Saturday, November 1, 2008

Spending It Loans in the Time of Facebook - New York Times

Spending It Loans in the Time of Facebook - New York Times

Spending It Loans in the Time of Facebook
New York Times, United States - 22 hours ago
By LAURA PAPPANO If ever there was a time to ask friends and family — and strangers — for a college loan, this is it. You don’t have to be an economics ...
Financial crisis spells business for lending sites Economic Times
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CCSD plans college loan workshop - Elmira Star-Gazette

CCSD plans college loan workshop
Elmira Star-Gazette, NY - Oct 29, 2008
CCSD Federal Credit Union is offering a college loan workshop from 5:30 to 7 pm Monday at the 218 Prescott Avenue office in Elmira Heights. ...


Nats announce school funding boost - TVNZ

Nats announce school funding boost
TVNZ, New Zealand - 23 minutes ago
Also on the cards is voluntary bonding - it is understood National would offer student loan breaks to graduate teachers, who agree to work in hard-to-staff ...


Barack Obama Answers Your Questions About Gay Marriage, Paying For ... - MTV.com

Barack Obama Answers Your Questions About Gay Marriage, Paying For ...
MTV.com - 1 hour ago
"I went to college having to take out student loans. I went to law school having to take out loans. Michelle took out student loans. When we got married, ...

College debt a heavy burden - Minneapolis Star Tribune

College debt a heavy burden - Minneapolis Star Tribune

College debt a heavy burden
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Oct 11, 2008
With a combined income of about $60000, the couple is chipping away at a middle-class life that's feeling harder to sustain because of the college debt, ...


Consumer Reports Survey Finds One-Third of Americans Say They Are ... - MarketWatch

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Consumer Reports Survey Finds One-Third of Americans Say They Are ...
MarketWatch - Oct 30, 2008
Among the respondents biggest fears were not having enough money to retire, paying for college and healthcare, and the value of their savings and homes. ...
Trickle Down Trouble: Consumer Spending Drop Resulting In ... Blogger News Network
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Friday, October 31, 2008

The Best Candidate for Students - Huffington Post

The Best Candidate for Students - Huffington Post

The Best Candidate for Students
Huffington Post, NY - 15 hours ago
It's clear that they need to: college tuition costs are skyrocketing, and the average amount of student debt is through the roof. ...
Rising college costs burden student debt SU The Daily Orange (subscription)
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Foster Youth and Adoptees Can Graduate College Debt-Free with NC ... - MarketWatch

Foster Youth and Adoptees Can Graduate College Debt-Free with NC ...
MarketWatch - Oct 23, 2008
... enables eligible foster youth and adoptees to graduate from college debt-free, and provides comprehensive support services while they are in school. ...


Candidates’ Positions on Student Loans Reflect Experience and ... - New York Times

The Associated Press

Candidates’ Positions on Student Loans Reflect Experience and ...
New York Times, United States - Oct 29, 2008
... they sometimes share with voters to commiserate over rising tuitions and the fact that the average graduating senior carries $21000 in college debt. ...
CQ Transcript: Obama Adviser Robert Rubin and McCain Adviser ... CQPolitics.com
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AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices - DesMoinesRegister.com

AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices - DesMoinesRegister.com

AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 24, 2008
The report also discussed advertisements that Iowa Student Loan made which Miller described as “particularly troubling” – involving consolidation loans and ...


In Uncertain Job Market, NextStudent Offers Short-Term Health ... - MarketWatch

In Uncertain Job Market, NextStudent Offers Short-Term Health ...
MarketWatch - Oct 15, 2008
... health insurance, short-term health insurance, and information on parent and student loans, private student loans, and student loan consolidation programs.


Spotlight on the Economy: Student Loans - Bay Net

Spotlight on the Economy: Student Loans
Bay Net, MD - 9 hours ago
Direct Loans, which includes Federal Stafford Consolidation and PLUS loans that are offered through the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program. ...


Student Loan Network $10000 Halloween Scholarship Open To Students - PR Web (press release)

Student Loan Network $10000 Halloween Scholarship Open To Students
PR Web (press release), WA - Oct 14, 2008
The Boston-based financial aid company is holding a drawing for $10000 on Halloween night, open to graduating high school students and current college ...


Help on loans, budgets, investments, more - MSNBC

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more
MSNBC - Oct 15, 2008
Many lenders have ducked out of the federal loan consolidation market, so the best place to consolidate is the Federal Direct Loan Consolidation program at ...

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Leaders at college lender take heat at Capitol - DesMoinesRegister.com

Leaders at college lender take heat at Capitol - DesMoinesRegister.com

Leaders at college lender take heat at Capitol
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 29, 2008
By JENNIFER JACOBS • jejacobs@dmreg.com • October 29, 2008 A state lawmaker told managers of Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. on Tuesday that he doesn't ...
Student loan program under scrutiny Gazette Online
Iowa Student Loan under fire UI The Daily Iowan (subscription)
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Economic crises send more students in search of financial aid - MLive.com

Economic crises send more students in search of financial aid
MLive.com, MI - Oct 29, 2008
Hribar said Kettering is trying to identify as many loan sources as possible for students. He and financial aid administrators across the country have been ...


Rising college costs burden student debt - SU The Daily Orange (subscription)

Rising college costs burden student debt
SU The Daily Orange (subscription), NY - 12 hours ago
The average loan recipient graduates with about $19000 in debt, she said. That figure includes only federal loans. For undergraduate and graduate students ...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Battling for votes: Students weigh economics, ethics - CNN

Battling for votes: Students weigh economics, ethics - CNN

Battling for votes: Students weigh economics, ethics
CNN - 6 hours ago
None of her friends have been forced to leave school because they could not get a student loan or because of loses in their college savings accounts, ...

Local bank launches new online financial calculators - Huntington Herald Dispatch

Local bank launches new online financial calculators - Huntington Herald Dispatch

Local bank launches new online financial calculators
Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 6 hours ago
... home budgets, college student budgets, mortgages, debt consolidation, credit card management, auto loan calculations, planning for retirement and some ...


AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices - DesMoinesRegister.com

AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 24, 2008
The report also discussed advertisements that Iowa Student Loan made which Miller described as “particularly troubling” – involving consolidation loans and ...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more - MSNBC

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more - MSNBC

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more
MSNBC - Oct 15, 2008
Many lenders have ducked out of the federal loan consolidation market, so the best place to consolidate is the Federal Direct Loan Consolidation program at ...


AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices - DesMoinesRegister.com

AG report faults some Iowa Student Loan practices
DesMoinesRegister.com, IA - Oct 24, 2008
The report also discussed advertisements that Iowa Student Loan made which Miller described as “particularly troubling” – involving consolidation loans and ...

Monday, October 27, 2008

Brown to defend surge in Government debt - Times Online

Brown to defend surge in Government debt - Times Online

Brown to defend surge in Government debt
Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago
In a speech to academics and business leaders at Imperial College, London to be delivered this morning, the Prime Minister will argue: "The responsible ...


Candidates Must Do More to Offset College Tuition - CU Columbia Spectator

CU Columbia Spectator

Candidates Must Do More to Offset College Tuition
CU Columbia Spectator, NY - 10 hours ago
Today, 65.7 percent of undergraduate students will graduate with college debt—the average student among that 65.7 percent will owe $20000 in loans as he or ...


The complicated PATH to college acceptance - Cape Cod Times

The complicated PATH to college acceptance
Cape Cod Times, MA - 5 hours ago
"You don't want to get into drowning debt," she said. College costs have risen 439 percent since 1982, according to Money Magazine. ...


College debt a heavy burden - Minneapolis Star Tribune

College debt a heavy burden
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Oct 11, 2008
With a combined income of about $60000, the couple is chipping away at a middle-class life that's feeling harder to sustain because of the college debt, ...

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more - MSNBC

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more - MSNBC

Help on loans, budgets, investments, more
MSNBC - Oct 15, 2008
Many lenders have ducked out of the federal loan consolidation market, so the best place to consolidate is the Federal Direct Loan Consolidation program at ...


Student Loan Network $10000 Halloween Scholarship Open To Students - PR Web (press release)

Student Loan Network $10000 Halloween Scholarship Open To Students
PR Web (press release), WA - Oct 14, 2008
The Boston-based financial aid company is holding a drawing for $10000 on Halloween night, open to graduating high school students and current college ...


Banks face into black hole of loan losses - Irish Independent

Irish Independent

Banks face into black hole of loan losses
Irish Independent, Ireland - Oct 20, 2008
There will be significant consolidation among the banks." Ray Kinsella, professor of banking at University College, Dublin, and a former economist with the ...


Consumers addicted to plastic? - South Bend Tribune

Consumers addicted to plastic?
South Bend Tribune, IN - Oct 23, 2008
-Weigh the pros and cons of debt consolidation. Consolidating many debts into a single loan can reduce your number of payments and creditors, ...

Crisis Shows It's The Economy: Stupid - Trinity Tripod (subscription)

Crisis Shows It's The Economy: Stupid - Trinity Tripod (subscription)

Crisis Shows It's The Economy: Stupid
Trinity Tripod (subscription), CT - Oct 22, 2008
Moreover, many of the former investment banks were involved in the college loan market. For instance, Lehman Brothers bought the loan company Campus-Door ...


In Uncertain Job Market, NextStudent Offers Short-Term Health ... - MarketWatch

In Uncertain Job Market, NextStudent Offers Short-Term Health ...
MarketWatch - Oct 15, 2008
... health insurance, short-term health insurance, and information on parent and student loans, private student loans, and student loan consolidation programs.