| Illinois' Bright Start(R) 529 College Savings Program Announces a New ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Illinois Bright Start College Savings Program announced today the availability of the Bright Start Futuretrust MasterCard, available nationwide. For the first time, holders of a 529-linked credit card will automatically receive a $25 contribution to their Bright Start account after the first use of their Bright Start Futuretrust MasterCard. Participating account owners will also earn a minimum of 1% every time they make a purchase with the Bright Start Futuretrust MasterCard. In addition, members earn up to 15% in additional college savings when they shop at thousands of partners in the Futuretrust Preferred Merchant Network consisting of major retail chains, catalogs, restaurants and on-line merchants. For every $25 of rebates accumulated, the money will automatically be invested into a linked Bright Start 529 account.
MasterCard scandal: More details emerge
More details emerged on Monday about the cyber break-in at a payment processing company that exposed more than 40 million credit card accounts to fraud. The data security breach, possibly the largest to date, happened because intruders were able to exploit software security vulnerabilities to install a rogue program on the network of CardSystems Solutions, a MasterCard International spokeswoman said. The program captured credit card data, she said. The malicious code was discovered after a probe into the security of CardSystems' network. That investigation, by security experts from Cybertrust, was triggered by a MasterCard inquiry into atypical reports of fraud by several banks. The trail led to CardSystems, said the spokeswoman. The probe also found that the Atlanta-based payment processor did not meet MasterCard's security regulations.
Mad about the girl
I'm always like, "Well, of course, I'm not," but if Amy got "You gonna end up like Billie Holiday?", I'm sure she said, "No." I don't think anyone asks for it. But you never know.' Unlike Winehouse, Adele doesn't feel the pressure to be tuning-fork thin. 'I'm just not bothered,' she announces, in the Catherine Tate tradition. 'It doesn't bother me. I'm not naive, I don't believe I need to look like that. I'm very confident. Even when I read people saying horrible stuff about my weight. Until I start not liking my own body, until it gets in the way of my health or stops me having a boyfriend then I don't care. I'm fine. Since I was a teenager I've been a size 14 or 16, sometimes 18. And it's never been an issue in any of the relationships I've had. None of my friends, girls, are obsessed with weight.
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