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Even though last year's financial reform was supposed to make credit cards more transparent, consumers are still complaining about interest rates, billing disputes and confusing credit card terms.

Nothing like a big media deal to spark commentary from the media. And indeed, there's been no shortage of reaction -- from praise to pillory -- to AOL's decision to purchase upstart news site The Huffington Post for $315 million, mostly in cash.

Some of the day's top online stories for investors, including the AOL-Huffington Post deal, the four keys to Apple's success, and Google's Eric Schmidt on the future of computing.

Once a clearly defined term that meant "to use force to compel or control a physical thing," drive has become one of the most insidious and overused buzzwords in the business lexicon. What's being driven now is often intangible, and the mechanics of who or what's doing the driving are a mystery. Hey, let's drive some eyeballs to this story!

Forbes Media is reaching outside the family ranks for the first time to name a new CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Veteran venture capitalist and media executive Mike Perlis will assume his new post Dec. 1, replacing longtime CEO and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes.

When Mayhill Fowler quoted Barack Obama and Bill Clinton saying things they'd never have said had they known she was in the press (sort of), her editors couldn't have been more pleased. But when Fowler pulled the same stunt on those editors, they were far less delighted.

Why is John Tesh, the multitalented composer, lifestyle guru and former host of "Entertainment Tonight," using copyrighted content to fill his advice blog? We'd ask him ourselves if he weren't so damned popular.

Arianna Huffington likes to blast "the media" for getting distracted by silliness like the Balloon Boy story. But no one's more distracted, or distracting, than her own Huffington Post.

The unsettling mood of the economy matched with surging tuition costs and a unified need for financial aid reform prompts us to ask the question: Is going to college worth your money? It seems fewer Americans are beginning to think so, but that hasn't stopped enrollment numbers from rising....

"I don't do predictions," said Arianna Huffington at a panel discussion Tuesday, although she actually does, quite enthusiastically. But perhaps she shouldn't, given her difficulty sticking to the facts of the present.