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If you're like most consumers, you have piles of stuff waiting to be shredded -- old medical records, credit card and bank statements and investment records. On April 16, consumers will be able to go to a Better Business Bureau-sponsored site in their area to get their documents shredded. Go to...

The business of credit and debit cards is not built on convenience; it's built on ignorance. By using a card rather than writing a check (which has a register), we rarely know what our balance is and easily lose track of how much we've spent. This encourages reckless spending and fattens banks with...