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• Prepare Plastic for Trips Abroad
  NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (7/7/10)--Travel can be tricky, particularly when it's overseas. Don't leave home without taking measures to prepare and protect plastic cards--and your ability to use them (Bankrate.com June 29).
• Financial Literacy and Education Commission Launches New MyMoney Web Site
  The Financial Literacy and Education Commission (FLEC) announced the launch of its redesigned financial literacy education website, that includes enhanced interactive features and utilities to provide more resources to Americans seeking information that can inform their personal financial decisions. Features include new calculators, checklists to help families with savings, preparation for college, and numerous other life events with financial implications.
• New Rules for Gift Cards
  New Federal Reserve rules provide important protections when you purchase or use gift cards. This link provides some of the key changes that apply to gift cards sold on or after August 22, 2010.
• "What, I can't deduct that?"
  There's no lack of tax-time publicity covering deductions for home and car buyers, individual retirement account (IRA) contributions, and even energy-efficient furnaces. With all the coverage, you might think you can write of almost any expense. Not so. Here's a list of 10 common nondeductible items that just beg for trouble with the Internal Revenue Service (walletpop.com March 9).
• Five signs 'census taker' is a crook
  The 2010 census officially gets under way this week--most forms arrive in mailboxes today through Wednesday. But expect con artists to exploit this once-every-10-years event by getting you to let your guard down and divulge personal information to impersonators (AZCentral.com March 3).
• Interactive Tools and Features for Credit Cards
  Consumers need to be smart when choosing and using a credit card. The information available on this link is -maintained by the Federal Reserve Board, whose goal is to protect the credit rights of consumers.
• Federal Reserve Board Releases Online Publication
  New overdraft rules for debit and ATM cards
• Change is Coming to Your Wallet!
  The Federal Reserve has launched a new website at http://www.federalreserve.gov/creditcard/ to help consumers better understand the new credit card protections that take effect on Monday, February 22. These rules ban several harmful practices and require greater transparency in the disclosure of the terms and conditions of credit card accounts. The site summarizes the main provisions of the new rules and explains how they will affect credit card users.
• IRS Offers Tips for Year-End Donations
  Useful information and resources for individuals and businesses making year-end donations, including information about recent tax law changes and reminders about the proper reporting of charitable contributions.
• Shopping Smart: CFA’s Latest Tips to Keep Holiday Shopping From Becoming a January Hangover
  Consumers plan to spend more during the holidays this year than during the depths of the recession a year ago, but their spending is still expected to be more restrained than in prior years, according to the tenth annual holiday spending survey conducted by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and the Credit Union National Association (CUNA). (see www.consumerfed.org)