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GlaxoSmithKline has decided to advertise one of their prescription drugs in a revolutionary way: They are planning on telling the whole truth about it. When you watch most commercials for prescription drugs they make it seem as though your world will be a rosy place after popping their particular pill, and the side effects scroll along the bottom of the screen in tiny mice type. GSK, however, has released a weight loss pill that is being marketed not as a miracle pill, but as a slow but sure way to weight loss. How impressive is it that this company is willing to buck the system and just be honest with consumers.

Auto-renewals have become almost regular in certain industries. The virus software companies in most cases make it next to impossible to cancel. If you don’t buy the software at a retail store, you are more than likely to be automatically renewed. One way to make sure that you don’t get stuck with one of these auto-renewing softwares is to read the user agreement thoroughly before you sign up. So if you don’t want to get billed too high a rate and not be able to switch services, watch your back and do your homework.

The workout facility Bally’s is going to be filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy but will stay in business. There are a few things you have to keep in mind when you are searching for a work out club though. Don’t sign a contract! If the club feels confident that they have a good product, why do they need to rope you in for three years? Look for good customer service. If you are new to the work out club game especially, you want to go somewhere where they have people walking the floor to help you if you have questions.

The Supreme Court has just made a new ruling that insurers can check your credit report to determine your insurance rate. Insurance companies think that how you handle credit is a good indicator of how you will act with them. To make sure that you are ok, pull one of your free credit reports at annualcreditreport.com. Clean it up if there are strikes against you because you don’t want insurance companies hiking your rates when you could have prevented it.