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  • The terrifying debt facing students: How a degree can cost you £52,000

    04/22/2011 12:08:44 AM PDT · by Niuhuru · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 2:21 AM on 22nd April 2011 | By Kate Loveys
    Students face a £50,000 bill for a three-year degree from next year because of increased tuition fees and the rising cost of living. Current undergraduates pay £31,373 at an elite Russell Group university, which will increase by 55 per cent to an average £48,503 in 2012. The most expensive courses – because of costly university accommodation – are those in London.
  • Obama Campaign Reportedly Amasses Big Legal Fees (including birther defense charges)

    04/04/2011 12:29:32 AM PDT · by Libloather · 15 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/31/11
    Obama Campaign Reportedly Amasses Big Legal FeesFoxNews.com Published March 31, 2011 President Obama's campaign committee has been racking up big bills for legal fees since his historic election, according to a new report. The committee paid nearly three times more in legal fees in the two years since his election than in the two years prior, according to a CQ MoneyLine study of Federal Election Commission records. The report shows that Obama for America spent $2.8 million on lawyers’ costs for corrected FEC filings and other activities in the time since he was elected in 2008, Roll Call reported. Obama...
  • Desperation California Style

    04/03/2011 7:28:40 AM PDT · by blam · 34 replies
    Economic Policy Journal ^ | 4-3-2011 | Robert Wenzel
    Desperation California StyleRobert WenzelApril3, 2011 Government tax revenues are way down in California, so the government is getting "creative". The California Highway Patrol is handing out more traffic citations than it did a few years ago, and that has generated tens of millions of dollars in new revenue for state and local government, reports the Sacramento Bee. A lawyer friend tells me some of the revenue raising moves are quite slick. In California, in the old days, it cost you $115.00 to incorporate. You could file with the state and get your papers in some cases within 2 hours, but...
  • Wash. Senate OKs electric car fee, math test bill

    03/30/2011 10:37:46 PM PDT · by george76 · 37 replies
    ap ^ | March 30, 2011 | Molly Rosbach
    Wash. Senate approves $100 fee for electric cars...The state Senate approved several bills Tuesday, including a measure to impose a $100 annual fee on electric cars to make up for lost gas tax revenue, and a bill that eases the transition to a new statewide high school math assessment. The Washington State Department of Transportation estimates that drivers with gasoline-powered vehicles pay about $200 a year in gas tax. The state gas tax is 37.5 cents per gallon. The bill now moves to the House for approval. The Senate also passed a bill that would ease the transition into new...
  • New York Times to start charging for website

    NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times says it will start charging for access to its website and for the use of smart phone and tablet applications later this month in the U.S. Beginning March 28, prices start at $15 for four weeks of full access to the website and the smart phone app. Subscribers to the printed edition will keep free access to the website and apps. Others will be able to view 20 articles a month for free on the website and see the "Top News" section in the apps. Newspapers are trying to increase digital revenue...
  • Can Washington still afford its roads and ferries?

    03/14/2011 12:46:26 AM PDT · by Robwin · 17 replies
    Seattle Post-Intellgencer ^ | March 13, 2011 | LARRY LANGE
    Transportation-finance is a hot topic in Olympia this year, and it's not going away. In an era of gaping money shortfalls, lawmakers have considered measures allowing tolls to be charged on Interstate 405 and letting King County decide whether to use annual car-license fees to help run its bus system. It's not clear yet whether these ideas will be approved by both houses of the Legislature this session. But bills have also been proposed advocating other ways to raise money - like mileage fees and adding sales taxes to gasoline. And a bigger package of funding measures -- some gas...
  • Banks Win Again: Congress Caves on Debit Card Fees

    03/10/2011 5:20:09 PM PST · by johnsmom · 10 replies
    The Daily Bail ^ | 3/9/11 | none listed
    It never ends. As part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill, the Federal Reserve was tasked with capping the fees banks charge merchants for debit card transactions. This rule on fees was supposed to be finalized by April of this year and to take effect by July, but the banks and their lobbyists have been screaming bloody murder. They've also been throwing around lots of cash. See here. And it worked! Call it the glory of "bi-partisanship." According to reports, Democrat Senators, including Jon Tester of Montana, and Republic Senators, including Bob Corker of Tennessee, are now drafting legislation to...
  • Debit card spending limit? Banks consider a $50 cap

    03/10/2011 1:08:35 PM PST · by Whenifhow · 86 replies
    http://finance.yahoo.com ^ | 3-10-11 | Blake Ellis
    .....Your debit card may soon be denied for purchases greater than $100 -- or even as little as $50. JPMorgan Chase, one of the nation's largest banks, is considering capping debit card transactions at either $50 or $100, according to a source with knowledge of the proposal. Why? Because of a tricky thing called interchange fees. Right now, every time you swipe your debit card, your bank charges the retailer an average fee of 44 cents, which it shares with its partners. .... And consumers would end up feeling the pain when Bank of America is forced to recoup costs...
  • Vehicle Registration Decal Fee Rising by $2 July 1 (Va. raises taxes) (Big Government at Work)

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Media Contact: Melanie Stokes Department of Motor Vehicles (804) 367-6623 Vehicle Registration Decal Fee Rising by $2 July 1 Other New Laws Impact Auto Dealers, Taxis RICHMOND - The vehicle registration fee that Virginians pay for their license plate decals is increasing by $2 annually beginning July 1 when the Commonwealth's new budget takes effect. The funds will be used to support Virginia State Police med-flight operations and other General Fund activities. Med-flight provides rapid response and transport to trauma centers for critically injured patients. The annual vehicle registration fee will increase from...
  • California fees boost traffic fines to aid budget

    02/22/2011 1:05:45 PM PST · by SmithL · 42 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 2/22/11 | Jim Sanders
    Justin Jachens learned of California's soaring traffic penalties when he got slapped for a red-light violation. Ticketed drivers have been squeezed hard during the budget crisis, perhaps because few complain until they get fined – then it's too late. "We're the ones taking the brunt for everything," said Jachens, 21, a student at California State University, Sacramento. "It's outrageous." Jachens was nabbed by a red-light camera for not making a complete stop at the intersection of Watt Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard. Three years ago, the offense would have cost Jachens $371. Now it's $470. With unemployment soaring and median...
  • Nick Clegg orders universities to lower entrance requirements - but only for poorer students

    02/08/2011 10:13:07 PM PST · by Niuhuru · 11 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 11:17 PM on 8th February 2011 | James Chapman
    Nick Clegg is to make an explosive attack on British universities as ‘instruments of social segregation’ as he orders them to stop taking so many middle-class students. The Deputy Prime Minister will this week insist that top institutions must ‘throw open their doors’ and lower their entrance requirements for the less well-off.
  • Cambridge University first to charge £9,000 fees - unless your family's poor

    02/08/2011 10:06:02 PM PST · by Niuhuru · 6 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 5:20 AM on 9th February 2011 | Kate Loveys
    Cambridge has become the first university to announce that it will charge maximum tuition fees of £9,000 a year. But it will give hefty discounts to poorer students, which means the middle classes will bear the brunt of the move. MPs voted in December to raise tuition fees to £6,000 per year from 2012, with universities allowed to charge £9,000 in exceptional circumstances.
  • US Debit Fee Caps May Hurt Poorest Customers: Dimon

    01/17/2011 5:37:18 PM PST · by CutePuppy · 25 replies
    Reuters via CNBC ^ | January 14, 2011 | Maria Aspan
    Federal limits on debit card processing fees will force banks to charge customers more for services, making accounts too expensive for as many as 5 percent of customers, JPMorgan Chase & Co's chief executive said on Friday. The rules, proposed as part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law, would cap the fees that merchants pay banks for processing debit card transactions at 12 cents each. That is almost 75 percent less than the average 44 cents per transaction that banks get now. U.S. banks could lose about $13 billion of their annual industry debit processing revenues because of the rules,...
  • Fed proposes 12-cent cap on merchant debit fees

    12/18/2010 1:46:52 PM PST · by Graybeard58 · 22 replies
    Waterbury Republican-Republican via A.P. ^ | December 17, 2010 | Eileen Connelly
    <p>NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve on Thursday proposed a 12-cent cap on the fees banks would be allowed to charge merchants for debit card transactions, a limit that could sharply cut into the revenue of the banks that issue debit cards.</p>
  • Expect Even More Fees From Banks This Year

    01/08/2011 11:33:26 PM PST · by Justaham · 24 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 1-9-11 | CRISTINA LOUROSA-RICARDO
    Banks, in an attempt to wring more revenue out of customer accounts, are conjuring up new ways to raise fees on basic products like debit cards, cash machines and checking accounts. As regulation curtailing the financial institutions from levying certain charges on consumers has mounted over the past year, banks have had to dream up new fees to replace those now trimmed by laws. Banks are considering additional fees on credit cards and checking accounts. But they also are looking at new ways to make money on cash machines and especially debit cards as regulators pinch the cards' conventional revenue...
  • Expert's take: What new airline fees might come in 2011?

    01/06/2011 12:27:30 PM PST · by markomalley · 31 replies
    CNN ^ | 1/6/2011 | A. Pawlowski
    It may seem like airlines have thought of every possible way to squeeze more money out of air travelers, charging extra for everything from early boarding to checking bags. But hold on to your wallet: There's probably room for more fees. Might you eventually pay for holding your baby on your lap during a flight? Or talking to an airline employee during check in? The trend of a la carte pricing -- charging rock bottom prices for base fares, then adding fees for anything extra -- helped domestic airlines deliver the biggest profits in a decade last year. The industry...
  • 'Crash Taxes' the Latest Scam to Take Your Money (It's One the IMF Hasn't Even Thought of)

    12/31/2010 9:41:10 AM PST · by FromLori · 27 replies
    Economic Policy Journal ^ | 12/30/2010 | Robert Wenzel
    At least 50 cities in California have adopted so-called crash-tax laws allowing local governments to seek reimbursement from insurance companies for the costs of sending public emergency crews to accident scenes. The fees can amount to hundreds or even thousands of dollars. If insurers don't pay, cities can hire collection agents to seek payment from the motorists involved, reports LaTi. And it's spreading, says LaTi: It's gaining momentum nationwide as cash-strapped communities seek a way to offset budget cuts This month, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposed charging drivers there as much as $490 when firefighters respond to an...
  • Start A Business? In The United States? Are You Kidding Me? (10 things to consider)

    12/13/2010 9:29:18 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies · 1+ views
    The Economic Collapse ^ | 12/13/2010 | Michael Snyder
    Many of you have decided that you are going to attempt to start a business in the United States today. Many of you are still convinced that this is "the land of opportunity" and that starting a business is fairly easy. Are you sure about that? Are you certain that you have considered all of the headaches involved? Are you sure that you are ready to handle the thousands of regulations that apply to your business and the mountains of paperwork mandated by various levels of government? Are you prepared to deal with entrenched unions, predatory lawyers and rabid environmentalists?...
  • S510 Food Power Grab May be Stymied

    12/03/2010 1:55:00 AM PST · by Scanian · 15 replies
    The American Thinker Blog ^ | December 02, 2010 | Thomas Lifson
    There is hope for a reprieve from Senate Bill S510, the awful, expensive, bureaucracy-expanding, federal power grab over our food supply. The reason is that the bill contains new fees, which can be regarded as taxes, and the Constitution requires all tax bills to originate in the House of Representatives. John Stanton of Roll Call reports: "By pre-empting the House's tax-writing authority, Senate Democrats appear to have touched off a power struggle with members of their own party in the House. The Senate passed the bill Tuesday, sending it to the House, but House Democrats are expected to use a...
  • CALIFORNIA: Prop. 23 celebrations turn to fears over Prop. 26

    11/05/2010 8:28:00 AM PDT · by SmithL · 23 replies · 1+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/5/10 | Andrew Ross
    Has the popping of Champagne corks been premature? We're referring to the defeat of Proposition 23, which has been hailed as the game-winning home run for California's climate change law. But celebrations have turned to fears about the impact of what some have called its "evil twin" - Prop. 26, which passed Tuesday. That's the initiative relabeling environmental mitigation and other fees as taxes, requiring the virtually impossible to get two-thirds vote, thus starving state and local treasuries even further. "In effect they will stop (AB32, the climate change law) with this," said Scott Hauge, president of Small Business California,...