Archive for July 12th, 2012:

Attack on Yahoo e-mail may spawn more phishing scams

Date: Jul 12 2012
Yahoo on Thursday confirmed the theft of 450,000 Yahoo users' e-mail addresses and passwords. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/XnWhxOS2sxI/1 Read More »

Moody’s downgrades Italy debt rating 2 notches

Date: Jul 12 2012
Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Italy's government bond rating two notches. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/_g3V5r_mPkI/1 Read More »

Dress like a Virgin — or a bit like the airline’s attendants

Date: Jul 12 2012
Virgin America is dressing its flight crews in new attire next month. And it's offering variations on the apparel line to consumers. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/mXWNhGKUT_k/1 Read More »

Merchants May Win the Right to Charge Credit Card Users More

Date: Jul 12 2012
Filed under: Retail, MasterCard, Visa, Credit Cards The cost of paying with plastic may be about to rise, giving pause to those consumers who use credit cards to make small, everyday purchases. That's according to The Wall Street Journal, which reports that ...Read More »

A Farewell to Marvin Traub: The Retail Genius Who Changed How You Shop

Date: Jul 12 2012
Filed under: People, Retail, Shopping You might never have heard of Marvin Traub, but the former CEO of Bloomingdale's (M), who died this week at 87, forever changed retailing. Revered by his industry peers as a merchant king, Traub brought a panache ...Read More »

Olympic Chief Bites Tongue on McDonalds, Coke Sponsorships

Date: Jul 12 2012
Filed under: Health Care, Coca-Cola Enterprises, McDonald's, Advertising It was widely reported on Monday that Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, said there had been a "question mark" hanging over Coca-Cola's (KO) and McDonald's (MCD) sponsorship of this year's ...Read More »

Thirty-year mortgage rate drops to another record low

Date: Jul 12 2012
The rate on 30-year loans has fallen to or matched record lows 11 of the past 12 weeks. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/YOER8Ori224/1 Read More »

Stocks slide on gloomy economic outlooks in U.S., China

Date: Jul 12 2012
Concerns about China weighed on stocks ahead of Friday's announcement of second-quarter growth figures. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/Gzo7EMgCK3E/1 Read More »

More homes faced foreclosure risk in June

Date: Jul 12 2012
Banks put more homes with unpaid mortgages on countdown that could deliver new foreclosed properties to the housing market. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/xi5bFI62VyM/1 Read More »

8 Signs Your Identity Has Been Compromised

Date: Jul 12 2012
Filed under: Crime, Personal Finance By Jeanine Skowronski While frequent data breaches may have desensitized some consumers to identity theft, it's still important to pay attention to early warning signs your info is being used illegally, no matter how creative, silly or ...Read More »