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Stories for February 2008
Stories for Friday, February 29
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Clark makes the jump to a Verizon plan
Clark's executive producer Christa is walking on air because the penny-pinching guru recently converted their company cell phone plan to unlimited minutes. No longer will Clark and Christa have to fool around with 2 phones -- they used to carry one with unlimited minutes for local calling and another with ...
Vanguard has a banner year in 2007
Vanguard took in more than $76 billion in deposits and crossed the $1 trillion mark in total assets during the past year. That's more money than Doctor Evil can get his arms around! Clark has long been a Vanguard fan. They're probably the world's largest cooperative; when you invest with ...
Top corporations for customer ID theft
RIP-OFF ALERT: The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology analyzed corporate America to see which companies have the highest incidence of ID theft. The No. 1 company? Bank of America. BoA is the nation's second largest bank. (If you look at the numbers based on total customer base, BoA then ...
Behind the rising prices at the gas pump
Right now there's uproar as people look for a conspiracy involving the heightened gas prices. What's really going on? Well, the oil companies are making a profit...and when did it become illegal in this country to do that? The real conspiracy is us and the amount of driving we're doing ...
Stories for Thursday, February 28
Wal-Mart's poor customer service may threaten its future
Clark recently told you how Wal-Mart ranked as the worst retailer and the worst grocer when it comes to customer satisfaction, according to the latest ACSI survey. The irony is that people still shop there in huge numbers despite all the complaints. But that may not always be the case. ...
Clark poses a moral dilemma to his listeners
Here's a question of morals and ethics for you: What would you do if your ATM kept giving you unlimited cash without deducting your account? That's the question posed this week in Clark's poll. A young man in China named Xu Ting faced this very same dilemma. His response was ...
Stove, crib recalls abound
RECALL WARNING: Can your stove kill you? Imagine dying because it tips over and crushes you or scalds you badly. That may sound impossible, but Sears ranges are now being recalled for that very reason. These ranges are front heavy and were not anchored properly during installation. Sears has now ...
Sprint announces new $99 deluxe plan
Just days ago, Clark told you about Verizon's unlimited calling plan for $99. Verizon's move prompted AT&T and T-Mobile to match or best their offer in subsequent days. Sprint, meanwhile, took its time before jumping into the fray. Sprint was busy reporting a $30 billion loss and a projected drop ...
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SearsRangeSettlement.com - Get details on the Sears kitchen stove recall MunireFurniture.com - Get details on the latest crib recall or call 866-586-9639 FDIC.gov - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or call 877-ASK-FDIC
Stories for Wednesday, February 27
Comcast admits stacking the room for FCC hearing
The Comcast story just gets weirder and weirder by the moment. Clark recently told you that the cable monopoly has been violating Net neutrality by degrading your connection if you watch video they don't own or control. They claim they're doing so for network management reasons, but no one believes ...
What makes an economy fail or succeed?
CLARKONOMICS: Clark took a challenge from a caller named Jack who said the radio host does not focus enough on what makes an economy grow or shrink. Though we sounded the Clarkonomics intro for this segment, it might be more aptly titled Jackonomics! The one fundamental that will determine if ...
Federal Reserve cuts rates, mortgages take a hike
CLARKONOMICS: People's eyes often glass over when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke starts talking about macro and micro economics, M1 and M2 and other gibberish. The real question he should be answering before Congress is are we or are we not in a recession? Bernanke really hedged his bets on ...
Orbitz responds to Clark's complaint
Yesterday Clark revealed the customer-no-service problem he's been having with Orbitz. To recap, Clark had a hotel booked through Orbitz that proved to be a dump. So he checked in and then quickly turned right around and checked out. He then had to contact Orbitz to get his money back. ...
Websites/phone numbers mentioned:
FTC.gov - Federal Trade Commission
Stories for Tuesday, February 26
Customer satisfaction survey results revealed
The new quarterly results from The University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) have been released. Among the brokerages, Fidelity is tops, followed by Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E*TRADE. When it comes to online retail, Amazon is tops, followed closely by NewEgg.com. In banking, Wachovia remains on top, while ...
FDIC hiring retirees to deal with bank failures
CLARKONOMICS: It's rare that we get the Clarkonomics sounder twice in the same hour, but there's just so much economic news out there you need to know about. The federal government is gearing up for a wave of bank failures. The FDIC is now hiring people out of retirement who ...
Housing slump, inflation spike are double trouble
CLARKONOMICS: New stats show that the inflation level at wholesale was 7.5% last year. It's been a long time since we had similarly bad numbers. Some of Clark's staff -- namely Joel -- weren't even born the last time we were in such a squeeze. At the same time, housing ...
Clark's beef with Orbitz
Clark has a personal experience of customer-no-service to relate that dovetails very nicely with all the talk of the ACSI results and the Business Week cover story. The penny-pinching guru was recently in Orlando with his associate producer Joel, marking his 10th anniversary of syndication at WDBO. The affiliate wanted ...
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ComcastMustDie.com - Comcast gripe site CouponMom.com - Coupons and more FDIC.gov - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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