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Bank gives $1,000 checks to 13 charities

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Friday, September 7th, 2012, 11:24am

Bank gives $1,000 checks to 13 charities

(WMC-TV) - Thirteen is their lucky number. The locals are lucky to have them.

Thirteen Memphis-area non-profits are each $1,000 richer, thanks to Wells Fargo's third Days of Giving Program Sept. 5 at the Memphis Union Mission, 600 Poplar Ave.

The bank presented a grand to each of the following non-profits for contributions to their local communities:

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Top 10 consumer complaints

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012, 2:02pm

(WMC-TV) - Cars, credit and construction top the list of the industries most consumers can't stand, according to a survey by the Consumer Federation of America and the North American Consumer Protection Investigators.

The organizations surveyed 38 state consumer protection agencies about "...the most common, fastest-growing and worst complaints they received in 2011."

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Amro Music wins national awards

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012, 4:38pm

(WMC-TV) - Amro Music received national recognition from its peers recently.

"We're extremely honored by these awards," said CJ Averwater, general manager of the family business. "Our team members work really hard and have a huge passion for music that they display every day when they help customers. This is a huge win for them."

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Children's consignment sale coming to Agricenter

Submitted by Tim Van Horn, Meteorologist

Monday, July 2nd, 2012, 11:14am

(WMC-TV) - The Kids Town Fall, Winter and Holiday 2012 Sale is coming to Agricenter International July 12 through the 14.

The sale is an event for parents looking to purchase children's items and a place to sell items that your kids have maybe outgrown.

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Family Dollar to build on East Memphis site

Submitted by Jeramia Trotter, WMCTV.com

Tuesday, June 26th, 2012, 4:50pm

(WMC-TV) - The former Stringer's Garden Center site will soon be home to a player in the discount shopping game, according to The Memphis BUsiness Journal.

The new store will be located very close to the toney Chickasaw Gardens neighborhood, and according to the paper, the company will take that into consideration when the store is built... Read More

Read all about it at the Memphis Business Journal!

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BBB: Memphis company’s name being used in mystery shopping scam

Submitted by WMCTV Web Staff

Friday, June 22nd, 2012, 2:43pm

(WMC-TV) – The Better Business Bureau says for the second time in recent months, a Memphis company’s name is being used by scam artists.

The BBB previously said conmen were fraudulently using the name of Axiom Research LLC in their scams. Now the group says crooks have started using another local company’s name, Summerfield Associates, Inc., to target their victims.

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Good tips in a storm to protect your ID

Submitted by Andy Wise, Chief Consumer Investigator/Andy's Restaurant Scorecard

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012, 3:04pm

(WMC-TV) - The last thing you think of as the tornado's barreling down on your house -- is your personal information.

That's why the identity protection experts of ProtectMyID (www.protectmyid.com) suggested taking these precautions in order to secure your identity before the threat of severe weather:

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