Motorists, start your engines: Summer driving season has begun. You just
may need to put in a little extra effort this year to keep it from
being a budget-buster.
Checking a financial adviser's past for errant behavior is much easier
now with a new searchable database run by the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, which oversees U.S. securities companies.
Banks and some pundits had predicted that credit card users would face
skyrocketing interest rates, a spike in annual fees and a plethora of
other negatives after stringent new rules on cards kicked in last year.