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USA TODAY consumer reporter, adjunct faculty at Kent State School of Media and Journalism, formerly Akron Beacon Journal consumer columnist and medical reporter
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Protect wallet from surveillance pricing

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By Betty Lin-Fisher Verified
| Press Enterprise Verified
USA TODAY Network As American shoppers are seeing price hikes from tariffs, the…
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The Daily Money: The rising costs of college life

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By Betty Lin-Fisher Verified
| USA Today Verified
Oct. 30, 2026, 10:29 a.m. ET Good morning and Happy Friday! This is Betty Lin-Fisher with Friday's consumer-focused edition of The Daily Money. In the final installment in our six-part series on the American economy, Daniel de Visé talked to six college students to take the pulse of their money woes. Is AI your secret holiday helper? More than half of Americans in a new survey said they'd let AI help them with their holiday shopping.
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Is AI This Holiday Shopping Season’s Secret Santa?

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By Betty Lin-Fisher Verified
| Money Talks News Verified
At a time when American shoppers are seeing price hikes from tariffs, the war with Iran and inflation, there’s another reason some shoppers are paying different prices, some consumer advocates and lawmakers say. It’s surveillance pricing, which uses personalized information about you to potentially change the price. That is different than dynamic pricing, which is often called surge pricing, and changes with supply and demand.
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