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      <title>House: Move up CARD date?</title>
      <description>APRs are being tripled for some, but Senate may not OK a Dec. 1 implementation of the CARD Act.</description>
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      <title>Credit card offers worsen</title>
      <description>Consumers received fewer credit card solicitations in the third quarter, with lousier features.</description>
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      <title>Unfair practices abound</title>
      <description>New research shows that no credit cards from the 12 largest banks comply with the CARD Act.</description>
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      <description>Sen. Dodd introduced a bill to freeze interest rates until February.</description>
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      <description>Bank of America will institute a $29 to $99 annual fee on some rewards credit card accounts next year.</description>
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      <title>Stripped-down BofA Visa</title>
      <description>No overlimit fee, same APR for all transactions: Is this the new face of the credit card business?</description>
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      <title>Big no to annual fees</title>
      <description>New study finds consumers will resist credit card annual fees and turn to debit cards or cash instead.</description>
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      <description>A new study finds that overall credit card customer satisfaction has sunk to a new low.</description>
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