Joanna Au bought roundtrip plane tickets to Hong Kong through Singapore Airlines’ website. Even though the tickets were purchased in the United States, in dollars, she’s being charged a three percent “foreign transaction fee” by her bank. Au feels scammed.
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2011 was quite a year, wasn’t it?
As the economy struggled to recover from the Great Recession, consumers felt as if they had great big targets painted on their backs whenever they went to the store. That frustration led to the “Occupy” protests that took root in many American cities this fall.
What did we learn from 2011 and what does it mean for this year?
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