Slamming in telephone service adds new twists
Susan Bondy guides readers on guarding against local and long distance carrier switches without consent. Tips include setting carrier restrictions, checking bills monthly, and refusing unsolicited changes. If slammed, don’t pay the slammer and seek reinstatement with your original plan, then file formal complaints with state agencies or the FCC.
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Fec.gov
FCC Consumer Center
Money fund yields rise in latest week
The week ended Tuesday shows a seven day average money market fund yield at 2.70 percent up from 2.56 percent. Thirty day average declined to 2.85 percent from 2.94 percent. Institutional and retail money market assets rise to a combined total of 2.22 trillion with revisions to prior week.
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Money Fund
New York
Money Market
Money Fund Report
iMoneyNet Inc
Westboro
Mass
Money Funds
Bankrate.com
North Palm Beach, Fla.based
Bankrate Inc
Investment Company Institute
Mutual Fund
Investors rally with clubs in a volatile market
Paul Watkins and Kate Gaal, Philadelphia investment club members, stay confident the market will rise again as the Dow falls 14 percent. Watkins, 74, plans to leverage his Visions Investment Club and others, arguing that long term profits come from carefully selected stocks rather than broad index funds.
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Knight Ridder
U.S
Paul Watkins
Kate Gaal
Watkins
Gaal
America
Visions Investment Club
General Electric Co
Intel Corp
Wall Street
Philadelphia
Cheltenham
Delaware Valley
National Association of Investors Corp
Children raise funds for relief effort with small gifts
A 10 year old from Ola Kansas sent 21 to aid the Red Cross in the Sept 11 relief effort. In Leawood Kansas Meredith Lynch Bailey and Sarah Allen sold beaded flags for 1 each, raising funds in two days.
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Knight Ridder
Olathe
Kan
American Red Cross
Leawood
Meredith Lynch
Bailey
Sarah Allen
Kelly Lynch
Meredith
Rial
Watson
Bailey Lynch
Lynch
Kids Raise Relief Funds After 9/11 Crises
Charities gathered millions for victims with Changing Our World listing relief groups such as the American Red Cross and The September 11th Fund. In Sudbury Massachusetts five children raised 5000 dollars with a bank match, and New York area youths sold lemonade for disaster aid. Tom Watson cites kids showing generosity as a powerful lesson in giving and balanced spending.
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Changing Our World Inc
Changingourworld.com
American Red Cross
P.O
Washington, DC
Redcross.org
Sudbury
Mass
New York City
Tom Watson
Watson
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