In the last year, online petitions and social media played big roles in Bank of America's decision to drop a $5 monthly fee for debit card users and Verizon Wireless's nearly instantaneous reversal on a $2 bill-paying fee for some customers.
On Tuesday, the Oakland, Calif., City Council votes on whether to continue doing business with Goldman Sachs after the bank refused to drop a $14.8 million fee to let the city out of an interest-rate swap.
"We couldn't compete on the money angle of it, and maybe now we know why," Ms. Topinka said last week, adding that she had long been told by lobbyists that they had to "drop a $10,000 entry fee" to work with Mr. Blagojevich.
The Belgium international, 21, is in contract talks with the Blues and hopes to convince them to drop a £4.95m fee for him to be involved for the Spanish side.
California is scheduled next month to drop a 0.05% administrative fee for all index-based "passive" portfolios, according to Morningstar.
We plan to send out project pairings for the semester by Friday, February 1st, which is the last day to drop a class without a fee.
It actually dropped a transaction fee it used to take only days ago — perhaps a sign of how the area is heating up and so offering more competitive offerings is essential.
Dominguez Hills students, meanwhile, say they have gathered nearly 700 signatures on an Internet petition asking President Willie J. Hagan to drop a proposed $280 per-semester success fee at the Carson campus.
If you want to drop a card with an annual fee without closing the account, ask if you can downgrade your card.
Democrats got the deal by agreeing to drop an increase in fees for car registration and eliminating any new taxes on cigarettes.
