Credit card offers typically highlight everything great about the card such as the rewards program and the consumer protection features or travel perks. But when you’re evaluating whether a card is ...

Usually, my blood pressure is low enough to elicit compliments from my doctor. So it’s a good thing he wasn't around to measure it while I was reading David Cay Johnston’s new book, The Fine Print: ...

If you want to know why customers are bolting for the exits, talk to someone like Robert Barrows. He'll offer fine-print examples businesses should follow -- if they want to fail. Barrows, an ad ...

Can the New York Yankees change the First Amendment and make their fans agree to the change? They tried recently. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

There’s a saying, “The LARGE PRINT GIVETH, and the small print taketh away.” We usually associate this concept with the big bold promise of benefits in an advertisement for a product or service we ...

Given the kinds of topics covered here, The Red Tape Chronicles could easily have alternate names. Like these: "Fine Print Chronicles," "Small Print Chronicles" or "Asterisk Chronicles." Limited time: ...

Ah, the fine print. Those tiny words that are added to the bottom of a contract or advertisement. Those words that are read at breakneck speed in the final seconds of a commercial. Those two words: ...