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Sorry, No Mortgage: Experian Says That You're Dead [Credit Reports]

Shortly after surviving the death of her husband and a life-threatening medical crisis, Ann Howe of Seattle decided to refinance her home mortgage. Everything went smoothly until the bank informed her that the refinance couldn't be completed because the credit bureau Experian was convinced that s...

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Consumerist — 3 hours ago

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Lawsuit Alleges Xbox Bans Result Of Vast Redmond Conspiracy [Xbox]

Microsoft has declared that the owners of banned Xbox consoles have no recourse and no choice but to buy new consoles. Some users see this as unfair and a vast Redmond conspiracy, and law firm AbingtonIP is fighting back with a class-action lawsuit. God bless America. What's the alleged conspirac...

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Consumerist — 3 hours ago

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What is a money market account? [Banking]

If you visit your local bank, you might advertisements for money market accounts. You might be familiar with CDs, checking and savings accounts, but money market probably sounds fancy and exotic. Fortunately, they're not. I think of money market accounts as a hybrid between a savings account and ...

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Consumerist — 4 hours ago

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Kodak: Your Camera Has A Beach Mode, So Don't Take It To The Beach [Digital Cameras]

Brandy's Kodak digital camera comes with several pre-set modes, one of which is "beach." However, when her camera stopped working after a trip to the beach, she reports that Kodak's mystifying response to her service request was that just because a digital camera has a setting for takin...

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Consumerist — 5 hours ago

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Police: Gang Was Killing People For Fat, Attempting To Sell It To Cosmetic Companies [Dubious]

Police in Peru say that they've caught a group that was allegedly killing people and harvesting their fat to sell to Europeans who wanted it for cosmetics. The Independent points out that human fat is readily available from liposuction, should anyone want it, and that it doesn't really do anythin...

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Consumerist — 20 hours ago

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What Does "Hostile Takeover" Mean? [Explanations]

Does the phrase "hostile takeover" give you a mental picture of Vikings swarming into an office building and taking over by brute force? The term is in the news due to proposed takeovers of Cadbury and Barnes & Noble, but that's not quite what the term means. Marketplace's Paddy Hir...

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Consumerist — 22 hours ago