Holds sideswipe card users (Lawrence Journal-World)
A few days before Christmas, Joanne Cravens got a holiday surprise that she s not likely to soon forget. When her husband, James, pre-paid for $40 worth of gas at a local filling station, the Cravenses soon discovered that $60 had been charged to their account. You go in there, you pay for your gas you ve got what you want, she said. They charge you more. I don t get it.

CRM Firm Axis Merchant Group Announces New Sales and Marketing Program - TMCnet
CRM Firm Axis Merchant Group Announces New Sales and Marketing ProgramTMCnet - Dec 18, 2007In related industry news, veteran merchant account provider OffshoreProcessing.com has announced a revamp of its existing services and some major changes …

Test program lets university students pay with their cell phones (WFMJ Youngstown)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Forget about shopping with credit cards and wallets. University of Cincinnati students have a new option that allows them to text-message their student ID number and receive a code in return that they then give to the merchant.

Reward remains in Cullman Co. dog mutilation despite vet’s report (The Daily Comet)
CULLMAN, Ala. A reward that now totals about $35,000, including a $20,000 donation from a person in Birmingham, remains posted in the mutilation of a beagle in Cullman County, despite an animal pathologist’s conclusion that the dog was not skinned by human hands.

Nigeria: Police to Arraign 84 Merchant Navy Personnel Over Secret Military Training (AllAfrica.com)
The Police in Lagos yesterday said it would soon arraign 84 Merchant Navy personnel, now in its custody, for allegedly undertaking military training secretly, without approval.

CreditcardEmerchant.com Announces the 'Fast & Easy Merchant … - PR-USA.net (press release)
CreditcardEmerchant.com Announces the 'Fast & Easy Merchant …PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - Nov 27, 2007CreditCardEmerchant.com The "Fast & Easy Merchant Account Package" is now available to online businesses, as well as traditional retail stores and …

Tests have changed over the years for teachers (Mount Vernon News)
MOUNT VERNON In January 1908, the state commissioner of public schools developed a list of questions to determine if individuals who wanted to teach elementary school were grounded in the rudiments of education.

FaceReviews: Radical Buy Challenges eBay on Facebook
NewsFactor Network - Best of all, there is no merchant account needed to buy or sell (you can use paypal, google checkout, and several others). I can already see all the starving students, people bored at work, stay at home moms, etc. looking at items and finding people

Electronic Clearing House (ECHO) Appoints Keith B. Hall to Board of
Forbes - A merchant account with ECHO (www.echo-inc.com) provides a fully integrated payment processing suite, including credit card processing, electronic check conversion (ECC), eChecks (ACH), check guarantee, check verification, check collection, and debit

Opting out of catalog lists is a click away
Silicon Valley - When I saw that we had gotten our first merchant account set up and running, that to me was a far bigger milestone,” she said. Still, it’s not clear at this early stage if name-removal through Catalog Choice will go smoothly. Even under the best of