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  1. Phillips 66 warns of new credit card scam goo.gl/xFAis 9:17 AM Jun 1st via web
  2. Money tips for hurricane season, which begins today. (A mild storm season is forecast, but it takes only one) creditcards.com/credit-card-ne… 6:35 AM Jun 1st via Tweet Button
  3. MT @LaurenYoung: A crushing statistic: 1/4 of Americans 50+ used up all their savings during the 2007-09 recession. 5:34 AM May 31st via web
  4. Irish dodge debts through UK 'bankruptcy tourism' gu.com/p/37qex/tw via @guardian 7:51 AM May 30th via Tweet Button
  5. Heading to the @London2012 Olympics? Take along these money-saving tips goo.gl/BMYPB 6:07 AM May 30th via web
  6. @TheMoscowNews says there's an @AngryBirds credit card coming. goo.gl/1PbIy Surprisingly, the card image features no capitalist pigs 6:24 AM May 29th via web
  7. Shedding flab for bathing suit season? In a similar vein, by @DawnPapandrea: 5 steps to lose debt, get credit fit creditcards.com/credit-card-ne… 5:52 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
  8. MT @ThePointsGuy Top 10 ways to get access to airline lounges w/o paying $$$ goo.gl/JMsAN You forgot my favorite #SneakIn 5:49 AM May 29th via web
  9. Tanish Warner: Steps to boost credit score when a mortgage is the goal creditcards.com/credit-card-ne… 10:52 AM May 28th via Tweet Button
  10. Reader Q&A by @SallyHerigstad: Protect credit scores when canceling a credit card creditcards.com/credit-card-ne… 1:05 PM May 25th via Tweet Button
  11. RealNetworks’ not-so-free trials result in $2.4 million settlement. Surprise credit card charges from prechecked boxes goo.gl/Y8mWz 6:34 AM May 25th via web
  12. Credit Is a Human Right (Nottttt, But Moms Should Be Able to Get It) thebillfold.com/2012/05/credit… 12:56 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
  13. Best credit card related story I've read all week: "Frauds, Swingers and the Odd Early Days of Credit Cards "http://goo.gl/jOxyJ 12:42 PM May 24th via web
  14. Our new weekly survey of credit card offers shows the average APR increased from 14.91% to 14.93 percent, the first rate movement in 5 weeks 9:36 AM May 23rd via web
  15. Q&A with Holly McCall, champion of the stay-at-home parent creditcards.com/credit-card-ne… 5:43 AM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  16. @UrbanMuseWriter @Meena_Thiru @blumsday @footnoted You're very welcome, Susan, that was fun! 12:44 PM May 21st via web in reply to UrbanMuseWriter
  • Name Taking Charge
  • Location Austin, TX
  • Web http://blogs.cred...
  • Bio The musings of Dan Ray, the editor in chief of Austin's CreditCards.com. I post site updates, blog updates, my observations.
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