Losing weight is not an easy task. It takes hard work, diet and exercise. Many people like to think there’s a shortcut to losing weight, and there are plenty of entities out there willing to offer a solution that might be more mythical fountain   …Continue Reading No Such Thing as Free Diet Help

  The answer to the above question, shockingly, is in the credit-card statements mailed each month to Boston-area college students. According to our estimate, college students in and around the city carry $533 million in credit-card debt. According to Sallie Mae, 84 percent of college   …Continue Reading Where Can You Find a Half-Billion Dollars?

  Your cell phone bill is likely just a shadow of its former self, and while companies may be saving bucks on printing and mailing, customers are losing convenience and an accustomed service. These days, consumers are being nickeled-and-dimed for newly invented (although not always   …Continue Reading Paying for What Used to Be Free

  Stephen Adams, the former New England small-business advocate for the U.S. Small Business Administration, wrote an op-ed piece in today’s Boston Business Journal discussing our amended Data Security regulations. Give it a read: A dramatic new economic development effort was launched last week by   …Continue Reading Support for Data Security Regulation Changes

  The other day, a friend of mine forwarded to me a classic e-mail phishing scam, the bank account that has been flagged for security reasons. This one, however, isn’t really one of the better ones. Here it is: While this one comes with a   …Continue Reading That May Not Be Your Bank E-Mailing You