Because overdraft fees basically subsidized free checking for all, the push to reduce them is forcing banks to reconsider how they charge for checking account services overall.

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He was deployed to Iraq, where he was in charge of securing convoys, checking roads for IEDs.

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In order to increase profitability, airlines now charge separately for many previously bundled services such as checking baggage, providing seats with leg room, eating meals on-board, etc.

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Avoid unnecessary duplication by checking your homeowner, life-insurance and medical-insurance policies and your charge cards for whatever travel-related coverage they may already include.

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It is unclear whether the bank, which counts more than 55 million U.S. households as customers, will stick with its initial idea for a basic flat-fee checking account that doesn't offer a way to avoid paying a charge.

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