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Credit card offers: five mysteries explained
Credit-card companies often say you are "pre-approved," "pre-screened," "pre-qualified," or "pre-selected" to receive their credit card. Here is a guide to sorting through credit-card offers:
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In Gear Hybrid car sales soar 40 percent, study says
Hybrid car sales grew 40.9 percent from 2011 to 2012, according to a recent study. It's a stark indication of the hybrid car's relentless transformation from eco-themed curiosity to mainstream car choice, Ingram writes.
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Credit card offers: five mysteries explained
Credit-card companies often say you are "pre-approved," "pre-screened," "pre-qualified," or "pre-selected" to receive their credit card. Here is a guide to sorting through credit-card offers:
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Saving Money Eight surprising ways to raise your credit score
Boosting your credit score from merely good to great will give you access to the best offers and best rates on nearly everything. Here are the best ways to do it.
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Cyber Monday: Work ethic is no match for shoppers' zeal for a deal (+video)
Black Friday just set a record for e-commerce in a single day: $1 billion. But deal-hungry digital shoppers, despite being back at work, were pushing the tally for Cyber Monday higher still.
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In Gear Car loans: Is is time to refinance?
Little-known fact: refinancing isn't just for mortgages. But how do you decide if refinancing your car loan is the right move for you?
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Latin America Monitor Brazil's growing middle class debt
Debt could be the defining factor of whether Brazil's middle class families can maintain an improved standard of living or slide backward, writes a guest blogger.
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In Gear June auto sales: There's good news and bad news
June auto sales may have reached a five-year high for new cars, but don't break out the party hats just yet. Another bit of news for June auto sales is troubling.
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Saving Money No credit history? You can still get a credit score, Experian says.
Experian announces new credit score system for those with little or no credit history. 'Extended View' credit score looks at rental data and public records to establish a credit score.
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Saving Money Credit scores: Can another card user hurt your credit rating?
Credit scores for children and spouses can be helped by adding then as authorized users on your own credit card. But does that put your own credit scores at risk from their behavior?
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Saving Money Credit cards: Top 5 cards for grads
Credit cards for high school and college graduates offer cash back and, most importantly, no annual fee. If you're not sure you qualify for regular credit cards, there's an option for you, too.
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The Simple Dollar Know your credit report, and what it means
Forget those goofy commercials. You can get your credit report (really) for free from the federal government. When you get it, it’s important to make sure that the information on your credit report is accurate and represents a good picture of your financial history.
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Credit card hacked? Four steps to take.
Credit card hackers can send sophisticated looking e-mails and make small purchases on credit cards to test if you're watching closely.
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New consumer agency targets debt collectors. Who can argue with that?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which faces stiff GOP opposition, picks what may be politically palatable targets for regulation: debt collectors and the credit-rating industry.
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The New Economy Does Suze Orman’s prepaid card solve anything?
Released with great fanfare, The Approved Card from Suze Orman is supposed to help people who use cash responsibly get a good credit score. But it doesn't – and probably never will.
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10 most-visited websites of 2011
Google and Facebook reign among this year's top websites.
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Credit scores will get more personal
Credit scores will include estimates of annual income. FICO is developing separate credit scores to incorporate any payday loans, evictions, and child support payments.
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Bing is more accurate than Google, report shows. Does it matter?
Bing and Yahoo are more successful at generating solid search results than Google, one firm says.
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Peer-to-peer lending grows
Individuals and small businesses are increasingly turning to peer-to-peer lending websites since it can be difficult to get a bank loan
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How Twitter is upending British privacy laws
While extreme gag orders, or 'super injunctions,' often keep the British press from airing the private details of celebrities' court cases, they haven't yet been able to quiet the Twitterati.
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Auto loans: Return of the subprime borrower
Auto loans to people with less-than-stellar credit rose 8 percent last quarter, the first annual rise in three years.
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Refinancing an underwater mortgage?
Refinancing a mortgage (question 3) and getting out from under backbreaking student loans (question 9) feature in today's reader mailbag.
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Twitter traffic gets major boost from Google
Twitter has benefited from the 2009 launch of Google's real-time search function, one new study shows.
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Should you get an extended warranty on gadgets?
Extended warranty coverage is good only sometimes.
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New car loans stretch to greater lengths
More buyers finance for six, even seven years – a risky move given how quickly some cars depreciate.
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