<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - fees</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/fees</link><description>Newsvine - fees</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:23:38 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 05:13:11 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>EPA waives fee requests for friendly groups, denies conservative groups</title>
<description><![CDATA[Conservative groups seeking information from the Environmental Protection Agency have been routinely hindered by fees normally waived for media and watchdog groups, while fees for more than 90 percent of requests from green groups were waived, according to requests reviewed by th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Texasguy01]]></source><link>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275789-epa-waives-fee-requests-for-friendly-groups-denies-conservative-groups</link><guid>http://terry-9.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/15/18275789-epa-waives-fee-requests-for-friendly-groups-denies-conservative-groups</guid><category>epa</category><category>politics</category><category>fees</category><category>denied</category><category>groups</category><category>conservative</category><category>permits</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:22:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A094EDDD-8312-01D0-23BA-F43488823FD2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="225" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=terry-9A094EDDD-8312-01D0-23BA-F43488823FD2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>4 Ways the Payday Loan Industry Sucks Billions From Local Economies</title>
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The good news is that the payday loan industry appears to be shrinking nationally, as the interest payments in the 33 states that allow these bloodthirsty loans have fallen from $6.8 billion in 2007 to $3.3 billion in 2011, a new study by consumer groups found.
But the bad new&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18052694-4-ways-the-payday-loan-industry-sucks-billions-from-local-economies</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18052694-4-ways-the-payday-loan-industry-sucks-billions-from-local-economies</guid><category>business</category><category>bankruptcy</category><category>fees</category><category>local-economies</category><category>poor-people</category><category>payday-loan-industry</category><category>consumer-groups</category><category>community-economic-development</category><category>bloodthirsty-loans</category><category>outrageous-interest-rates</category><category>undermining-job-creation</category><category>tim-lohrentz</category><category>drop-in-supply</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 12:39:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah05F7EE1B-AEBB-A89D-44A2-9ECB102CCB5E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah05F7EE1B-AEBB-A89D-44A2-9ECB102CCB5E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jamie McCourt Claims Foul Pitch in $131M Divorce </title>
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Last year, McCourt agreed to a divorce settlement giving her $131 million plus a tax indemnity and splitting her residential real estate with her husband. While McCourt believed she was receiving half of the assets she shared with her husband, only two weeks later, the Dodgers &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17918590-jamie-mccourt-claims-foul-pitch-in-131m-divorce</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17918590-jamie-mccourt-claims-foul-pitch-in-131m-divorce</guid><category>dodgers</category><category>real-estate</category><category>lawyers</category><category>divorce</category><category>settlements</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><category>professional-sports</category><category>real-property</category><category>corts</category><category>short-changed</category><category>jamie-mccourt</category><category>baseball-team</category><category>131-million</category><category>tax-indemnity</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:13:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard2A7E37F0-8AAF-AEAE-AF45-527E1C9C1189.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard2A7E37F0-8AAF-AEAE-AF45-527E1C9C1189.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Syrian students face fees crisis</title>
<description><![CDATA["Records suggest there are more than 600 Syrian studying in the UK.  Several have been unable to pay their tuition fees since the conflict in  Syria began."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humanvoice]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humanvoice]]></source><link>http://humanvoice.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088419-bbc-news-syrian-students-face-fees-crisis</link><guid>http://humanvoice.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17088419-bbc-news-syrian-students-face-fees-crisis</guid><category>britain</category><category>college</category><category>middle-east</category><category>syria</category><category>students</category><category>university</category><category>fees</category><category>world-news</category><category>alasad</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:57:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Thank You Regulation D</title>
<description><![CDATA[Now I've heard it all (which means we need to read the fine print on the documents you get from your bank).&nbsp; Thanks to Big Brother, we&nbsp;have to be very careful with our banking accounts.&nbsp; If you, like me, keep my "extra" funds in my savings account until I need them&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SCTexan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SCTexan]]></source><link>http://sctexan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988035-thank-you-regulation-d</link><guid>http://sctexan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/16/16988035-thank-you-regulation-d</guid><category>business</category><category>federal-reserve-board</category><category>fees</category><category>regulation-d</category><category>banks-fees</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 01:02:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>/hawaii-lawmakers-consider-10-cent-bag-tax/</title>
<description><![CDATA[
State lawmakers are considering a bill that would require certain businesses to collect a 10-cent fee for each single use bag provided to customers upon checkout.
According to the bill, a &ldquo;single-use checkout bag&rdquo; would mean any type of one-use bag whether plastic &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[js-445607]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[js-445607]]></source><link>http://jewel1944.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16798288-hawaii-lawmakers-consider-10-cent-bag-tax</link><guid>http://jewel1944.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16798288-hawaii-lawmakers-consider-10-cent-bag-tax</guid><category>environment</category><category>fees</category><category>gates-of-eden</category><category>bag-ban</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 03:59:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jewel19440C81655C-DB08-B3B0-7A8C-484070D13A88.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jewel19440C81655C-DB08-B3B0-7A8C-484070D13A88.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Family gets �23,000 medical bill shock after father is put into coma on cru</title>
<description><![CDATA[Insurance is a very complicated subject and Insurances companies are ace at making it more complicated.This person was offered this cover with a bank account he opened. In these cases the bank is only interested in the person opening the account, which I assume is a fee based acc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ChrisSterry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ChrisSterry]]></source><link>http://chrissterry.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16777427-family-gets-23000-medical-bill-shock-after-father-is-put-into-coma-on-cru</link><guid>http://chrissterry.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/30/16777427-family-gets-23000-medical-bill-shock-after-father-is-put-into-coma-on-cru</guid><category>business</category><category>claims</category><category>charges</category><category>fees</category><category>buying</category><category>disclosure</category><category>invalid</category><category>aviva</category><category>underwriters</category><category>travel-insurance</category><category>barclays-bank</category><category>medical-conditions</category><category>bank-accounts</category><category>mis-selling</category><category>be-aware</category><category>loss-adjusters</category><category>duty-to-disclose</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 23:31:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chrissterryA26CD035-AA08-DE72-832C-23086FA1AB91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chrissterryA26CD035-AA08-DE72-832C-23086FA1AB91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: States force jobless to pay needless fees</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary fees to collect unemployment benefits because of state policies encouraging them to get the money through bank-issued payment cards, according to a new report from a consumer group.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Wagner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Daniel Wagner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16745965-report-states-force-jobless-to-pay-needless-fees</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/29/16745965-report-states-force-jobless-to-pay-needless-fees</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>unemployment</category><category>fees</category><category>card-fees</category><category>jobless-americans</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 05:02:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d035a285-fd01-4b12-a126-802056d4bbc5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d035a285-fd01-4b12-a126-802056d4bbc5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 photo people use a Bank of America ATM in Boston. Banks including JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bancorp and Bank of America seized on government payments for unemployment compensation  as a business opportunity and pitched card programs to many states. However to cover the costs of the programs, banks have  hit all card users with a plethora of new fees. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Credit Card Fees Take Effect Sunday - ABC News</title>
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Starting Sunday, paying by credit card could get more expensive. Under the terms of a $7.2 billion settlement reached last summer between credit card companies and merchants, merchants will be free to impose a surcharge on customers paying by credit card.
How big a surcharge d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712900-credit-card-fees-take-effect-sunday-abc-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712900-credit-card-fees-take-effect-sunday-abc-news</guid><category>credit</category><category>fees</category><category>card</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:53:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C6F8B5D5-C7BE-84CF-59C9-50193714649C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia62C6F8B5D5-C7BE-84CF-59C9-50193714649C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fees undermine fliers' ability to compare fares</title>
<description><![CDATA[For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Joan Lowy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16167060-fees-undermine-fliers-ability-to-compare-fares</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/26/16167060-fees-undermine-fliers-ability-to-compare-fares</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>airline</category><category>politics</category><category>fees</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:26:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1dbc7ea2-7775-4673-bc18-e77b0c701bcb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1dbc7ea2-7775-4673-bc18-e77b0c701bcb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Dec. 21, 2012 file photo shows travelers walking to a ticketing desk at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare. But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the ability to comparison-shop for the lowest total fare is eroding.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Airlines boost 3Q baggage fee collections</title>
<description><![CDATA[Airlines are raking in more baggage fees.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15973552-airlines-boost-3q-baggage-fee-collections</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/17/15973552-airlines-boost-3q-baggage-fee-collections</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>airlines</category><category>fees</category><category>baggage-fees</category><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:16:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Southwest to charge customers who don't show up</title>
<description><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Co. will start charging a no-show fee for passengers who fail to cancel tickets before their flights.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Koenig]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15908496-southwest-to-charge-customers-who-dont-show-up</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/14/15908496-southwest-to-charge-customers-who-dont-show-up</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>airlines</category><category>southwest-airlines</category><category>fees</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:35:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>MUSIC - Berlin clubs fight music royalties reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[(Picture) Some thousand demonstrators joined this anti-GEMA and pro-fun event Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15511601-music-berlin-clubs-fight-music-royalties-reform</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15511601-music-berlin-clubs-fight-music-royalties-reform</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>music</category><category>bars</category><category>fee</category><category>fees</category><category>pubs</category><category>rip-off</category><category>royalties</category><category>hikes</category><category>discos</category><category>gema</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:13:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth100A7E9A-4313-A285-15B3-C280282D0CCA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth100A7E9A-4313-A285-15B3-C280282D0CCA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Retailers appeal $7.2B credit card fee settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[Several retail groups are appealing a $7.2 billion court decision approved earlier this month that was designed to settle allegations of fee-fixing against major credit card companies.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15490983-retailers-appeal-72b-credit-card-fee-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15490983-retailers-appeal-72b-credit-card-fee-settlement</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>settlement</category><category>fees</category><category>credit-card</category><category>card</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:50:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cal State Considering New Student Fees</title>
<description><![CDATA["In an effort to get students to graduate quicker, officials within the California State University system are thinking about imposing new fees on them."Really?! Self-deportation of students from California colleges and universities? And this immediately after Brown's tax hike fo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MichaelScott123]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MichaelScott123]]></source><link>http://mas-scott.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15049557-cal-state-considering-new-student-fees</link><guid>http://mas-scott.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/09/15049557-cal-state-considering-new-student-fees</guid><category>education</category><category>fees</category><category>california-state-university</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Banks extend fee waivers for storm-hit customers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the nation's biggest banks have extended temporary waivers on a variety of fees and late charges for residents of states hit hard by Superstorm Sandy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14837403-banks-extend-fee-waivers-for-storm-hit-customers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14837403-banks-extend-fee-waivers-for-storm-hit-customers</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>bank</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><category>superstorm</category><category>superstorm-sandy</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:03:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kiel's discos, bars and pubs unite in battle against rip-off by &quot;royalties organization&quot; GEMA</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The organization for collecting copyright-based 'music' royalties in Germany, GEMA, is planning incredible hikes for their fees that are designed to compensate composers, musicians and artists. Up to 1000 pc more, pubs, bars and discos shall be paying for playing music. 15 pc of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Josh Rosenroth]]></source><link>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14753639-kiels-discos-bars-and-pubs-unite-in-battle-against-rip-off-by-royalties-organization-gema</link><guid>http://josh-rosenroth.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/28/14753639-kiels-discos-bars-and-pubs-unite-in-battle-against-rip-off-by-royalties-organization-gema</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>germany</category><category>europe</category><category>music</category><category>bars</category><category>fees</category><category>pubs</category><category>rip-off</category><category>royalties</category><category>hikes</category><category>discos</category><category>gema</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 07:52:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth0D00B230-2DBD-CF37-219A-FBE3B8660198.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth0D00B230-2DBD-CF37-219A-FBE3B8660198.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Even Halloween celebrations face extreme fee hikes beginning in 2013 when the new tariffs' structure is implemented by royalties' organization, GEMA.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenrothADB88207-5BF6-04D9-BB00-281FA3AE10E3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenrothADB88207-5BF6-04D9-BB00-281FA3AE10E3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstration against the reform of GEMA's fee tariffs - mid-town Kiel, Holtenauer St &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth8EFEBE63-DA38-9F49-E395-1B8CF6840471.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=josh-rosenroth8EFEBE63-DA38-9F49-E395-1B8CF6840471.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Some thousand demonstrators joined this anti-GEMA and pro-fun event last Saturday in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Short Guide to Getting a Payday Loan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Another must read post from LT! Take a look at this A Short Guide to Getting a Payday Loan!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaleib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kaleib]]></source><link>http://kalei-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14630751-a-short-guide-to-getting-a-payday-loan</link><guid>http://kalei-1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14630751-a-short-guide-to-getting-a-payday-loan</guid><category>financial</category><category>interest</category><category>rates</category><category>loans</category><category>fees</category><category>hidden</category><category>payday</category><category>situation</category><category>understand</category><category>completely</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 04:18:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dish, Gannett reach agreement over TV fees</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dish and Gannett said Monday that they have reached an agreement in a fee dispute that had threatened to leave more than 2 million Dish subscribers in 19 cities without access to local television stations owned by Gannett.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14286948-dish-gannett-reach-agreement-over-tv-fees</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14286948-dish-gannett-reach-agreement-over-tv-fees</guid><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>gannett</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><category>dish</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2012 07:25:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Airlines set bag fee record in first half of year</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in baggage fees during the first half of the year, the largest amount ever collected in that six-month period.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14096044-airlines-set-bag-fee-record-in-first-half-of-year</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/25/14096044-airlines-set-bag-fee-record-in-first-half-of-year</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>airlines</category><category>fees</category><category>bag-fees</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:33:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5606d892-a553-4cc1-9827-3b3c22182b45.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5606d892-a553-4cc1-9827-3b3c22182b45.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Wednesday, Aug. 1 2012 file photo, Delta Air Lines ramp agents unload bags from a flight arriving at JFK International airport in New York. U.S. airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in baggage fees during the first half of the year, the largest amount ever collected in that six-month period. Delta Air Lines Inc. once again claimed the title as the airline collecting the most in baggage fees: nearly $430 million from January through June. The slightly larger United Airlines, part of United Continental Holdings Inc.,  followed with $351 million in bag fees, according to a report from the Bureau of Transportation statistics released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10708d50-4c21-4dce-88f4-abc7811e01a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=10708d50-4c21-4dce-88f4-abc7811e01a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="170" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE-In this Monday, June 25, 2012, file photo, a customer drops off her bag at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. U.S. airlines collected more than $1.7 billion in baggage fees during the first half of the year, the largest amount ever collected in that six-month period. Delta Air Lines Inc. once again claimed the title as the airline collecting the most in baggage fees: nearly $430 million from January through June. The slightly larger United Airlines, part of United Continental Holdings Inc.,  followed with $351 million in bag fees, according to a report from the Bureau of Transportation statistics released Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bank fees further erode free checking accounts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Truly free checking accounts are becoming rarer as banks add more fees to boost their profits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Carpenter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dave Carpenter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14071330-bank-fees-further-erode-free-checking-accounts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14071330-bank-fees-further-erode-free-checking-accounts</guid><category>us</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><category>checking-account</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:38:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e725cd14-3935-4959-87ea-9579fa84a063.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e725cd14-3935-4959-87ea-9579fa84a063.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 31, 2011 photo, Bank of America customers use ATM machines in New York. Truly free checking accounts are becoming rarer as banks add more fees to boost their profits. Financial data publisher Bankrate.com says a survey shows only 39 percent of non-interest checking accounts are free to all customers. That's down from 45 percent last year and 76 percent in 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Retail group says it opposes card fee settlement</title>
<description><![CDATA[The National Retail Federation is opposing a proposed $7.25 billion settlement that Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and major banks have agreed to pay retailers for alleged fee fixing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Chapman]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Chapman]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13802748-retail-group-says-it-opposes-card-fee-settlement</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/10/13802748-retail-group-says-it-opposes-card-fee-settlement</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>fees</category><category>card</category><category>retailers</category><category>national-retail-federation</category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:43:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Millions in SF health fees don't go to workers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Restaurants and other businesses in this food-loving tourist mecca collected almost $14 million dollars in extra fees last year from their patrons, as they sought to comply with the progressive city's landmark universal health-care ordinance.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fenit Nirappil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fenit Nirappil]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13749326-millions-in-sf-health-fees-dont-go-to-workers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/08/13749326-millions-in-sf-health-fees-dont-go-to-workers</guid><category>us</category><category>associated-press</category><category>san-francisco</category><category>unspent</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><category>restaurant</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Sep 2012 18:07:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffcd3496-a8c8-4062-a12b-fd3566670dc7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ffcd3496-a8c8-4062-a12b-fd3566670dc7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012, Carlos Kuk serves first courses during dinner at the Blue Plate restaurant in San Francisco. Nearly 200 San Francisco businesses charge diners and other customers an extra fee to pay for employee health care, but millions of dollars of it never gets spent on doctor visits or medicine. An Associated Press analysis of city records shows 59 percent of businesses that impose health care surcharges of about 3 per cent to 5 per cent on their clientele collected an average of $61,000 more than they spent on health care last year. Blue Plate suspended the fee because many of the young, healthy employees didnt have many medical expenses. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eadeba21-cf09-4099-b1d3-37a79214ae9f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eadeba21-cf09-4099-b1d3-37a79214ae9f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012  co-owner Jeff Trenam goes over the lineup of the evening dinner menu with his wait staff at the Blue Plate restaurant in San Francisco. Nearly 200 San Francisco businesses charge diners and other customers an extra fee to pay for employee health care, but millions of dollars of it never gets spent on doctor visits or medicine. An Associated Press analysis of city records shows 59 percent of businesses that impose health care surcharges of about 3 per cent to 5 per cent on their clientele collected an average of $61,000 more than they spent on health care last year.  Trenam said he noticed many of his young, healthy employees didnt have many medical expenses, so he suspended the fee. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d8c0b9a-27a9-4c2c-9a5c-039b56d79aa2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9d8c0b9a-27a9-4c2c-9a5c-039b56d79aa2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 a waitress sets a table for dinner at the Blue Plate restaurant in San Francisco. Nearly 200 San Francisco businesses charge diners and other customers an extra fee to pay for employee health care, but millions of dollars of it never gets spent on doctor visits or medicine. An Associated Press analysis of city records shows 59 percent of businesses that impose health care surcharges of about 3 per cent to 5 per cent on their clientele collected an average of $61,000 more than they spent on health care last year. Blue Plate suspended the fee because many of the young, healthy employees didnt have many medical expenses. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why read the fine print when booking hotels?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The next time you book a hotel room, read the fine print first.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Scott Mayerowitz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13588668-why-read-the-fine-print-when-booking-hotels</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13588668-why-read-the-fine-print-when-booking-hotels</guid><category>us</category><category>hotel</category><category>fees</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>What NBC paid for US Olympic rights over the years</title>
<description><![CDATA[NBC paid nearly $1.2 billion for the U.S. rights to the London Olympics this year. It plans more than 5,500 hours of coverage on its TV networks and through streams on NBCOlympics.com. NBC now says it expects to break even, despite earlier predicting a loss on the games.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072115-what-nbc-paid-for-us-olympic-rights-over-the-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/01/13072115-what-nbc-paid-for-us-olympic-rights-over-the-years</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>olympics</category><category>rights</category><category>fees</category><category>nbc</category><category>london-olympics</category><category>comcast</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 Aug 2012 18:46:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=767fcbae-4fad-4d96-a21d-03409cd17206.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=767fcbae-4fad-4d96-a21d-03409cd17206.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tueday, July 31, 2012 photo released by NBC shows the US Women's Gymnastics team, winners of the gold medal for women's team gymnastics, Kyla Ross, standing left, Jordyn Wieber, seated left, Aly Raisman, standing center, McKayla Maroney, and Gabby Douglas, seated right, with NBC Sports' Bob Costas in London. NBC is set to &quot;break even&quot; on its Olympics coverage, rather than lose money as previously expected, the head of NBCUniversal said Wednesday, Aug. 1. The company had expected at one point to take a $200 million loss on the London Olympics. NBC paid $1.2 billion for the rights to show the games on TV and online in the U.S. It has said that it sold more than $1 billion in ads, breaking the record of $850 million set during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5eb69e2-a446-4e32-8e74-1ad71738b226.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e5eb69e2-a446-4e32-8e74-1ad71738b226.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This July 27, 2012 photo shows, from left, co-hosts of the &quot;Today&quot; show, from left, Savannah Guthrie, Meredith Vieira, and Matt Lauer during a broadcast of the morning news program from London. NBC is set to &quot;break even&quot; on its Olympics coverage, rather than lose money as previously expected, the head of NBCUniversal said Wednesday, Aug. 1. The company had expected at one point to take a $200 million loss on the London Olympics. NBC paid $1.2 billion for the rights to show the games on TV and online in the U.S. It has said that it sold more than $1 billion in ads, breaking the record of $850 million set during the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>