| 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.
Just Rewards?
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? .
Chehalis man accused of lying to get flood aid
CHEHALIS, Wash. - A Chehalis man accused of lying to flood relief workers has been arrested and jailed, accused of pretending to be a flood victim and accepting relief aid. The Lewis County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old Ted Cherry was arrested Thursday after his stories were questioned by United Way workers. Lewis County Sheriff Steve Mansfield said Cherry admitted to having lied to the workers.Cherry had walked into the United Way Relief Center, caked in mud and crying, claiming his 20-acre farm had been destroyed in the storm. Cherry said he lost everything, including his animals and an antique grand piano, and said he was contemplating suicide. That's when no less than five volunteers stopped in their tracks to help. United Way gave the man clothing and cash cards for groceries and gas.
Woolworths shares jump on huge profit result
THE nation's largest retailer Woolworths has booked a 28 per cent increase in first-half profit to almost $900 million, sending its shares back over $30. Woolworths this week confirmed that it expects net profit for fiscal 2008 to grow by 19 per cent to 23 per cent. The company also announced that it would partner investment bank HSBC to launch a branded credit card late in calendar 2008. Woolworths booked a $891.3 million net profit in the 27 weeks ended to December 30, compared to $695.6 million in the prior corresponding period. Investors were happy with the result. Woolworths shares jumped 3.62 per cent, or $1.05, to $30.06 by 11.01am AEDT. "This is clearly a strong result and one that reflects the momentum for sustained profitable growth that exists in our business," chief executive Michael Luscombe said.
Dave Mason, Al Kooper playing at The Egg tonight
After a short stint with Southern soul singers Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, he released his 1970 debut "Alone Together." The album charted "gold" (sales in excess of 500,000 copies) and later was a highly coveted collector's item for its distinctive packaging and mottled vinyl design.He followed with a self-titled collaboration with Cass Elliot of the Mamas and Papas, and in 1977 he enjoyed his biggest success with "We Just Disagree," which reached No. 12 on Billboard magazine's singles chart.In later years, he sang a duet with Michael Jackson on 1980's "Save Me," briefly joined Fleetwood Mac in the mid-1990s and continued to perform throughout the U.S. and the world.In 2004, he was inducted with other members of Traffic into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. "Legendary" is an overused adjective in critical circles, but a word which eminently describes the half-century career of Al Kooper.Singer, songwriter, bandleader, producer -- from Bob Dylan to Lynyrd Skynyrd to the Rolling Stones -- scores of singers and musicians have benefited from his golden touch, and like Woody Allen's "Zelig," he appears to be always there, at the right time and at the right place.Born Feb 5, 1944, in Brooklyn, his first brush with fame came in 1959 as part of the Royal Teens of "Short Shorts" fame.
Legal Bills Racking Up in Sen. Larry Craig's Airport Incident
The MAC is funded through charges for flying out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and on purchases there. Craig claims in his appeal that the state's disorderly conduct law is flawed. Airport lawyers say his guilty plea should stand. The television station reports Craig has spent at least $213,000 on his legal bills since his arrest. .
Groundbreaking Web Site Holds Answers to Life's Questions
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking new Web site launched today, eXtension.org, promises to be a gateway to answering all of life's little questions -- from parenting, to saving and investing, entrepreneurship and vegetable gardens. eXtension experts are the brains behind eXtension.org, a sort of "next-gen Google," where curious minds can find a range of information including how to calculate their retirement readiness score, tips to easing credit card debt, how to grow the best tomatoes on the block or ways to set a schedule for a new born baby. Even better, if the consumer can't find the information he or she is looking for, real live authorities in their area of interest monitor and answer questions through the Web site. And all of eXtension's resources are available to knowledge-seekers at no cost.
Geneticist Spencer Wells to discuss Genographic Project at The Society ...
You can actually track how your ancestors would have moved from an African homeland to where your indigenous ancestors lived most recently," Wells said by phone Tuesday. A scientist, documentary filmmaker and author of Deep Ancestry: Inside the Genographic Project, Wells will speak at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Society of the Four Arts in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public. Wells traces ancestors "that you can't assign a name to like Uncle Larry." "These are people you are definitely related to, but it's a deeper ancestry," he said. "... Typically, people are really excited about this. They're really interested in the results. Basically, you're tracking them back to individuals who really lived, at some point in the past, and fleshing out who they would have been and what their lives would have been like." In April 2005, National Geographic and IBM, with support from the Waitt Family Foundation, launched The Genographic Project.
Seniors, disabled must file to get tax rebates
Giving them a role in jump-starting the flagging economy, Congress decided seniors and the disabled would get tax-rebate checks as part of a $168 billion economic stimulus plan passed earlier this year. The only problem: Many of them either don't know it or don't know they need to file a tax return to get their share, local community advocates fear. As a result, potentially thousands of the 3.2 million Floridians whose sole income is from Social Security or disability payments might not get the $300 checks pledged by the government. Other taxpayers will be sent checks for $600 automatically when they file returns, $1,200 for couples filing jointly. ''We know many seniors in Florida are struggling now with the increased cost of gas, healthcare and insurance .
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