JetBlue to refund clients who lose jobs after paying for fare

JetBlue Airways are being recession-savvy and using economic downturn as their latest marketing trick. The airline is promising to refund airfare for customers who are unfortunate enough to lose their jobs after...

Australian Train Crash Survivors Looking for Compensation

    The survivors of a train crash last November are not receiving refunds on their tickets unlike the survivors of a more recent crash. On November 27 2008 a Tilt Train derailed while on its...

Free Tax Refund & Return Estimator 2009, 2010

Tax Refund Estimator - How much will your tax refund be this year? Changes in your life—like a salary or job change, new house or car, or additions to your family—might affect your refund. This tax calculator helps you determine how much you are likely to...

Raspy Neil Diamond Sings Not So "Sweet Caroline"

Neil Diamond ain't Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond ain't Tom Waits,So when Neil Diamond gets raspy, Ohio fans get irate. "Disappointed Neil Diamond fans will get a refund after attending a concert at Ohio State...

Woman Says She Sat In Urine-Soaked Airplane Seat

" A Winchendon woman said an airline did not help her after she sat in a urine-soaked seat on a West Palm Beach, Fla., to Boston flight on Sunday night."I was sitting maybe 30 seconds to minute and realized that...

Honest / insane retailer swaps old HD DVD for new Blu-ray gear

"Edion, the owner of several chains of electronics shops there has taken the unusual step of extending the hand of sympathy to anyone who bought an HD DVD player or recorder from it and is offering to exchange the useless machines for new Blu-ray devices [Japanese,...

IRS Has $110 Million in Refund Checks Looking for a Home

" WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 115,478 taxpayers who are due refund checks worth about $110 million after the checks were returned as undeliverable. The refund checks, averaging about $953, can be claimed as soon as taxpayers update their...

Zara withdraws swastika handbag

"MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish fashion chain Zara has withdrawn a handbag from its stores after a customer in Britain complained swastikas were embroidered on it. Zara, owned by the world's second largest fashion...

China Toy Recalls Hit Barbie

Though Barbie herself is not deemed unsafe, perhaps neighborhood boys across North America should round up all the Barbies and shave their heads. You know, just to be sure...""As a result of the company's ongoing...

Suing Their Pants Off: $54 Million over A Pair of Trousers

This is a follow-up to a previous story, in which a lawsuit-happy judge sued a dry-cleaning shop for $65 million over a missing pair of trousers. Seems the plaintiff is relenting, but only just a bit. The attorney representing the cleaners stopped just shy of publicly calling...

Geek Squad Charges $415 Dollars for Service; Customer Does All The Work

Yikes. When I do a hard-drive installation on my own, it's so I DON"T have to pay someone else to do it. This is horrible customer service. Companies get away with this because the average computer customer does not know enough about his or her own device to have an idea...

IRS's Top 12 Tax Scams of 2007

"The fun's over, says the Internal Revenue Service, if you're out there trying to scam tax payers this year. So to help prevent these money-grabbing criminal activities, the IRS has put together it's "Top 12 Tax Scams of 2007" list. The Internal Revenue Service today...

Preparer who falsified tax returns sentenced to 8 months

"A Virginia Beach tax return preparer was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in prison after admitting that he falsified 65 to 70 returns, costing the government more than $100,000. Alonzo C. Nelson, 47, of Norfolk, operated Nelson Income Tax Service at 2329 Virginia Beach...

Warrants Issued To Search Tax Prep Business Following Phone refund Abuses

"Following exorbitant phone tax refunds requested on clients' behalf by Tax Prep Businesses, the Internal Revenue Service has sent out special agents with search warrants to seven cities to determine that there are anormalies among such Tax Prep Businesses."

How To Choose A Tax Preparer carefully

"While computer-based tax preparation products have simplified the tax return process, many people still prefer to have their taxes done by a professional tax preparer. Like doing taxes, the process of selecting a tax preparer requires time and careful consideration."

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