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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: T.J. Maxx

T.J. Maxx stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors indicted three hackers in Washington today for allegedly snagging more than 130 million credit card numbers from retail and financial organizations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Calling it the greatest US debit- and credit-card data theft ever, feds hit Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, and two accomplices... More »

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hacker • identity theft • credit card • TJX • 7 Eleven • federal indictment • Hannaford • T.J. Maxx • computer crime

Cash-Strapped Shoppers Remember Layaway

No-interest credit appeals to consumers

Nov 10, 08 1:59 PM CST
(Newser) - With consumers strapped and credit short, retailers are reviving an older kind of financing: layaway. Although the arrangement was considered obsolete when Wal-Mart closed its layaway department in 2006, retailers such as TJ Maxx, Goody’s, Marshalls and the Burlington Coat Factory have moved to offer the service, especially as... More »

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retail • credit • credit crisis • retail sales • holiday shopping • Kmart • Wal-Mart • T.J. Maxx • financial crisis • layaway

 Consumer
 Data Breaches
 Hit Record

Thefts, losses of confidential info has already topped 2007

Aug 26, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Theft or loss of confidential consumer information from computer databases is at a record high, with more breaches already this year than all of 2007, the Washington Post reports. Records reveal that 449 US businesses, government agencies and universities have reported data breaches this year, compared with 446 breaches involving... More »

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identity theft • TJX • data theft • BJ's Wholesale Club • Barnes & Noble • OfficeMax • Boston Market • credit card accounts • Identity Theft Resource Center • T.J. Maxx • SunGard Higher Education • Mandiant • Sports Authority

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