Bob Sullivan

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Bob Sullivan is author of the New York Times best-sellers Gotcha Capitalism and Stop Getting Ripped Off. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and hundreds of other publications. He has appeared as a consumer advocate and technology expert numerous times on NBC's TODAY show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC, NPR's Marketplace, Terry Gross' Fresh Air, and various other radio and TV outlets. He helped start MSNBC.com and wrote there for nearly 20 years, most of it penning the consumer advocacy column The Red Tape Chronicles. See more at www.bobsullivan.net. Follow Bob Sullivan on Facebook or Twitter.

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A Surprising Look at Why One in Seven Adults Isn’t Online
Everyone is online, right?  Wrong. About one in seven U.S. adult... read more

September 26, 2013

Personal Finance

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Why the Police Want You to Upgrade to iOS 7
The economics of petty theft is an interesting chicken-and-egg ga... read more

September 25, 2013

Identity Theft and Scams

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Chase Ordered to Refund $309 Million for Credit Card Add-Ons
Federal regulators said Thursday that banking giant JPMorgan Chas... read more

September 20, 2013

Credit Cards

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10 Ways to Avoid Car-Buying Gotchas
Americans’ on-again, off-again love affair with cars is def... read more

September 19, 2013

Auto Loans

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Does the iPhone 5S Fingerprint Tech Make You Safer?
Apple’s biggest contribution to the technology world has be... read more

September 12, 2013

Identity Theft and Scams

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AboutTheData.com Lets You See Your ‘Secret’ Marketing Data
Consumers can now get a peek under the hood of the secretive data... read more

September 10, 2013

Identity Theft and Scams