Monthly Archives: September 2010

Warren Wants To Make Credit Card Agreements Understandable

September 26, 2010
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Elizabeth Warren, who President Barack Obama named an adviser to set up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, immediately sought to repair her relations with the financial industry and said the new agency would likely first look into credit-card marketing. One of her first priorities will be to revise credit-card marketing. Credit-card “agreements are still long...

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How To Get Expert Second Medical Opinions

September 26, 2010
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If you or your loved one has a serious or complicated illness, you may want to paying extra to have a group of experts review the medical tests and come up with a consensus based on the latest research. One of the newer firms providing this kind of service, ExpertConsensus, will provide the patient...

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Seven Months Is Too Much To Wait For Car Title

September 26, 2010
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When Mary Huben purchased her 2010 Ford Edge in early February, she was told it would probably take as long as six weeks before the actual title could be provided because the state Department of Motor Vehicles had a backlog. Huben, of Guilford, waited until the end of August before asking my help to...

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LIFE GOES ON: Grace’s Gift To Patients

September 26, 2010
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LIFE GOES ON: Grace’s Gift To Patients

WORKING WITH GRACE By Kathleen Cairns, Psy.D. Dear Doctor Kathleen, I have heard that you work in your office with your Maltese dog Grace and that she was a therapy dog in a hospital in Los Angeles. How do you think that helps your patients? Animal Lover   Dear A.L., Grace and I spend...

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