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Want to earn card points faster? Ink from Chase business card portfolio is now offering its new rewards program for the “Ink Bold” card, giving rapid accumulation of points customized for the small business owner, featuring five points per dollar spent at office supply stores, telecommunication services and cable services, and two points per dollar spent on fuel and hotels. Ink Bold is Chase’s pay-in-full business charge card with no interest charges, designed for small business owners who want robust purchasing power and spending capacity that adjusts dynamically, giving them the purchase power needed to meet their businesses’ changing needs.

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Search engine giant Google said that its Chromebook, a laptop-like device which runs Googles Chrome OS (not to be confused with the Chrome browser) will be available in India in 2012.

Addressing the media, Mr Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice-President, Chrome and Apps for Google, said, “We have noted that Chrome is very popular on laptops. That is why, we decided to create a laptop.”

The Chromebook began shipping worldwide in June this year and is made by companies such as Acer and Samsung. The

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Providing an option for customers to complete and pay for an order on your website is becoming the norm. Most businesses selling products have an online store, and most consumers use a credit or debit card to process online transactions. If you don’t have the ability to take credit cards online, you will likely lose valuable business to competitors who do.

There are several venues available to take credit card orders over the Internet. The companies mentioned within this article are well-known payment processors, but there are alternate companies that can also process your online credit card orders.

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It’s a sad commentary on human nature that there are so many ways that people can get ripped off these days. The worst part, is that many of the rip offs come in the form of legitimate businesses, products or opportunities that, while not illegal, border on immoral or unethical. There can’t be enough regulations or consumer police to protect everyone from scams or rip-offs (and, do we really want more regulations or consumer police?)

So it is up to all consumers to educate themselves, do the due diligence and use their common sense when something looks too good to be true, especially in the area of financial products and services. Unf

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The CARD Act of 2009 was a truly comprehensive reform that fundamentally changed the way credit card companies do business. It is best known for the restrictions its provisions placed on credit card-related practices, including a requirement for the contract terms to be clearly spelled out and disclosed, as well as to be made publicly available on the internet, placing an upper limit on penalty fees, prohibiting retroactive interest rate increases due to any time, any reason or universal default, banning issuers from charging multiple fees for the same violation, etc.

What is less well known is that the CARD Act also featured rules for stored-value and gift cards.

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