FEEL LIKE TRYING to pay down your debt is a losing battle?No wonder: Credit-card companies are quite inventive when it comes to charging fees or finding new reasons to jack up your interest rate.

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As back-to-school season approaches, your kids may have outgrown their clothes - but they don't have to outgrow your budget. Families with children in elementary through high school plan to spend an ...