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In a significant policy reversal, the USA’s largest bank plans will stop allowing consumers to overdraw their checking accounts with one-time debit card transactions.
Bank of America’s (BAC) new policy — which takes effect in mid-June for new customers and early August for existing customers — comes amid intense public scrutiny of financial institutions’ [...]

As Toyota sought to contain the fallout from a California sudden-acceleration case involving a Prius, another driver’s out-of-control Prius slammed into a stone wall in New York on Tuesday.
A 56-year-old woman was pulling out of a driveway when her 2005 Prius “shot” across the road, Harrison, N.Y., police said. The driver, who was not immediately [...]

Some steep discounts are available to air travelers in the next two days in what one industry analyst calls “the first big summer fare sale” of the year.
AirTran sparked the sale this week, with US Airways, United, Delta and American among the airlines following close behind, says Tom Parsons, founder of Bestfares.com who tracks ticket [...]

Toyota said on Tuesday it would fix all Tundra pickups sold in the United States for the 2000 to 2003 model years to address a risk that part of the truck’s frame could corrode, causing spare tires or even the gas tank to drop to the road.
In November, Toyota Motor Corp recalled 110,000 Tundras sold [...]

A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said.
Prius driver James Sikes said that the incident Monday occurred just two weeks after he had taken the vehicle in to [...]

Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
The measure also prevents doctors from absorbing a crippling cut in Medicare payments, extends health insurance subsidies for the [...]

Using your cellphone during checkout at Target could soon earn you discounts.
Starting Wednesday, the giant retailer will allow customers to take advantage of special mobile-coupon offers on their handsets.
The coupon is redeemed when the bar code on the phone is scanned at checkout. Offers are good only once and expire on the dates listed. “We [...]

Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.
Broadcasters hurt by declining ad revenue are demanding more fees from cable and other subscription TV providers to carry the stations. The providers are resisting, and in the latest tussle, Cablevision Systems Corp. dropped the ABC station in New York in the [...]

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline is up 9 cents in a month and will likely crack $3 in coming weeks, given a typical spring rally before the summer driving season, oil and gas analysts say.
But motorists may not see prices go much higher — or even stay that high throughout the [...]

Fares for sale Monday on remaining seats for Tuesday, Wednesday
JetBlue is holding a one-day sale offering $10 fares between New York’s JFK airport and the carrier’s first 10 destinations in celebration of its 10th year of operation.
JetBlue is offering the discount fares Monday on all remaining seats for travel Tuesday and Wednesday. Cities included in [...]