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Benton, who earned his master’s and Ph.D. from Harvard and later taught at the University, invented the rainbow hologram, which is now widely used to prevent counterfeiting because of how simple it is to discern a fake hologram. In 1983, MasterCard International became the first company to use these holograms on their cards; today, they are used by every major credit card company...

Author: By Sarah J. Murphy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Holography Pioneer Benton Dies at 61 | 11/18/2003 | See Source »

...charged for processing or shipping and handling. The prepaid cards, which range in value from $25 to $500 and can be personalized with pictures of puppies or wedding rings or embossed with messages like Feliz Navidad or Just Because, can be used at any of MasterCard's 32.8 million merchant locations as well as online and for catalog orders. With no up-front fees and nearly universal acceptance, it sounds like the ultimate gift certificate, right? But there is a catch. Like other bank-issued gift cards, Charter One's latest product expires six months from the time of purchase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: This Card Is A Great Gift--But Use It Quickly! | 11/10/2003 | See Source »

...four-nothing, after all. Sure I could run upstairs and grab my Red Sox cap. (Well, the free cap with a pair of red socks on it that you get when signing up for a Mastercard at Fenway, but you know what I mean.) You see, my teams never win when I wear the apparel. But Thursday was different; I could feel it. Roger Clemens was down and out; Pedro Martinez was looking strong. Like every other baseball-crazed resident of the Bay State, I was whooping “Cowboy Up” (without really knowing what it meant...

Author: By Anthony S. A. freinberg, | Title: Cursing My Existence | 10/20/2003 | See Source »

...transferring funds to employees is up to 75% cheaper than issuing checks. U-Haul saves $1.10 for each paper check not cut, about half a million dollars in savings a year. For the nearly 14 million U.S. households that are "unbanked," payroll cards, usually issued by banks with the MasterCard or Visa logo, bypass the need to establish the personal accounts used for direct deposit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bye-Bye, Paycheck | 10/13/2003 | See Source »

...Diego and Santa Barbara, Calif., to follow up on rumors of Beanie supply; attending Beanie conventions; and frequenting a tiny Barstow, Calif., shop where she finds rare Beanies. "It's a supplier. It's like drugs!" she laughs. With display cases in her living room, a Beanie MasterCard, magazine subscriptions, T shirts, mugs and pens, and clothes for the toys, Henry knows she's somewhat infatuated. "It ends up this crazy competitive thing," she says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hobby Heaven | 9/29/2003 | See Source »

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