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From Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to Airbnbs in an expensive city, junk fees are everywhere and ruining our attempts to have fun. The Federal Trade Commission is proposing a new rule that would force businesses like ticket marketplaces and hotels to clearly list all the fees they’ll wind up charging customers.

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The naysayers will tell you privacy is a lost cause. Don’t listen to them. Protecting your information is about taking small but meaningful steps, and thanks to a free new app from Consumer Reports, it’s easier than ever before. The non-profit just rolled out a tool called Permission Slip. Downloaded it, enter a few…

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Two of the hottest concert tours of the summer, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour and Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, sparked a national conversation on the way online marketplaces and ticket resellers exploit diehard fans looking to have some fun. Now, the Internal Revenue Service is tightening its grip around ticket…

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Look what she made us do. Ahead of the release of 1989 (Taylor’s Version) next month, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, Taylor Swift, began teasing the album’s bonus tracks with one the biggest tech companies in the world, Google.

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A group of ninjas stealthily add extra zeros to a price tag, unbeknownst to a mesmerized shopper who thinks she's getting a good deal
Companies have for years added hidden fees onto every online purchase we make — but now these nefarious fees are getting even harder for customers to see.

All I wanted to do was attend a concert.

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As SAG-AFTRA reaches the end of its second month on strike, the union may have found an unlikely hero in the face of Taylor Swift. The singer-songwriter has reportedly met the union’s demands over the release of her concert film for The Eras Tour, which will hit theaters next month.