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First credit card? Five key tips for college students.

If getting a credit card is a rite of passage for college students, choosing the right plastic and learning how to use it responsibly is a matter of life and debt. Young people age 18 to 24, carry an average credit card debt of $2,002, according to CreditKarma.com. Before you end up as a debt statistic, learn to pick the right card and manage your credit before getting your hands on plastic. Here are five things every new credit cardholder should know:
Top 5 credit cards for world travel

Is world travel on your horizon this year? Bringing the right credit card is as fundamental as packing the right wardrobe. While there are great benefits to using plastic abroad – such as travel assistance and fraud protection – the cards’ foreign transaction fees can eat into your travel budget. And traditional magnetic strip credit cards aren't universally accepted overseas anymore. Picking the right card for a foreign trip depends on the perks you’re looking for, the fees you’re willing to pay, and the kind of credit you have. Here are Credit Karma’s Top 5 credit cards for world travel:

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Tech stocks boost the market

Strong earnings reports from IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher Friday. The Dow rose 96 points to close at 12720.
First credit card? Five key tips for college students.

If getting a credit card is a rite of passage for college students, choosing the right plastic and learning how to use it responsibly is a matter of life and debt. Young people age 18 to 24, carry an average credit card debt of $2,002, according to CreditKarma.com. Before you end up as a debt statistic, learn to pick the right card and manage your credit before getting your hands on plastic. Here are five things every new credit cardholder should know:
Saving Money
Debit card fees: You can still avoid them. For now.

Debit card fees are on the rise as banks look for ways to make up for lost revenue. But Citibank, Capital One still offer no-fee cards.
Credit cards see more profits, less late payments

Credit cards in the US are being paid off in full more often this year, leading to healthy gains by the credit card companies.
Top 5 credit cards for world travel

Is world travel on your horizon this year? Bringing the right credit card is as fundamental as packing the right wardrobe. While there are great benefits to using plastic abroad – such as travel assistance and fraud protection – the cards’ foreign transaction fees can eat into your travel budget. And traditional magnetic strip credit cards aren't universally accepted overseas anymore. Picking the right card for a foreign trip depends on the perks you’re looking for, the fees you’re willing to pay, and the kind of credit you have. Here are Credit Karma’s Top 5 credit cards for world travel:
Stocks close higher, Dow ends above 12,000

The Dow gained about 123 points, and the Nasdaq gained about 39 points, led by gains in energy
Stocks end down for fifth day after Bernanke

After gains early in the day, the session closed lower, with the Dow declining about 19 points
The Simple Dollar
Stuck with student loan with variable rate? Shop around.

Student loan has a low interest rate. But if it's variable, it pays to lock in that student loan with a fixed rate. Question No. 1 of the reader mailbag.
Stocks end up on good economic news

The Dow rose about 56 points, with Merck and DuPont gaining and Bank of America and Cisco falling
Horizons
Epsilon security breach exposes thousands of email addresses

Epsilon says a recent hack revealed only email addresses and names – not financial information.
Saving Money
Credit cards better than debit cards – sometimes

Credit cards have important advantages over debit cards – if you use credit cards wisely. Here are seven advantages:
Stocks end higher, propelled by tech, retail

Dow gains 84 points, up nearly 5 percent over the last six trading days.
Stocks end down, but sharply off lows

Dow Jones falls 88 points after falling nearly 180 points. Stocks on S&P and Nasdaq also pare losses at the close.
The Simple Dollar
Credit cards way past due? Call the company anyway.

Credit cards went unpaid for months, so what now? That's question No. 2 in the reader mailbag..
The New Economy
Debit cards: Prepaid versions not a good deal

Debit cards with prepaid balances come with more fees than a free checking account and more limitations than a credit card.
Credit-card deals become harder to find

Recent reforms make credit-card deals more difficult to negotiate with card companies. Here's how Americans are coping.
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Olympics curling begins with support from Google Doodle and Simpsons

Ahead of curling competition today in Vancouver at 9 am (12 pm EST), Google offered the sport a Doodle and The Simpsons featured an episode wherein Homer curls in the Vancouver Games.
Top 10 ways to spend a Goldman Sachs bonus

Goldman Sachs' bonus pool was announced Thursday, with an average payout of $500,000. After taxes, what could that buy?
Four big banks need more capital to weather recession, US finds

'Stress tests' reveal that banks need to raise more than $65 billion to be able to keep lending if the recession drags on.
Congress turns from bank bailouts to helping consumers

Targets include credit card companies, payday loans with exorbitant interest rates, and predatory mortgage lenders.
Buried by credit-card fees? Washington is on it.

Obama is to meet this week with banks about card-holder complaints. Congress is weighing a 'bill of rights' for borrowers.
Consumers hunt for price relief at the pump

Certain payment methods can save you pennies per gallon, but that can add up.