UPDATE: MasterCard: Worst Is Behind Us; Thrifty Days In Store
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 5:47 pm ET(Adds MasterCard's revenue guidance for 2009 in the final paragraph and updated stock price.)
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MasterCard: Worst Is Behind Us, But Thrifty Days In Store
Nasdaq - Tue Dec 8, 4:47 pm ETMasterCard Inc. (MA) said the worst is over, but the economic rebound may be less robust than hoped for as consumers increasingly adopt thriftiness as they continue to cope with joblessness and economic uncertainty.
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Credit card giants pay 1.1 billion dollars in settlement
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 12:44 pm ETCredit card giants Visa and MasterCard are to pay out about 1.1 billion dollars to merchants across the United States as part of an antitrust settlement, lawyers said Tuesday.
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Music labels bet Vevo.com is next MTV
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 9:39 pm ETIn a grainy black and white Web video, similar to footage from an in-store security camera, you can make out the muscular frame of rapper 50 Cent, smashing dozens of TV sets with a baseball bat.
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MasterCard Names Kevin Stanton President MasterCard Advisors
CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 3:32 pm ETMasterCard Incorporated today announced the appointment of Kevin Stanton as president, MasterCard Advisors, the company's professional services arm. Previously, Mr. Stanton served as the company's president of the Canada region.
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Retailers to get final credit card lawsuit payment
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:09 pm ETMore than 600,000 businesses across the country are getting an early Christmas present.
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MasterCard Board of Directors Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 11:53 am ETMasterCard Incorporated today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend to holders of shares of its Class A common stock and Class B common stock.
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More on-time credit card payments expected in 2010
USA Today - Tue Dec 8, 8:09 am ETCredit card delinquencies are expected to continue falling through next year, but at a much slower rate than in the past two years, according to a prediction from credit reporting agency TransUnion due out Tuesday.
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Americans getting better at managing credit
MSNBC - Tue Dec 8, 7:01 pm ETConsumers are expected to further improve their credit management in 2010, but unemployment will hamper the efforts of many to make their credit card payments on time.
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Debit Cards Aren't Just For Gifts This Holiday
NPR - Tue Dec 8, 6:21 pm ETMore people than ever will buy their holiday presents this season with debit cards. But people are using debit and credit cards for much more than just gift purchases. Even Salvation Army bell ringers are accepting plastic this year.
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RESEARCH MONEY Pitt, UPMC streamline pay-for-study system
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Wed Dec 9, 12:25 am ETYou may have seen the recruiting signs on the bus, asking people to participate in studies on depression or high blood pressure in exchange for money or free medical care.
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Business briefly: CEO survey finds more layoffs ahead
Everett Herald - 1 hour 55 minutes agoMore of America’s largest companies will shrink their staffs than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their chief executives.
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Congress probes Visa, AmEx role in Web scam
CNET - Tue Dec 8, 1:39 pm ETSenate commerce committee wants the big credit card companies to explain how a Web marketing scam involving top retailers went on under their noses for years.
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Debit card settlement provides holiday bonus for retailers
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 9:23 pm ETYou know the stores passed on the higher rates to the customers. Waiting to see how long it'll be before we customers get our checks. Some Twin Cities merchants will get an unexpected holiday bonus this week as part of a $1.1 billion antitrust case payout announced Tuesday.
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A Bistro for Recessionary Times
East Bay Express - 1 hour 49 minutes agoModerately priced Bistro 1491 might lack inspiration, but it doesn't skimp on portions. by Matthew Stafford The first thing you should know about Bistro 1491 is that it isn't really a bistro at all, if your definition of a bistro is a little place up an alleyway where guys in berets down bowls of onion soup to the accompaniment of a strolling accordion player. To the more broad-minded among us ...
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Hokona vegetable garden flourishes
The New Mexico Daily Lobo - 1 hour 59 minutes agoIn a few short months, students living in the Hokona residence hall will have fresh vegetables growing outside their windows. Alex Borowski, a freshman living in Hokona, planted a garden in the courtyard about a month ago, and he said most of the produce should be ready by March or April. “It used to just be this big patch of dirt.
