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More on-time credit card payments expected in 2010

Associated Press

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NEW YORK CITY -- Credit reporting agency TransUnion is about to issue a forecast of further improvement in consumer credit management in 2010, with unemployment still hindering on-time credit card payments. Credit card delinquencies are expected to... Full story

The Bottom Line: Soldier Cell Phone Update

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Phoning home?  For a local soldier still overseas, his "phone fight" here at home continues -- and again, his mother turned to CBS6's Dori Marlin, to get to The Bottom Line. Loretta Phillips of Ballston Spa first contacted Dori several weeks... Full story

The Bottom Line: Lifeline Program

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Free cell phone service?! It sounds too good to be true, and for most of us, it is. But one viewer e-mailed CBS6's Dori Marlin, wanting to know The Bottom Line on a program offered for people on welfare. She wished to remain anonymous, but asked... Full story

The Bottom Line: Credit Card Changes

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Trying to move up the date -- so your Bottom Line won't pick up the tab. CBS6 has reported on the Credit CARD Reform Act for months now: the first reforms went into effect in August, the second round is set to take effect in February. But we've... Full story

The Bottom Line: Mystery Shopping

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Shopping for ways to make money... With steady work still hard to come by today, many people are being forced to do just that. And what better way to make some extra cash, than getting paid -- to shop! Mystery shopping is when... Full story

The Bottom Line: Political Robocalls

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Many voters in the Capital Region will be happy when Election Day is over. They've been telling CBS6 for days how annoyed and frustrated they are, by political robocalls leading up to the elections... especially when they're also listed on the... Full story

The Bottom Line: Breast Cancer Donations

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Is it a pink ribbon rip-off? October is coming to a close, but all month long people have been showing their support during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Many events have been held around the country, and the Capital Region, to raise... Full story

The Bottom Line: Stolen Identities

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Two local women say they're paying the price, of having their identities stolen -- but they're only just now learning how hard it's hitting their Bottom Line. Brandy Medina of Schenectady tells CBS6's Dori Marlin, she wasn't alerted to... Full story

The Bottom Line: Pharmacy Phone Calls

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If you picked up your phone and heard it was "Jim from the pharmacy" on the other end, what would you think? That line managed to throw one CBS6 viewer for a loop -- and he told Dori Marlin about it, to get to The Bottom Line to... Full story

The Bottom Line: Text Message Scam

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They try to get you through phone calls, robo-calls, and e-mails.  And now, it looks like scammers may be turning to texting as their latest means. It's a Bottom Line, that a viewer first alerted us to.  Brandon Henry e-mailed CBS6's Dori... Full story

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