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NBC San Diego found a local wine distributor who was issued a credit card with a 79.9 percent APR.
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Every day,
American Airlines gets up in the morning, looks in the mirror, thinks about the $3.3 million dollars it lost yesterday, brushes its teeth and gets ready to lose another $3.3 million.
Fortune says the hemorrhaging began in January, and while red ink is no stranger to the airline industry, they're running out of things to cut.
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Get ready to pay more for air travel, United
Airlines is raising prices. A lot. As much as $50 for some fares. Continental has already matched the increase.
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A 10-year-old elementary school student
found a razor blade in the Pokemon lollipop he was about to hand to his sister. Dollar General, which sold the lollipop for $1, immediately recalled the remaining Pokemon Valentine Cards and Pops from its 8,300 stores, but they are concerned that "most of this candy has already been purchased."
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GM is better at losing money then they are at making cars, says the
Associated Press. The
auto-maker lost $38.7 billion in 2007, a record for the industry. Still, they're optimistic:
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Eight passengers and two flight attendants were injured when flight 1028 from Los Angeles to Chicago O'Hare encountered
turbulence and was diverted to Denver.
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Goldman Sachs has downgraded Citigroup, the nation's largest bank, estimating that it will have to take a $15 billion hit due to its exposure to the subprime meltdown. Two weeks ago, Citigroup estimated that its mortgage related write-downs would total from $8-$11 billion as its CEO, Charles Prince "resigned."
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USAToday is reporting that gas prices could jump by $0.20 in the coming weeks as retail prices catch up to the recent surge in oil costs.
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It must not be fun around WaMu headquarters today. Profits are down a whopping 75%.
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Several loaves of bread manufactured by
Sara Lee are being recalled because they are potentially full of small pieces of metal.
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Kerry, whose feet broke out into some sort of awful rash/burn after wearing Walmart flipflops, has been wearing latex gloves to determine if she's allergic to latex (so far she's not.) She's also collecting photos from more people who have had reactions to the same flip flops. If not latex, then what? Suggestions welcome! [Kerry's Site]
