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Xcel HomeSmart program fees have increased

Q: I signed up for Xcel Energy's HomeSmart program for appliances, and the monthly fee was later increased. I was automatically charged and put on for another year. Is this a scam?— Dean Dubach, Denver A: I don't think it's a scam, but I can see how ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: XCEL ENERGY INC

Credit-card rates soar just before shopping season

Millions of Americans already battling the suffocating economy are getting a flurry of mail from credit-card issuers telling them, just in time for holiday shopping, that their interest rate is headed skyward. For many, the rates are doubling, even ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Reserve

Stopping political phone calls nearly impossible

Q: We received numerous telephone calls for some political position or candidates, despite few political races this year. The 2008 election was a horror, phone-call wise, and we dread 2010. Short of getting a new phone number, how do we stop the ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  14 Nov 2009

Digital-TV coupons expire; 54 percent used

Quietly, almost imperceptibly, the last of the government-issued coupons toward the purchase of a digital television converter box expired Monday. After months of hand-wringing over the switch to all-digital TV signals and cries from Congress and the ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: White House,  Wal-Mart

Colorado loan defaults rose in 2008, report says

Colorado consumers had fewer outlets for loans and mortgages in 2008 and were extended less credit, a new state report shows. Overall, subprime-loan volume decreased 53 percent, mostly because of a 77 percent reduction in mortgage loans. Auto loans ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  6 Nov 2009

Budget cheaters: Survey says a third of spouses hide spending

A third of consumers say they regularly hide purchases from their spouse or significant other, largely to avoid an argument over finances, according to a survey by money-transfer company Western Union. The conduct is a direct result of the tight ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Western Union

Switch credit cards without badly damaging your score

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From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  31 Oct 2009

Rotary Club of Denver elects its first black president

(EL)Roland Thornton, Executive Vice President of Qwest, is the first African-American president of the Rotary in its 99-year history. Hyoung Chang/ The Denver Post (THE DENVER POST | HYOUNG CHANG) It has been 62 years since Branch Rickey helped ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Qwest,  Branch Rickey,  Torii Hunter,  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Grocery shift: Effort for union risky

An advocacy group's efforts to throw its support behind unionized grocery workers actually directs consumers to shop at non-union establishments. The unusual step by ProgressNow Colorado is designed to bring pressure on King Soopers, City Market, ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: King Soopers,  Safeway Inc.,  Costco,  Kroger

Credit scores can take a while to repair

Q: How long does it take for a credit score to become good? Any tips on what to avoid?— Paul Peterson, Denver A: Credit scores don't change each passing day. Like a book on a shelf, they're only good when someone uses them. Yet they very much are like ...

From DAVID MIGOYA, Denver Post,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: FICO

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