Analysis: Check card fees gone [Bankrate]
With no fees for transactions, no debt added to high-interest credit cards, zero-liability fraud protection and new rewards programs, the check card is proving to be a grand slam for consumers.

I Made Close to $500 by Using the Right Credit Card [Free Money Finance]
Wow! I am really happy with the amount! Almost $500 for doing nothing that what I’d do anyway!

AT&T opens first new retail store [Dallas Morning News]
The stores will include showcases for Homezone, a $10-per-month service designed to link satellite television with other AT&T services, and U-verse, the company’s premium television service, even though the services will not necessarily be available in the store’s market area.

Johnson & Johnson subpoenaed over marketing practices [APP]
“The subpoenas request information regarding Johnson & Johnson’s corporate supervision and oversight of these three subsidiaries, including their sales and marketing of these drugs,” J&J said. The company previously disclosed the investigations in filings with U.S. securities regulators, the company said.

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