Here are three of the week's top pieces of financial advice, gathered from around the web: How to shrink credit card feesIf you're seeking some respite from soaring credit card fees and interest rates, "all you have to do is ask," said Jessica Dickler and Sharon Epperson at CNBC. A simple phone call to your card company can be "extremely effective in getting cut some slack." About 84 percent of cardholders who called had their late-payment fees waived, according to CreditCards.com.