Ed Mierzwinski

Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director and senior fellow for the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), a nonprofit consumer advocacy group, Washington, DC. USPIRG.org

LinkedIn Could Cost You Your Job

LinkedIn Could Cost You Your Job

Ed Mierzwinski | February 11, 2015

LinkedIn is designed to help its 330 million users make work connections and find employment. But it could end up…

Watch Out for the $1 Credit Score

Watch Out for the $1 Credit Score

Ed Mierzwinski | September 23, 2013

Credit-reporting bureaus have a new way to coax us into paying big bucks for a monthly credit-monitoring service by charging…

How to Avoid 9 Sneaky Bank Fees
Banking

How to Avoid 9 Sneaky Bank Fees

Ed Mierzwinski | August 2, 2012

Increasingly, banks are finding ways to impose bigger and trickier fees on account holders. Some of the sneakiest fees now…