Also in the Times, Michelle Higgins shows why some American travelers are having their credit card purchases rejected overseas.

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Brinson says none of that seemed to bother Citigroup during her five years as a cardholder, until several months ago, when her card was rejected at a supermarket.

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Instructor Kelly Marcus tells them they can keep a conversation from getting too heated by using the "blameless apology"--to be sorry a customer's calling card was rejected rather than accuse him of not having paid his bills.

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Two of its founders, Michael Wakin and Christopher Rozell, had just had a paper on card counting in blackjack rejected.

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The one issue that bared a rift--and left a hole unpunched on the Speaker's card--was the term limits resolution which the House rejected.

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And the Senate rejected a proposed amendment that would have prohibited lenders (credit card lenders included) from charging an interest rate on any credit transaction (except real estate) that exceeds the maximum interest rate allowed by state law.

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Shares of Visa and MasterCard dipped last week after the Senate rejected a proposed six-month delay on a Federal Reserve rule to cap debit card swipe fees at 12 cents per transaction.

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