Predatory lending practices induced Congress to pass the CARD Act. It is intended to provide greater stability in interest rates. Consumers have more protections.

Embattled automaker Toyota has told its dealers that it's readying a fix for problems with the brake system of its Prius hybrid sedan, CNN Money reported Sunday. The Japanese carmaker also told dealers it's planning a public-relations campaign to deal with the fallout from the problems with its vehicles, CNN Money added. The news outlet said the automaker wrote to dealerships saying: "We want to assure our dealers that we are moving rapidly to provide a solution for your existing customers. We will share more specific details on this solution early next week." For the full story, click here.

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Toyota Tells Dealers It's Readying a Fix for Prius Brakes originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:05:00.

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With social-networking devices transforming the way that individuals relate to each other, many fear that technology-based "generation gaps" are likely to widen not only between parents and children, but even between siblings separated by only a few years. In a worst-case scenario, some argue, this would lead to cyber-Balkanization, a sort of Internet Tower of Babel, in which meaningful communication would be limited to smaller and smaller groups as notions of relationships and even fundamental worldviews would vastly shift in an incredibly short period of time.

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Can Digital-Age Teens Still Talk to Analog Parents? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:00:00.

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The Super Bowl XLIV advertising buzz began right on time this year, but not for the usual reasons. First came Focus on the Family, a conservative group planning to air a 30-second pro-life-advocacy commercial, starring young quarterback Tim Tebow. In the past, CBS (CBS) has shied away from running controversial advertising -- and when a gay dating site, Mancrunch.com, tried to buy airtime for a 30-second spot of its owned, CBS declined.

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Do Super Bowl Ads Still Work? Yes, If You Sell Controversy (or Junk Food) originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:00:00.

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Though millions of words have been written about the health care reform that may or may not become law in 2010, very few actually address the health of the American citizenry. Apparently it's assumed that expanding health care insurance is the same thing as improving the health of the American people. Not true. As I hope to make clear, "improving health" is not the same as "providing health care insurance." While health care insurance certainly improves access to treatment, it doesn't necessarily improve the overall health of the American people.

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Improving Americans' Health, With or Without Health Care Reform originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:00:00.

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Based on a look at the Amazon (AMZN) website and several news reports, the online retailer has put books from publisher Macmillan back onto its virtual shelves. The New York Times reports that a settlement on e-books has been reached as well. Neither company would comment on which Macmillan products were back on Amazon, whether they would remain, or what the terms of an agreement between the two companies looks like.

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Macmillan Books are Back on Amazon originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:00:00.

Filed Under: Company News, Apple, Amazon.com Inc.