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I am happy to see President Obama talking about credit card reform, although with Uncle Sam the world’s biggest abuser of credit, I’m not sure how seriously to take him.

Obama wants the credit card companies to quit being so sneaky with the fine print, the late fees and the sudden rate changes. That’s good; it’s a start.

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As the U.S. economy sinks like an ashtray on The Titantic, consumers wonder what they should be doing to cope. As a public service, here are some of the most frequently asked questions — and their answers.

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I write this column late — laboring early on Labor Day — as Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana coast. By the time you read this, Gustav will be a tropical storm and we’ll know whether it was just another hurricane or whether it was on the scale of Katrina.
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