"The final overdraft rules represent an important step forward in consumer protection," the Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said. "Both new and existing account holders will be able to make informed decisions about whether to sign up for an overdraft service."

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House Republican leaders have produced their own health care reform bill. Here is the first thing you need to know: It would do almost nothing to reduce the scandalously high number of Americans who have no insurance.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday that it was eliminating some overdraft fees altogether and trimming others, after Bank of America Corp announced a similar move on Tuesday. More Articles

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Thousands of top traders and bankers on Wall Street were awarded huge bonuses and pay packages last year, even as their employers were battered by the financial crisis. More Articles

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GM-Chrysler bailout is a $14,705 tax on new car purchases

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Here's a little-known fact: Under current law, it's possible to hold a patent on a piece of human DNA, otherwise known as a gene. More Articles

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The "Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights," provides crucial protections against unfair, but unfortunately common, credit card practices. Ends Unfair, Arbitrary Interest Rate Increases. More Articles

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The White House meeting comes a day after credit card legislation opposed by the financial services industry moved forward on Capitol Hill.

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Former vice president Richard B. Cheney said yesterday that he strongly disagreed with President Bush's decision not to pardon I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, saying his former chief of staff had been left "hanging in the wind."

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Ronald W. Burris acknowledged Saturday that the brother of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich solicited a campaign contribution from him several times in the weeks and months before Mr. Blagojevich appointed Mr. Burris to succeed President Obama as Illinois's junior senator.

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They seemed so important at the time, didn't they? The issues over which much ink was spilled, many talking heads blathered, and, in some cases, congressional committees were convened. More Articles

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President-elect Barack Obama pledged Thursday to disclose any interaction between his transition team and the office of besieged Gov. Rod R.

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Hassan is one of more than a dozen young men of Somali descent -- many U.S. citizens -- to have disappeared from Minneapolis over the past six months, according to federal law enforcement authorities.

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One of two bombers who struck in Baghdad Monday was a mentally disabled woman whose explosives were detonated by remote control, officials said. More Articles

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Defying a federal law that prohibits U.S. clergy from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit, an evangelical Christian minister told his congregation Sunday that voting for Sen. Barack Obama would be evidence of "severe moral schizophrenia." More Articles

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A "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" existed in the federal agency that handles royalty payments from oil companies, including sexual encounters between government employees and industry representatives, according to a memorandum released today. More Articles

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Pakistan has banned the Taleban militant group which has been behind many suicide attacks in the country since 2007. More Articles

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China is employing an unprecedented level of state-of-the-art digital technology to suppress media freedom. For the sake of humanity, let's hope Beijing's Orwellian IT experiment fails. More Articles

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For years, banks have charged customers hefty fees for overdrawing their checking accounts. Now a growing number of institutions are charging customers such fees even before the transaction overdraws their account. More Articles

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When you hear the name "Indiana Jones," you think of an archaeologist carrying an idol and dodging a giant boulder. When you hear about "Dow Jones," you might wonder if it's up or down that day.

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the first confirmation of direct involvement by the Bush administration in deals to open Iraq's oil to commercial development

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I do not wish to engage in a debate about the Iraq War. But the thought of planting a largely Christian army in the middle of the Muslim Middle East over the opposition of most countries in the region, when put as I have just put it, sounds daft.

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Girls in underwear - Disney is getting confused.

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This is a good thing.

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Many of these publications claim to be based upon the same scientific evidence which supposedly documented the safety of the drug in order to obtain approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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