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Cash back, frequent-flier miles, gift certificates: more than 55% of all credit-card offers have some type of reward attached to them, according to the latest survey by Mintel's Comperemedia, a company that monitors direct-mail solicitations nationwide. Needless to say, the rewards can be great. Every time you use your Chase Disney card, for example, 1% of your purchases goes into an account you can use to pay for trips to Disneyland and Disney World. You get a check for $25 every time you spend $2,500 on your Chase Free Cash Rewards card. Signing up for a rewards program seems like a no-brainer. After all, it's a free perk, right? .
Vesdia Launches Innovative Rewards Credit Cards
ATLANTA, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesdia Corporation, a leading provider of loyalty marketing services, announced today the launch of four new Visa(R) credit cards to support its leading reward programs BabyMint(TM), NestEggz(R), Stockback(R) and FundraiserRewards(R). The card launch in partnership with MXT Card Services provides consumers with additional earning opportunities in the rewards currencies that matter most to them. Consumers can apply for the Platinum Visa cards on the program websites through an easy to use web application, and earn rebates of 1% on any purchase made using the card. The new rewards credit cards offer competitive benefits and no annual fee. Cardholders can earn additional rebates of up to 26% of their purchases at hundreds of retailers in Vesdia's merchant network, including top brands like Eddie Bauer, Illuminations, Best Buy, Gap.com, Lands' End(R) and Banana Republic - representing over 100,000 store locations and service providers, hundreds of catalogs and gift cards, and more than 600 leading online retailers.
How to navigate the cellphone maze
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Study finds county voting system vulnerable
Butler County's voting system, which uses Direct Recording Electronic Equipment, has been identified as one of the most vulnerable systems, an informations security expert said Tuesday night, Feb. 19, at Miami University during the first of a series of statewide forums on the issue. .
NetSpend(R) and Advance America Enter Agreement, Begin Successful ...
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- NetSpend Corporation, one of the premier providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, has entered an agreement with Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. and rolled out a successful program that makes prepaid, reloadable debit cards and gift cards available at just over 2,600 Cash Advance Centers across 35 states. Advance America, the country's leading provider of payday cash advance services, now makes prepaid cards a key component of its current suite of services in the United States. NetSpend Chief Executive Officer Daniel R. Henry said, "We are very proud and excited that Advance America has chosen NetSpend for this important program. We feel our products and processing platform allow us to develop ground breaking products for Advance America's customers.
All the Day's Political News From Newspapers, TV, Radio, and Magazines
MSNBC is reporting this morning that John Edwards will end his campaign today following his 3rd place finish in Florida. No further details are available at this time. McCain Seen As Clear Frontrunner After Florida Win In the biggest GOP primary contest to date, John McCain yesterday won the Florida showdown with Mitt Romney. With 99% of precincts reporting, McCain led with 36%, followed by Mitt Romney with 31%, Rudy Giuliani with 15%, Mike Huckabee with 13%, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas with 3%. Media reports are portraying McCain's win as a fundamental watershed in the race for the GOP nomination, one that appears to make McCain the clear frontrunner and put him in a strong position as attention turns to next week's Super Tuesday contests. On its front page, for example, USA Today says McCain "gained a significant advantage...in the fierce contest for the Republican presidential nomination." In addition to winning the support of 57 delegates, he is expected to get "a critical edge that will allow him to raise money and get voter attention in the week before Feb.
Stocks struggle higher
The Ambac news dragged on a number of financial stocks and initially pulled down the broader market. But stocks crawled back into positive territory by the late afternoon. Adding to the afternoon malaise was the release of the Federal Reserve's periodic "beige book" reading on the economy, which showed that most of the 12 districts reported a slowdown in economic activity since the beginning of the year. Although some reports will suggest improvement here and there, the current theme in the economy is pretty obvious, said John Merrill, chief investment officer at Tanglewood Capital Management. "We've seen a sudden and extreme downturn in economic activity since December," Merrill said. "Not every report shows that, but taken together, it suggests a pronounced slowdown." "There's not a lot to suggest that we aren't in a recession," he said.
Time to re-assess attitude to alcohol
So is junk food. But neither of them is "good". Furthermore, being good doesn't always guarantee popularity – if that was the case, carrots and celery would be in much higher demand. And why do we tend to lean towards popular – even when we know that, sadly, carrots are better for us than chocolate. One thing our society is generally good at, supported by underlying philosophies such as individualism and materialism, is elevating short-term pleasure over long-term benefits. Hence, a smoker will tell you that they know cigarettes are bad for them but they still smoke. It's why I choose a chocolate bar instead of an apple for a mid-afternoon snack, or sleep in instead of getting up and exercising. I know what is good, but the good is not always popular. And being popular does not make it good – no matter what the owner of the Normanby may hope.
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