Credit Card Battles, The Triumph Of The Jam Band, And More

Monday, May 21, 2012 She Can't Get A Credit Card, But She's Not Giving Up Holly McCall, a 34-year-old mother of two from Vienna, Va., grabbed headlines last week with her fight for the right of stay-at-home mothers to open their own credit cards. McCall argues that current regulations discriminate against a stay-at-home parent or anyone who does not have an income of his or her own and has been pushing for an overhaul of federal regulations. Her online petition has received more than 34,000 signatures and earned her a meeting last Thursday with Richard Cordray, who heads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau overseeing credit card rules. Sometimes You Need A Buddy To Help Get Your Spending In Order So, Should You Jump In On Facebook Now? The Average Wedding Costs An Outrageous Amount How This Jam Band Outsmarted TicketMaster BLOG POSTS Steven Cohen: We Need to Put the Class of 2012 to Work If you're going to occupy Wall Street or anyplace else, it's not enough to just sit around beating on drums once you get there. You must do something. Moreover, the forces of greed and intolerance are relatively immune to information and analysis. Judy A. Smith: Ask Judy: 'I Didn't Go To School For This' I'm an associate attorney at a small firm. One of the partners is constantly asking me to do menial errands for him and the rest of the office. It's not that big a deal, and we all wear many hats here, but I didn't go to law school for this. How do I get him to stop asking? Noah Kass: 'That's Not My Job' Days Are Over: Ask Noah Let's keep it real. The average employee is frequently asked to stretch his/her workload far beyond that of the original job description. This is a systemic function of our modern workplace. Bruce Kushnick: The Great Verizon FiOS Ripoff Verizon is now making it clear that it is no longer expanding FiOS, its fiber optic cable service. So what did they accomplish? What did they build? And how much did it cost? Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm: Today, the Billionaires Are King We have ventured so far from the vision of the founding fathers that if they were still alive, I'm certain those founders would start another revolution. I blame Citizens United.

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