24Feb

Health Executive Defends Premiums

Posted by ADMiN as Health Insurance and Managed Care, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Reform and Reorganization, Wellpoint Inc|WLP|NYSE

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The president of WellPoint told a House panel that the increase was justified by soaring costs, and that pending legislation could make the problem worse.

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23Feb

U.S. Home Prices Rise Modestly

Posted by ADMiN as Housing and Real Estate, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), United States Economy

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While the 20-city home price index rose 0.3 percent from November to December, the index was off 3.1 percent from December a year ago.

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23Feb

Banks Apply Pressure to Keep Fees Rolling In

Posted by ADMiN as Bank of America Corp|BAC|NYSE, Banks and Banking, Community Bankers Assn, Credit, Debit Cards, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, House of Representatives, Law and Legislation, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Senate

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As the government cracks down on overdraft fees, banks are mounting an aggressive campaign aimed at retaining billions of dollars in penalty income.

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22Feb

Networks Wary of Apple’s Push to Cut Show Prices

Posted by ADMiN as ABC Inc, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, CBS Corp|CBS|NYSE, Computers and the Internet, Jobs, Steven P, NBC Universal, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Television, iPad, iTunes

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Apple wants to ignite TV show sales, especially as it prepares to introduce the iPad. But its proposals to lower prices are being met with skepticism from networks.

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21Feb

Will Airlines and Passengers Call a Truce?

Posted by ADMiN as Airlines and Airplanes, Customer Relations, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Travel and Vacations

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Once passengers shell out hundreds of dollars for a ticket, the sales pitches begin: Checking a bag? Need a pillow? How about some trail mix?

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19Feb

U.S. Inflation Report Gives Fed Breathing Room

Posted by ADMiN as New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), United States Economy

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The latest government data on Friday reinforced the notion that more drastic efforts to tighten monetary policy were still far off.

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16Feb

In California, Exhibit A in Debate on Insurance

Posted by ADMiN as Anthem Incorporated|ATH,ATV|NYSE, California, Health Insurance and Managed Care, New York Times, News, Obama, Barack, Poizner, Steve, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Reform and Reorganization, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Sebelius, Kathleen, United States Politics and Government, Wellpoint Inc|WLP|NYSE

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With the health care debate stalled, the White House has seized on fury about an insurer’s planned rate increases.

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14Feb

Insurer Delays Increase for California Customers

Posted by ADMiN as Anthem Incorporated|ATH,ATV|NYSE, California, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

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Anthem Blue Cross appeared confident its new premiums would pass state scrutiny even as it delayed the increase.

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11Feb

E-Book Price Increase May Stir Readers’ Passions

Posted by ADMiN as Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Apple Inc|AAPL|NASDAQ, Books and Literature, Electronic Books and Readers, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Shopping and Retail

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The most voracious readers of e-books have shown a reflexive hostility to prices higher than $9.99 for popular titles.

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09Feb

As Data Flows In, the Dollars Flow Out

Posted by ADMiN as Computers and the Internet, Entertainment and Amusements, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Telephones and Telecommunications, Text Messaging, Wireless Communications

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The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.

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31Jan

Amazon Concedes on Electronic Book Pricing

Posted by ADMiN as Amazon.com Inc|AMZN|NASDAQ, Books and Literature, Macmillan Publishers, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

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The book retailer is selling Macmillan’s products again after halting sales over the company’s attempts to set higher prices for its online books.

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26Jan

Colleges Market Easy, No-Fee Sell to Applicants

Posted by ADMiN as Admissions Standards, Advertising and Marketing, College of Saint Rose, Colleges and Universities, Marquette University, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Royall & Company, Royall, Bill, US News & World Report, United States, University of Minnesota, University of the Pacific

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Lifting a page from the playbook of credit card companies, some colleges are sending applications that cut fees.

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24Jan

Students Face a Class Struggle at State Colleges

Posted by ADMiN as Budgets and Budgeting, California, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), San Francisco State University

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Educational opportunities cost more and are harder to grasp and even harder to hold onto than ever before in state-run higher education in California.

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22Jan

Your Money: Free Checking Could Go the Way of Free Toasters

Posted by ADMiN as Banks and Banking, Checks and Checking Accounts, Consumer Behavior, New York Times, News, Personal Finances, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

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Overdraft fees had helped to subsidize free checking, but as those fees begin to fall, free checking may disappear.

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08Jan

Your Money: Assessing the Damage Caused by Card Rewards

Posted by ADMiN as Debit Cards, New York Times, News, Personal Finances, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Shopping and Retail, credit cards

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Fees that merchants build to cover rewards programs lead to higher prices, which are passed on to poorer consumers.

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05Jan

The Card Game: How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market

Posted by ADMiN as Banks and Banking, Consumer Behavior, Credit and Money Cards, Debit Cards, Mastercard International Inc|MA|NYSE, National Retail Federation, New York Times, News, Personal Finances, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Visa Inc|V|NYSE

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When you sign for a debit card at a retailer, the store pays your bank more than twice as much as when you enter a PIN — a strategy Visa hatched decades ago.

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04Jan

News Analysis: Next Up on Cable TV, Higher Bill for Consumers

Posted by ADMiN as Cable Television, Fox Broadcasting Co, New York Times, News, News Corporation|NWSA|NASDAQ, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Television, Time Warner Cable Inc|TWC|NYSE

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Fox’s deal for new payments from Time Warner Cable will bring higher fees, and it will not be the last time.

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01Jan

Time Warner and Fox Extend Talks Overnight

Posted by ADMiN as Cable Television, Federal Communications Commission, Fox Broadcasting Co, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Television, Time Warner Inc|TWX|NYSE

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Hours before a contract over retransmission rights for Fox stations was set to expire, the F.C.C. asked the companies to keep talking.

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31Dec

Airlines Struggle Anew With Flier Frustrations

Posted by ADMiN as Abdulmutallab, Umar Farouk, Airlines and Airplanes, Airports, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Security and Warning Systems, Terrorism, Transportation Security Administration, Travel and Vacations

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Executives are trying to minimize the impact of the bombing attempt on consumers’ travel plans.

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28Dec

Broadcasters Battling for Cable Fees

Posted by ADMiN as Advertising and Marketing, Cable Television, Fox Broadcasting Co, New York Times, News, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Television, Time Warner Cable Inc|TWC|NYSE

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Fox is pushing Time Warner Cable to pay about $1 for each subscriber, as broadcasters seek new revenue streams to offset advertising declines.

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