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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #5341 on: September 24, 2016, 08:32:26 PM »
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« Reply #5343 on: September 24, 2016, 09:30:53 PM »
So Reb Moshe's sons are choosing to hide this psak? Are you implying that not only are they hiding it, but that they're hiding it in order to torture women or to play fast and loose with halacha?

Why didn't Rav Moshe insist that couples should sign this agreement (which didn't really surface until several years after his passing)? Why is it that Rav Moshe's students have not taken on this mission, and instead left it to he the calling of a dying brand?
I'm not implying anything. The old printing of the Igros Moshe has the psak, the new one doesnt. Why does that mean I'm implying something other than what it says on its face? The Psak was controversial when he issued it and remains so today, but it is based in solid Halacha (which obviously doesnt need my approbation) and is just not the accepted view. R;' Moshe had issues with shabbos clocks for certain things too that we did not accept. I'm just saying the with regards to this issue there is a way around the prenup that would cause less controversy than the current position taken by the RCA. 
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« Reply #5344 on: September 24, 2016, 10:06:34 PM »
I'm not implying anything. The old printing of the Igros Moshe has the psak, the new one doesnt. Why does that mean I'm implying something other than what it says on its face? The Psak was controversial when he issued it and remains so today, but it is based in solid Halacha (which obviously doesnt need my approbation) and is just not the accepted view. R;' Moshe had issues with shabbos clocks for certain things too that we did not accept. I'm just saying the with regards to this issue there is a way around the prenup that would cause less controversy than the current position taken by the RCA. 
Even if R Moshe had given a full fledged endorsement that would still not be universally accepted.
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« Reply #5345 on: September 24, 2016, 10:08:31 PM »
Even if R Moshe had given a full fledged endorsement that would still not be universally accepted.
Correct, but its still a better eitzah then chashash mamzerim resulting from a get meusah.
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« Reply #5346 on: September 24, 2016, 10:13:13 PM »
What siman is the tshuva?
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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #5348 on: September 25, 2016, 02:16:56 AM »
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« Reply #5353 on: September 28, 2016, 08:54:57 AM »
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-asks-feds-to-stop-mailing-postcards-with-social-security-numbers-on-them/article/2602863
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« Reply #5354 on: September 28, 2016, 10:00:27 AM »
"LESS IS MORE" It is the cumulative effect that kills deals!!! How many times do I have to say this?  >:(

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Re: Interesting Articles...
« Reply #5355 on: September 28, 2016, 10:42:27 AM »
From a court decision which is kind of an 'interesting article':

US v. AMEX, 15-1672, 2016 WL 5349734, NYLJ 1202768610015, at *1 (2d Cir., September 26, 2016)

In contrast to Visa and MasterCard, Amex is a proprietary network that operates a "closed-loop" system. Within this closed loop, Amex acts not only as the middleman network but also as both the issuer and acquirer for the vast majority of transactions involving its cards.26 Therefore, in most cases,27 Amex maintains direct relationships with both its cardholders and merchants by "provid[ing] issuing services to cardholders, acquiring and processing services to merchants, and network services to both sides of the platform in order to facilitate the use and acceptance of its payment cards."28 Special App. 16. The Amex system is sometimes referred to as a "three-party" system because the network (i.e., Amex itself) serves as the only intermediary between the cardholder and merchant.

Within its closed-loop system, Amex directly sets the interchange fee so as to maximize profit.29 Setting the interchange fee also allows Amex to set the accompanying merchant-discount fee and cardholder benefits directly.30 Amex charges a single discount rate for all Amex card products, meaning that regardless of whether a cardholder uses Amex's highest rewards card or its lowest, the merchant still must pay the same fee in order to accept the Amex card.

Unlike Visa and MasterCard, which run "lend-centric" models deriving more than half their revenues from interest charged to cardholders for unpaid balances on the cardholder's charges for a given billing period, Amex runs a "spend-centric" model whose revenues are primarily dependent on merchant-discount fees. This model is critical to Amex's merchant value proposition, which is that merchants who accept Amex gain access to "marquee" cardholders who tend to spend more on both an annual and per-transaction basis than customers using alternative payment methods.31 Amex's model is also critical to its cardholder value proposition, which features a robust rewards program and numerous other benefits, including customer service, fraud protection, and purchase and return protection.

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« Reply #5356 on: September 28, 2016, 11:37:59 AM »
From a court decision which is kind of an 'interesting article':

US v. AMEX, 15-1672, 2016 WL 5349734, NYLJ 1202768610015, at *1 (2d Cir., September 26, 2016)

In contrast to Visa and MasterCard, Amex is a proprietary network that operates a "closed-loop" system. Within this closed loop, Amex acts not only as the middleman network but also as both the issuer and acquirer for the vast majority of transactions involving its cards.26 Therefore, in most cases,27 Amex maintains direct relationships with both its cardholders and merchants by "provid[ing] issuing services to cardholders, acquiring and processing services to merchants, and network services to both sides of the platform in order to facilitate the use and acceptance of its payment cards."28 Special App. 16. The Amex system is sometimes referred to as a "three-party" system because the network (i.e., Amex itself) serves as the only intermediary between the cardholder and merchant.

Within its closed-loop system, Amex directly sets the interchange fee so as to maximize profit.29 Setting the interchange fee also allows Amex to set the accompanying merchant-discount fee and cardholder benefits directly.30 Amex charges a single discount rate for all Amex card products, meaning that regardless of whether a cardholder uses Amex's highest rewards card or its lowest, the merchant still must pay the same fee in order to accept the Amex card.

Unlike Visa and MasterCard, which run "lend-centric" models deriving more than half their revenues from interest charged to cardholders for unpaid balances on the cardholder's charges for a given billing period, Amex runs a "spend-centric" model whose revenues are primarily dependent on merchant-discount fees. This model is critical to Amex's merchant value proposition, which is that merchants who accept Amex gain access to "marquee" cardholders who tend to spend more on both an annual and per-transaction basis than customers using alternative payment methods.31 Amex's model is also critical to its cardholder value proposition, which features a robust rewards program and numerous other benefits, including customer service, fraud protection, and purchase and return protection.

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