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A report released on Thursday by the Institute for College Access & Success's Project on Student Debt shows that members of the class of 2010 who took out loans to finance their educations owed an average of $25,250 in student debt at graduation -- a 5% increase from the year before.

When my grandparents bought their first home in 1953, they paid their home builder for the price of the home. The buyer handed over the money, courtesy of the bank; the builder handed over the keys to the home. And that was it, transaction finished. But that scenario may be fading thanks to the...

One of my good friends likens doing her taxes to playing the slot machines. She puts her financial information into her tax software, presses "Calculate" and hopes for the best. Sometimes she gets a refund; sometimes she owes. Despite my best efforts to get her to do some tax planning, she seems...

It used to be that you only had to worry about extraneous foreign usage fees from your credit card company when you set foot in a foreign country but; thanks to the Internet, you can waste money on foreign transaction fees from the comfort of your own home. Last month I found out just how easy it...

When Congress passed the credit card reform act known as CARD many people breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that accountability and responsibility would soon be coming to the credit card industry. Unfortunately, instead of bringing sunshine and rainbows to the credit card industry, the CARD act...

Do you find yourself a bit disgusted by the amount you spend on ATM fees every month? I know I can't stand to pay $2-$3 just to get to my money, but I'm a huge cheapskate. I'll assume you're as upset by wasting even $10 a month, $120 a year, to withdraw money for expenses that can only be paid in...

I was so excited when Live Nation, the concert promoter behemoth, recently announced "No Service Fee Wednesdays," dropping the service fees on lawn tickets at hundreds of concerts. Could it be that I could actually get to see Wilco, one of my favorite bands, this summer for a decent price without...

If you haven't traveled internationally before, you might be operating under the assumption that using your credit card is no different than using it at Wal-Mart. Unfortunately this isn't the case; using your credit card in another country can lead to high fees for currency conversion or even a...

Wow! I know businesses everywhere are feeling the need bring in more cash but charging paying customers just to open their files is a bit on the ridiculous side. Joel Watson, creator of Hijinks Ensue a "Geek Webcomic", went to his local FedEx Kinkos to print copies of a several comic strips and was...

While you may not know it; merchants have to pay a fee to use the credit card machines which typically is 2% of the actual purchase price. To defray this cost of doing business many retailers factor the 2% fee into the shelf price for items which leaves cash-paying customers shelling out the same...