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If you're ready to commit to going a gym to get fit, be careful. Complaints against gyms and health clubs are increasing, reports the Better Business Bureau. In 2009, the BBB received more than 7,780 complaints, up 21% from the previous year. Six California consumers, all of whom filed complaints...

When Countrywide Financial created deeply flawed mortgage-backed securities, it wasn't just selling bad financial products: It was breaking its contracts. Now some ordinary investors are suing Countrywide's buyer, Bank of America, to force it to repurchase those bad mortgages. That's their right, but there's nothing simple about this case, or its ramifications.

A chain of tanning salons that generated hundreds of complaints about deceptive sales tactics and misleading contracts has agreed to pay $350,000 and change the way it does business. The agreement settles charges lodged against the company At The Beach by the Colorado Attorney General's office. At...

This recession has given birth to more new lingo than any other economic phenomenon in recent memory. We've had bailouts and frugalistas, ponzimonium and staycations, and now, I'm sure you've heard about the massive "robo-signing" scandal that is literally sweeping the entire nation. But you may...

You'll get more for your money with no-contract wireless – as long as you pay your bill on time. Today, Boost Mobile, one of the pre-paid arms of Sprint, rolls out Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage. It works like this: The basic Monthly Unlimited (unlimited phone, text, data, IM and 411) is...

The U.S. Justice Department is accusing software company Oracle of defrauding the government on a contract worth over $1 billion, claiming that the tech giant gave its private sector clients better deals than the government.

In a move similar to how car insurance carriers offer price comparison service for potential customers, T-Mobile has teamed up with BillShrink to give your cell phone bill a makeover. If you watched the American Idol Finale last night you may have caught Catherine Zeta Jones offering to help a...

Broadway's miseries have spilled over to the fishing industry. Jeremy Piven, the cocky little actor who made his name playing cocky little agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage, has bailed on his role in a revival of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow, sending producers of the three-man play into a tizzy of...

If you write for a living, then you know only too well, that proper spelling, grammar and punctuation are essential to your craft. If you write for work or business purposes, then you know that accuracy in writing is a critical part of your skill set. Through your school years, your teachers must...

Each month, you shell out real, green dollars for unlimited web access. And one day, you log on, only to see a big blank screen, courtesy of your provider. Why? You used the web too much with that unlimited account. It happens all the time. One Comcast customer was dumped for using too much web...