WASHINGTON (AP) — The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.
A new law regulating the post office makes it easier to raise rates as long as the agency doesn’t exceed the rate of […]

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SUBTITLE: Bet You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle Old Toothbrushes.
How full is your trash can? If you’re like most people in the U.S., it’s much fuller than it could be.
Americans recycled just 33 percent of the 250 million tons of garbage they created in 2006, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. In comparison to a […]

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Top e-retailers are among a group of merchants and pharmacy chains that have banded together to promote the use of electronic prescriptions to enhance the prescription fulfillment process. They’ve launched a web site, LearnAboutEprescriptions.com, to educate consumers about e-prescriptions and help them determine if their physicians and pharmacies can communicate electronically.CVS Corp., No.83 in the […]

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Wal-Mart Told to Clarify ‘Savings’ ClaimBy MARCUS KABEL,APPosted: 2008-04-02 11:16:34
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. needs to change its advertising to avoid suggesting its shoppers save an annual $2,500 per family, the advertising industry’s self-regulatory body said in a report Monday.
But the report accepted Wal-Mart ’s claim that its efficiency and size drive down consumer prices across the […]

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Airborne Agrees to Pay $23.3 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over False Advertising of its “Miracle Cold Buster”
Company Now Under Scrutiny By FTC & 24 State Attorneys General
WASHINGTON—The makers of Airborne—a multivitamin and herbal supplement whose labels and ads falsely claimed that the product cures and prevents colds—will refund money to consumers who bought the product, […]

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Low-income seniors, many of whom ordinarily don’t have to file with the IRS, will need to file tax returns to claim their checks.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The decision to add 20 million seniors to the ranks of Americans who’ll get rebates as part of the economic stimulus plan was in the end an easy one […]

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