Week of January 1, 2024
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From the everything old is new again department... we bring you news that Kohl's has been sued again for inflating its regular prices to make their ever-present sales seem to offer greater savings than they really do. That is our Mouse Print* story this week.
Mortgage rates have started to come down but are still double what they were a few years ago. Realtor.com evaluated housing markets across the country looking for the ones with the biggest gains in sales and price appreciation. Here is their top 10 list.
In this scary investigative report by the New York Times, checks that innocent consumers used to pay their bills or to make contributions can wind up being used by crooks to steal your money [alternate link] from the actual accountholder. And they are being sold in online marketplaces. The theory is they are being stolen from those blue street corner mailboxes mainly. Consider making epayments to avoid this problem.
In an elaborate scam, Bravo TV's Andy Cohen (Real Housewives executive producer, and host of Watch What Happens Live) fell for a bank impersonation scam and had a lot of money wired out of two of his bank accounts.
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