By JANE BIRNBAUMPublished: November 5, 2008 Small merchants have long chafed at the fees they must pay banks every time a customer swipes a debit or credit card. But now, with business slowing and every dollar important to their bottom line, some merchants are pushing for changes.Skip to next paragraphEnlarge This ImageBrendan Smialowski for The [...]
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Small-Business Owners Lobby to Cut Credit Card Fees
Posted in credit card, finance, financial and credit, personal finance on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Leave money where it is, or try safe alternatives
Posted in personal finance, personel credit on October 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By DAVID GELLES dgelles@MiamiHerald.com “Turn off the TV.” That’s the advice financial planner Harold Evensky is giving to skittish clients concerned about their dwindling investments amid the financial crisis. ”I know no one likes to hear it, but the answer is, hang in there,” said Evensky, a partner in Coral Gables wealth management firm Evensky [...]
