• Credit card companies can assess overage fees Q. If my credit card is under the limit, and the periodic-rate finance charges put me over my limit, can the credit card company tack on an additional over-the-limit fee? I don't see how that is legal if it's not an actual purchase. More

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• Credit card companies can assess overage fees Q. If my credit card is under the limit, and the periodic-rate finance charges put me over my limit, can the credit card company tack on an additional over-the-limit fee? I don't see how that is legal if it's not an actual purchase. More

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• Credit card companies can assess overage fees Q. If my credit card is under the limit, and the periodic-rate finance charges put me over my limit, can the credit card company tack on an additional over-the-limit fee? I don't see how that is legal if it's not an actual purchase. More

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• Beacon Federal loses on Fannie and Freddie Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc. said it expects to record an impairment charge of $5.4 million on its preferred stock holdings in the troubled Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mortgage companies. More

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• Beacon Federal loses on Fannie and Freddie Beacon Federal Bancorp Inc. said it expects to record an impairment charge of $5.4 million on its preferred stock holdings in the troubled Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae mortgage companies. More

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• 2 CNY banks join program Two banks with branches in Central New York will receive large infusions of cash from a Õ7KoelmelÕ Treasury Department program designed to boost already strong financial institutions and encourage more lending. More

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• 2 CNY banks join program Two banks with branches in Central New York will receive large infusions of cash from a Õ7KoelmelÕ Treasury Department program designed to boost already strong financial institutions and encourage more lending. More

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• Marriott Hotel construction delayed The start of construction on a 175-room Marriott Hotel in Armory Square in downtown Syracuse has been pushed back until spring to take advantage of falling steel prices and to obtain more favorable financing terms, the developer said Tuesday. More

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• Marriott Hotel construction delayed The start of construction on a 175-room Marriott Hotel in Armory Square in downtown Syracuse has been pushed back until spring to take advantage of falling steel prices and to obtain more favorable financing terms, the developer said Tuesday. More

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Georges A. Bseirani has joined Peters & Associates, CPAs, P.C. Bseirani is a CPA and a graduate of Le Moyne College. More

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