Listen up parents, you could be eligible for a refund if your child made any unauthorized purchases using your Amazon app store. Yup, that’s right, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made the announcement on Tuesday saying that refunds totally $70 million dollars will be offered back for things such as game upgrades on the mobile […]

Don’t say anything to Lauryn Hill about her tardiness to her own shows because she will read you the riot act. The lauded R&B star…

People oftentimes rationalize the idea: “I work hard I deserve something nice”. I’m not faulting anyone for that, but I just want to introduce the concept of thinking forward.  I am no one’s Financial advisor, CPA or Financial Broker. I do not have a certification in this regard, but what I do have is COMMON […]

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No!  The card company is refunding $200 million dollars to current customers for deceptive telemarketing. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in conjunction with the FDIC,  announced that they found Discover’s telemarketing and sales strategies were misleading consumers about additional products that can be bought when opening credit cards. For the specifics of the joint investigation, […]

A tourist says he was traumatized when Las Vegas police threatened to arrest him after he complained about an act of prostitution in his hotel room. Hubert Blackman of New York City filed a lawsuit this month against a Las Vegas company he identified as Las Vegas Exclusive Personals. The lawsuit says the business operates […]

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via Wall Street Journal By Rachel Emma Silverman By now, many of you have heard that the Walt Disney Company is offering refunds for its Baby Einstein videos, which were originally marketed as educational for children. The refund may be a “tacit admission that they did not increase infant intellect,” according to the New York […]