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Fed survey finds larger banks charge higher fees

...The report continues to show that bigger banks continue to charge bigger fees," said Edmund Mierzwinski, consumer program director for U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Mierzwinski said his group, which also has studied bank charges...

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Consumer groups blast proposed IRS partnership with tax preparers

...for the preparers to offer other high-cost services on a bait-and-switch basis," said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. "We urge the IRS to provide e-filing on its own Web site...

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States to boost competition to cable TV, but poorer consumers could be hurt

...eliminate benefits to the local community and allow the existing cable company to backslide, said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Phone companies say they are spending billions of dollars to offer...

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Consumers paying higher fees for checking accounts, PIRG survey finds

...punishing consumers with a relentless onslaught of more and higher fees,'' said Ed Mierzwinski, PIRG's consumer program director. ''Worse, many banks are hiding fee increases by adding new fees for services that used to come standard...

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Online loans slow to build a following

...the privacy issues of sharing your data; read a site's privacy policy before using it. Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, said customers should consider what can happen to their information...

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Tech
Free checking harder to find as banks broaden, increase fees

...those computers are making it easier for banks to charge consumers a la carte," said Edmund Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group in Washington. He said that banks essentially are "unbundling...

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