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The credit card we use at work gave us notice that they're jacking our interest APR (so noted here). I called yesterday to inquire what in our payment history merited this kind of increase and got a sycophantic apologist telling me that we had an excellent payment history, and they were so sorry, but this increase went to all their customers, they were so very, very sorry. This morning the cover of the Wall Street Journal reported the same company is seeking approval to pay out bonuses [article].