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“Cash or Credit” might become easier to answer

From the WSJ: 
As part of a sweeping bill to change the rules for credit cards, a pair of senators are pushing to lift constraints that Visa, MasterCard and other credit card networks impose on merchants’ ability to offer discounts for paying by cash or check.
Retailers have long chafed under the restrictions, which make it burdensome [...]

Written by William

May 15th, 2009 at 8:33 am

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Credit Card Debt & Wages

There are those that argue that the growth in consumer debt - especially credit cards - is primarily due to the wealthy.  Even if that may be the case, it does not mean the wealthy have the means to pay off this debt - the fact remains that consumers are overleveraged.  I previously made the [...]

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October 22nd, 2008 at 8:56 am

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