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Better Use Your Visa Gift Card ASAP to Avoid Fees
Out shopping this weekend, I happily remembered a prepaid Visa gift card I'd received months ago was nestled in my wallet. I called customer service to find out if a pin had been established, because I'd had the card for about six months and couldn't recall setting one up. The Visa representative gave me instructions for using the card and then told me my balance was $95 — but the card was given to me with a value of $100.
How Much Did Commercial Spending Account For in 2007?
Global commercial spending rose 12.2 percent in 2007, according to the Commercial Consumption Expenditure index released by Visa Inc. yesterday.
Do you know how much commercial spending accounted for in 2007?
On Our Radar: Models May Get Their Own Visa Category
They're young, they're gorgeous, but they don't have as much access as you may think. Many non-United States citizen fashion models are not granted visas to fly to the US, where many of their assignments are shot. That's because models must compete with engineers and other high tech workers for H-1B visas, which are given to well educated foreign citizens.
Olympic Sponsors Responsible for Human Rights Violations?
Pro-Tibet groups are joining together to call out the corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics. The groups say that unless the companies use their influence to pressure China, they are complicit in a humanitarian disaster.
Twelve global sponsors, including Coca Cola, General Electric, McDonald's, Visa, Johnson & Johnson and Omega have paid a combined $80 million for the four year exclusive sponsorship deal.
Monkey Business
A man drops his wallet at a zoo. Does this monkey look like a good samaritan to you? Let's tune in and find out...
Fab Site: VisaSwap.com
Visa, the credit card company, is no longer just about producing a plastic card to assist you in all your luxury shopping. The company has opened a temporary "swap shop" in London where customers can trade in their old clothing and accessories for other secondhand goods. Visaswap.com is the editorially driven site that provides comments from fashion editors, advice on trends, hot items to swap and buying secondhand merchandise.
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Fab Flash: Lindsay Lohan is Face of Visa Swap
Lindsay Lohan is probably more famous for her tabloid exploits than her fashion credentials but everybody deserves a second chance! She appears to has turned over a new leaf as she lends a hand to ethical fashion. Lohan has been signed as the face of Visa Swap a pop-up shop where customers can swap their cast-off clothing items for others.
Fab Flash: Lindsay Lohan To Represent Visa Swap 2008
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Do You Use Social Media to Contact Companies?
I just finished reading an article about a US couple who, because of visa problems, nearly missed their Russian honeymoon. They thought they'd done their research; online travel agency Expedia assured the couple that they didn't need visas to travel to St. Petersburg.
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