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Banks are seeing the value in listening to customers. Several are rethinking the fees they assumed their clients would passively accept for using a debit card to access their own money. Thanks to a young woman's gutsy online petition individuals who started transferring their savings into credit unions and local banks got ongoing press coverage and banks had to pay attention. Evidence of the consumer-driven economy.
A University of Missouri economics study concludes that ethical people are more content with their lives, says Tom Jacobs in Miller-McCune.
Nicholas Kristof writes in the New York Times about John Woods who left Microsoft to change lives with his charity Room to Read, responsible for opening over 2,500 libraries and helping girls stay in school in less developed countries like Vietnam.
If you're looking for work the retail industry is gearing up to hire part-time employees for the holidays. Bloomberg reports increased job openings since September, while we absorb more reductions.
If you're a regular Amazon.com customer and own a Kindle reader you can now borrow one book a month from their library without charge reports MarketWatch. Amazon is challenging the traditional book seller model and enhancing the consumer experience.
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider questions of constitutionality in regard to the Health Care Reform Act. It will be hearing a case rising from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Retired Baby Boomers who are starting to shift into Medicare coverage will immediately be impacted.
The Obama administration has successfully tracked down and prevented the payment of $18 billion dollars in wrongful payments to deceased or otherwise ineligible individuals reports the NationalJournal.
If you're concerned about the future these 2011 MacArthur Foundation Fellows might lift your spirits. Each individual like Marie-Therese Connolly an elder law expert specializing in elder abuse, has been selected and encouraged to pursue his/her interests with the support of a generous gift from the foundation.
