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2 hrs ago | New York Business.com

Analyst upgrades American Express

An analyst on Monday raised his rating on American Express Co., saying the credit card lender would be among the least affected by new legislation and that loan-loss concerns are waning.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

Sat Jul 04, 2009

FANGORIA

R.I.P. Karl Malden

The Los Angeles Times has reported that Acting legend and Academy Award Winner Karl Malden has died.

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Related Topix: The Streets of San Francisco, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, A Streetcar Named Desire, Music!, Karl Malden, Financial Services, Chicago Metro

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Bloomberg

American Express Fined After Convenience Checks Incur Customer Penalties

American Express Co. , the biggest U.S. credit-card company by purchases, agreed to pay $500,000 in fines and $3.5 million in refunds after causing customers to incur penalties on convenience checks.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, US News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Police officer honored for work with Secret Service

It sounds just like an old detective movie - a check scam spanning from the Oregon coast to New York state, two Nigerian nationals as the suspects and their accomplice.

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Related Topix: US Secret Service, US News, Taylors, SC, Financial Services

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KOB-TV

United passing credit card fees to some agents

DALLAS - United Airlines has caused an uproar among travel agents with plans to force them to the pay credit-card fees when their customers buy tickets with plastic.

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Related Topix: Airlines, United Airlines, Financial Services, Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Metro

Mon Jun 29, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross and the Investi...

Credit Card Industry Will Stay Profitable: Study

The credit card industry will continue to provide one of the most lucrative returns of the asset classes within banks' portfolios even after new U.S. credit card rules are put in place, analysts at Keefe, Bruyette and Woods said.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Visa Inc., Department 56, Household Products, Capital One Financial

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Daily Mail

Ghostly pale, frail and wasting away. Just what has happened to Courtney Love?

In the past three years she has gone from curvaceous rock star to Hollywood's idea of slender perfection.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Nirvana, Grunge, Life, Food, Dieting

Fri Jun 26, 2009

SCORE 690

New law may reshuffle credit card industry

A sweeping U.S. credit card law will mean sharply lower revenue for issuers and may force some out of business, but some of the market leaders could end up even stronger.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Department 56, Household Products, Banking, Bank of America, Citigroup

Thu Jun 25, 2009

GuruFocus.com

Wells Fargo, American Express, Goldman Sachs, U.S. ...

WFC , AXP , GS , USB , BNI , UNP , BRK-A , BRK-B WFC , AXP , GS , USB , BNI , UNP , BRK-A , BRK-B Ten days ago, GoruFocus reported that Berkshire Hathaway is going to report decent gain in the investment in 2Q09, giving its book value a boost, thanks to CocaCola Company, Burlington Northern Santa Fe, The Procter & Gamble Company, Wells Fargo & ...

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Related Topix: US Bancorp, Banking, Financial Services, Wells Fargo , Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Buying Like Buffett Beats Investing in Berkshire as Stock Market Rebounds

Warren Buffett followers who invest like the billionaire instead of with him have been rewarded since the bear market bottomed more than three months ago.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Warren Buffett, Construction, Investment Services, Omaha, NE Metro, Wells Fargo , Banking, Financial Services

Search Engine Watch

Top Signs Your Site Isn't Ready for Prime Time

Many things have changed in the last few years, but the real foundation for SEO success hasn't changed much at all.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Marketing, Financial Services, Internet, Science / Technology

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Charlotte.com

MetLife names American Express president to board

NEW YORK Insurer MetLife Inc. said Tuesday it named the president of American Express Co.

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Related Topix: MetLife, Insurance, Financial Services

InformationWeek

Hewlett-Packard's Randy Mott Tops List Of 5 Best-Paid CIOs

HP CIO Randy Mott, who last year completed a sweeping transformation of HP's IT operations that flipped the ratio of IT spending on maintenance/innovation from 80/20 to 30/70, tops a list of the five best-paid CIOs at public companies in the U.S. Other public companies whose CIOs made the list: Best Buy, State Street Corp., American Express, and JC ...

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Related Topix: CIO News, Best Buy, Retail, State Street, Financial Services, Investment Services, JC Penney

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Hindustan Times

Banga bags a bonanza @Mastercard

Ajaypal Banga, Asia-Pacific CEO of crisis-ridden behemoth Citigroup, will get a package of about Rs 90 crore as the new second-in-command at payment services firm MasterCard--an offer that could be billed as the biggest package in the current state of the global economy.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Citigroup, Banking

The Gazette

At the Table: New Nottingham Chop House has some kinks to work out

MORE INFO: 453-2369. Childrena s menu available. Credit cards: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Financial Services, Colonie, NY, Seafood, Potatoes, Vegetables

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Reuters

Goldman CEO expresses "regret"

On the eve of Goldman Sachs Group Inc paying back $10 billion of government bailout money, Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein expressed "regret" his bank took part in the "market euphoria" that led to the collapse of the financial sector last year.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Multichannel News

Cablevision Fights FiOS With Moola

Cablevision Systems, in a bid to add and retain subscribers in the second quarter, is offering new double-play Internet-and-phone and triple-play customers $200 cash back in the form of an American Express gift card through June 30.

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Related Topix: Cablevision Sys, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, Television, Financial Services, New York Metro, Verizon Communications, IT Services

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Daily Herald

Discover Financial profit advances

Discover Financial Services, the credit-card company that took $1.2 billion from the Treasury's bank rescue fund, said second-quarter profit advanced 12 percent, aided by a payment from an antitrust settlement.

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Related Topix: Department 56, Financial Services, Household Products, Visa Inc., MasterCard Incorporated

Adfreak

Graydon Carter introduction is kiss of death

It was not quite as short as a Webby Awards acceptance speech, but Graydon Carter's introduction of John Hayes at Tuesday night's UJA-Federation of New York dinner lasted a scant 74 seconds.

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Related Topix: Financial Services

MyBankTracker

American Express Debuts Ita s Online Personal Savings & CDs Accounts

On June 1st American Express launched their first range of deposit holding products that don't involve signing up for a credit card.A Coming out of the gate with a High-Yield Savings account and an assortment of CDs ranging in terms from 3 to 60 months, American Express is seeing to it that their rates were competitive.A With a 2.00% APY for their ...

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Related Topix: Financial Services

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