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Tributes to pearl harbours dead, 75 years after the japanese attack the countrys Prime Minister becomes its first leader to publicly honour the victims. Ministers reject criticism that plans to require voters to show id at Polling Stations are a sledgehammer to crack a nut. And richard adams, the Civil Servant who went on to write the novel watership down, has died peacefully at his home, according to his family. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the parliamentary journalist tony grew and the broadcaster and journalist, sean dilley. Tomorrows front pages, starting with actress Carrie Fishers death at the age of 60 is the main focus of the independent. The paper also claims to have seen plans to toppl ....
An estimated $32 billion in gift cards are being bought right now. the average person spending 174 bucks on these plastic gifts. what you might not know is that these convenient gifts could end up costing you and even the person you re giving it to. gift cards have all of the disadvantages of money and none of the advantages. reporter: the things not on your wish list from santa purchase fees. paying money for money. those affiliated with credit cards instead of stores have an up-front fee just to buy it. the people who issue the gift cards to make money. reporter: next, dormancy fees. if the recipient doesn t use it after a certain amount of time, the fees start chipping away at the total value. card companies start to charge a monthly fee for basically doing nothing except keeping track of the fact you have this card out there. ....
Cards are being bought right now. the average person spending 174 bucks on these plastic gifts. what you might not know is that these convenient gifts could end up costing you and even the person you re giving it to. gift cards have all of the disadvantages of money and none of the advantages. reporter: the things not on your wish list from santa purchase fees. paying money for money. those affiliated with credit cards instead of stores have an up-front fee just to buy it. the people who issue the gift cards to make money. reporter: next, dormancy fees. if the recipient doesn t use it after a certain amount of time, the fees start chipping away at the total value. card companies start to charge a monthly fee for basically doing nothing except keeping track of the fact you have this card out there. in many cases, no fraud protection. these are like cash, not credit. if someone steals the card ....
my interview with alma powell on what they re trying to do to turn that around. an estimated 160,000 students are too afraid to go to school every day. why? and let s fix it. but first, paying the bank to use your own money. by now, you have heard that bank of america wants to charge a $5 fee to use a debit card. it is a trend. citibank moved to end free checking and chase in some states will be charging similar purchase fees. consumers as you might already know are not very happy about it. greg mcbride is an analyst at bankrate.com and legal ger at fortune. people are so mad and we all know that free checking is dwindling. that s down from 76% two years ago. the answer if you hate the fees is community banks, credit unions, not for profit by the way and stays to stay with the bank and avoid the fees but maybe only if you have money, investment accounts, maybe a mortgage. how do you avoid the bank fees? well, i think that s the main point, christine. we are not hostag ....