebtrelief.net (Marketwire)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Holidays Approach, Consumer Advocate Advises Consumers to Avoid Debt When It Comes to Using One's Credit Card &#038; Credit Cards]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the Holidays Approach, Consumer Advocate Advises Consumers to Avoid Debt When It Comes to Using One&#8217;s Credit Card &#038; Credit Cards</p>
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		<title>Nigerian credit card scam: Cops nab accused in Jaipur (The Times of India)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Powai police arrested a 30-year-old man in Jaipur who was a member of a gang involved in the Nigerian credit card scam.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Powai police arrested a 30-year-old man in Jaipur who was a member of a gang involved in the Nigerian credit card scam.</p>
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		<title>Deputy mayor admits to credit card fraud (Gulf Times)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson’s former deputy mayor yesterday pleaded guilty to fraud after using his City Hall credit card to entertain his girlfriend and another woman.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boris Johnson’s former deputy mayor yesterday pleaded guilty to fraud after using his City Hall credit card to entertain his girlfriend and another woman.</p>
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		<title>Woman charged in credit card fraud (The Washington DC Examiner)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CUMBERLAND, MD. — Allegany County authorities say a Cumberland woman has been charged with fraud and theft from her employers. Forty-year-old Cathy Ann Holland was arrested Tuesday and charged with 46 counts of unlawful use of a credit card and other offenses.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CUMBERLAND, MD. — Allegany County authorities say a Cumberland woman has been charged with fraud and theft from her employers. Forty-year-old Cathy Ann Holland was arrested Tuesday and charged with 46 counts of unlawful use of a credit card and other offenses.</p>
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