Saturday, April 18, 2009

Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

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Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation
PitchEngine (press release), WY
Student loan debt consolidation basically means to take all your student loan debt and combining them into single loan, so that instead of making multiple payments each month, you pay just one smaller, low interest payment, to one lender. ...
Debts at the time of Financial Crisis Best Syndication
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* Banks top gainers after JPMorgan results - guardian.co.uk

China Daily

* Banks top gainers after JPMorgan results
guardian.co.uk, UK
"Loan and infrastructure investment growth are currently running at 27 percent per year, new home sales are rising and the China PMI is above 50 for the second month running," Credit Suisse said. Official data showed China's economic growth slowed to ...
Citigroup Q1 earnings preview Trading Markets (press release)
Citigroup Loss Not as Bad as Expected Briefing.com
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Reduce Student Loan Debt With Public Service - MainStreet

MainStreet

Reduce Student Loan Debt With Public Service
MainStreet, NY
Thanks to the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, the federal government will cancel the balance of any interest and principal due on any federal direct loan—including Direct Stafford, PLUS and Consolidation loans—as long as it's not in ...
A welcome way to start rebuilding Vallejo Times-Herald
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Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post

Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post

Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid
Washington Post, United States
The administration also has proposed streamlining the college loan process by directly administering all federally guaranteed loans, cutting banks out of that process, a controversial proposal that the administration says will save $94 billion over the ...


Better plan for student loans - Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Better plan for student loans
Chattanooga Times Free Press, TN
As major kickback scandals over the past several years demonstrated, some banks have been all too willing to scheme with unethical college loan officers to steer students to higher priced loans. America's students would be served far better if the ...
The Student Loan Industry Pushes Back Washington Post
Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition USA Today
Student Debt On The Rise City Town Info Education Channel
New York Times - College News
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NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday

NYers deserve a better college loan program
Newsday, NY
With spectacularly bad timing, NYHELPs will encourage college students to take out large loans while unemployment rates for college graduates in this recessionary economy are spiking. Of course, college loans are a necessary evil of higher education, ...
Obama right on college loans The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
College to begin direct lending College of New Jersey Signal
The Battle Over Student Lending New York Times
Daily Kent Stater - Examiner.com
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Where are they now? - Los Angeles Times

Where are they now?
Los Angeles Times, CA
Baker also was paying nearly $15000 a year to send her older son to college out of state and $6420 to send her younger son to private Catholic school. The planner urged her to limit college support, getting her older son to work and take out loans, ...


Work-Study They'll Work for Education - New York Times

Work-Study They'll Work for Education
New York Times, United States
Work-study lies somewhere between a grant and a loan in the college-aid universe — the institution promises to make a job available, at a rate of pay that is at or slightly above minimum wage, up to a maximum that depends on other ingredients of your ...

Friday, April 17, 2009

NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday

NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday

NYers deserve a better college loan program
Newsday, NY
Create a path out of default: Federal loan programs allow borrowers who have defaulted to return to good standing through rehabilitation or consolidation of their loans. No such opportunities were included in NYHELPs, but they should be. ...
College to begin direct lending College of New Jersey Signal
Private lender options shrink Daily Kent Stater
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State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams - WGAL

State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams - WGAL

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State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams
WGAL, PA
The department has also received inquiries about Power Loans, which claims to have offices at 210 West Hamilton Avenue in State College. The company claims to offer mortgages and personal and debt consolidation loans, banking department officials said. ...
Pennsylvania Banking Department Warns Consumers About Suspected Scams PR Newswire (press release)
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday

NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday

NYers deserve a better college loan program
Newsday, NY
With spectacularly bad timing, NYHELPs will encourage college students to take out large loans while unemployment rates for college graduates in this recessionary economy are spiking. Of course, college loans are a necessary evil of higher education, ...
Obama right on college loans The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
The Battle Over Student Lending New York Times
College to begin direct lending College of New Jersey Signal
Gateway
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Seeking college credit - Staunton News Leader

Seeking college credit
Staunton News Leader, VA
The credit crisis that led to our economic troubles apparently hasn't registered with some college students. Traditionally, credit card companies have targeted high school grads with attractive deals. Away from home for the first time, and facing peer ...
Your Child Headed to College? Time for a Crash Course on Borrowing ... L.A. Watts Times (subscription)
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Burton opposed to college loan changes - WTHR

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Burton opposed to college loan changes
WTHR, IN
Fishers - College loan giant Sallie Mae is looking at increasing its Indiana workforce. At the same time the lending industry is eyeing possible changes in government loan programs some say could cause job cuts. Ten million current and former college ...
Sallie Mae to reverse outsource, create 2000 US jobs - Update RTT News
Sallie Mae To Reverse Job Outsourcing SayCampusLife
SLM to Transfer Overseas Jobs to US Washington Post
The Daily Collegian Online - HispanicBusiness.com
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Tips On Consolidating Student Loans - Forbes

Tips On Consolidating Student Loans - Forbes

Tips On Consolidating Student Loans
Forbes, NY
That, in turn, can persuade a lender to reduce the interested charged as a result of a loan consolidation. "Borrowers can get a lower rate now, and their rate may not jump as high in the future," Kantrowitz says. Another potential benefit of ...
Get a job, ditch your student loans CNNMoney.com
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Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)

Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking
EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription), KY
Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal Consolidation Loans from The Student Loan People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which include special education, math and science. ...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Boutique hires distressed trading trio - Structured Credit Investor (subscription)

Boutique hires distressed trading trio - Structured Credit Investor (subscription)

Boutique hires distressed trading trio
Structured Credit Investor (subscription), UK
Prior to joining Maxim Group, she spent four years on the distressed/par leveraged loan sales and trading desk at Goldman Sachs. Yelverton will also serve as an md, responsible for trading bank loans and high yield bonds in the retailing, food, ...


Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times

Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed-rate consolidation loan, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...


Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times

New York Times

Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed rate consolidation loan but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...


Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

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Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation
PitchEngine (press release), WY
What’s worse, credit card companies love college students, handing out cards everywhere from the library to the mall. Student loan debt consolidation basically means to take all your student loan debt and combining them into single loan, ...
Treasury Dept. Rolls Out Program to Help Young Adults Use Credit ... Earthtimes (press release)
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Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com

Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com

Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt
bankingMyway.com, WI
To those student loan borrowers, a loan consolidation could be an option. Student loan consolidation enables hard-luck borrowers to lock in a lower interest rate, and presumably lower monthly payments. Interest rates are low right now, ...
Debt Consolidation: Convenient Way To Get Rid Of Debts Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Obama suggests recession easing - BBC News

Obama suggests recession easing - BBC News

Globe and Mail

Obama suggests recession easing
BBC News, UK
Mr Obama, who was speaking at Georgetown University, pointed to the US government's housing plan as a factor in boosting the economy, as the number of people refinancing their loans increased. He added that support for the auto and student loan markets ...
Video: Bernanke on the Economy (Part 1) - Bloomberg Bloomberg
The Path of Kohn: Crisis Changes a Fed Vet Wall Street Journal
Announced efforts top $7 trillion, but cost to taxpayers will be ... msnbc.com
Real Estate Channel - CTV.ca
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Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette

Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans
Schenectady Gazette, NY
CAPITAL REGION — The state budget that lawmakers are expected to pass includes $50 million for a new college loan program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. ...
New Student Loan Program NYHELP The Gouverneur Times
2 schools of thought on new student loan program Lower Hudson Journal news
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Harsh lessons about student aid - Albany Times Union

Harsh lessons about student aid
Albany Times Union, NY
You don't have to be an economics major to see lots of appeal in President Obama's plan to radically change the nation's college financial aid programs. The President wants to replace loans made by banks, on a for-profit basis and subsidized by the ...
Study: Cutting lender subsidies would increase Pell Grant recipients Daily Record (subscription)
Obama Budget: Thousands More Virginia Students to Receive College Aid Public News Service
Obama Gives Student Loans a Boost in New Budget The UCSD Guardian Online
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
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Tuesday at the North Carolina General Assembly - Rocky Mount Telegram

Tuesday at the North Carolina General Assembly
Rocky Mount Telegram, NC
Walter Dalton says small businesses need extra help during the bad economy and a loan program in the Senate's budget will help them survive and create jobs. Dalton and several advocacy groups for small business and rural and tobacco-dependent ...

Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)

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Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation
PitchEngine (press release), WY
Student loan debt consolidation basically means to take all your student loan debt and combining them into single loan, so that instead of making multiple payments each month, you pay just one smaller, low interest payment, to one lender. ...
Debts at the time of Financial Crisis Best Syndication
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Manage Debts Through Credit Card Debt Consolidation Loans - Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)

Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)

Manage Debts Through Credit Card Debt Consolidation Loans
Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung), Austria
This is where credit card debt consolidation loans come in the picture. This type of loan gives service to people who are in the brink of financial breakdown due to poor handling of credit card finances. It is imperative to know your current financial ...
Eliminate Debt With Credit Card Debt Relief Programs Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times

Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times

Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2
New York Times, United States
I would like to find a fixed-rate consolidation loan, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student loan consolidation programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest ...

Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition - USA Today

Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition - USA Today

CNBC

Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition
USA Today
By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY As college costs soar, students are charging more educational expenses to plastic, helping boost credit card debt to record levels. A new study to be released Monday by Sallie Mae, a college-financing company, finds that the ...
College credit card debt soars with tuition and fees WalletPop
Many College Students Turning To Credit Cards To Pay Tuition WMDT
Sallie Mae Study Finds Rising Number of College Students Using ... Business Wire (press release)
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - New York Times
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Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com

Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt
bankingMyway.com, WI
By Brian O'Connell With a college diploma comes a real world lesson in one of life’s most demanding subjects – debt. On average, college students graduate owing $24000 in student loan debt. That’sa hefty sum and some college grads, especially those who ...


Dear Babs: Can a second-tier college compare? - The Wichita Eagle

Dear Babs: Can a second-tier college compare?
The Wichita Eagle, KS
If he wants to do anything in the arts/communications/nonprofit sector, I highly recommend minimizing his debt and taking the scholarship. Starting salaries in those fields are often well under $30000, and paying off loans might be impossible. ...

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region - Chicago Tribune

Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region - Chicago Tribune

Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region
Chicago Tribune, United States
Among the obstacles for the region to recover, Conover said, is the relatively low percentage of college graduates in these states. The national average of people with a bachelor's degree or more is 27.5 percent, according to the Census Bureau. ...


Paying for college - Cincinnati.com

Paying for college
Cincinnati.com, OH
But how that is, I'm not exactly sure," Lana Perry says of paying for college for her daughter, Aja Pettit, a Goshen High School junior. Faced with debt, limited savings and weakened investments, like many parents, Perry's game plan is to work more, ...