<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638</id><updated>2009-04-19T10:00:07.427-04:00</updated><title type='text'>college loan consolidation</title><subtitle type='html'>Everything about college loan consolidation</subtitle><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/atom.xml'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2590</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7479168798639971224</id><published>2009-04-19T10:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T10:00:07.469-04:00</updated><title type='text'>How to apply for federal student loans - Los Angeles Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-montalk19-2009apr19,0,2060304.column&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq2-j7m3_W0m5WQwxQzMNfF3e8NQ" &gt;How to apply for federal student loans - Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-montalk19-2009apr19,0,2060304.column&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq2-j7m3_W0m5WQwxQzMNfF3e8NQ"&gt;How to apply for federal student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Los Angeles Times,&amp;nbsp;CA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;You can find out more about student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; and paying for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; at FinAid.org. Dear Liz: I&amp;#39;ve had a Bank of America Visa card for years. My interest rate was lowered from 7.9% to 5.4% a few months ago, but I recently got a letter saying that if I did &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/17/biden_highlights_growing_inves.html?wprss=44&amp;cid=1332956442&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhcj3CzjgJFDKGX0SlOA32FIsjZQ" &gt;Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/17/biden_highlights_growing_inves.html%3Fwprss%3D44&amp;cid=1332956442&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhcj3CzjgJFDKGX0SlOA32FIsjZQ"&gt;Biden Highlights Growing Investment in &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Washington Post,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The administration also has proposed streamlining the &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; process by directly administering all federally guaranteed &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;, cutting banks out of that process, a controversial proposal that the administration says will save $94 billion over the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9SwLfCUzHrc5y3j5mvE0V2xkqVg" &gt;NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9SwLfCUzHrc5y3j5mvE0V2xkqVg"&gt;NYers deserve a better &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Newsday,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With spectacularly bad timing, NYHELPs will encourage &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students to take out large &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; while unemployment rates for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; graduates in this recessionary economy are spiking. Of course, &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt; are a necessary evil of higher education, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/04/obama_right_on_college_loans.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNGT8o0iJQ6hx6PMuVxfifkkHYfpfg"&gt;Obama right on  &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.signal-online.net/home/news/2009/04/15/News/College.To.Begin.Direct.Lending-3710095.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoBIAWHQycRsKCnipm7iANE_1prA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; to begin direct lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College of New Jersey Signal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/opinion/16thu1.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFu-e3h31hvqowtiN3zNbD90EbJNQ"&gt;The Battle Over Student Lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kentnewsnet.com/news/2009/04/14/News/Private.Lender.Options.Shrink-3708877.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNH55_AKYwf8FdL2E27uUIeqYUyoFQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Kent Stater&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.examiner.com/x-6434-Baltimore-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Entrenched-crony-capitalism-costs-you-money&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNECQuO6wiGTg6jQjK7rDsEEC2gumw"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Examiner.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333645028&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 8 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090417/OPINION01/904170314&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnyMA1J1LFjJy9h2VUWamfE3V8vg" &gt;Dollars and sense - Louisville Courier-Journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090417/OPINION01/904170314&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnyMA1J1LFjJy9h2VUWamfE3V8vg"&gt;Dollars and sense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Louisville Courier-Journal,&amp;nbsp;KY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;President Obama wants to do more than just pick up the slack, and he wants to put the &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; business beyond the ebbs, flows and vagaries of the economy. His plan is for the government to fund the federal &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt; for needy students without &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi%3Ff%3D/c/a/2009/04/16/EDGI1733VA.DTL&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNGmsyAypPQZudS849OIPuYMpLD5NQ"&gt;Serve students, not banks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;San Francisco Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://whitmanpioneer.com/op-ed/2009/04/16/proposed-federal-loan-reform-merits-scrutiny/&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNFW9EsA2_egdVdsYwwjmP8VmL8wpg"&gt;Proposed federal &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; reform merits scrutiny&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Whitman Pioneer&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://business.theatlantic.com/2009/04/more_fuel_on_the_student_loan_fire.php&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNErPM5bmiYkdekeAlEZyaJUNzm9WQ"&gt;More Fuel on the Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Fire&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Atlantic Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/apr/17/revamping-student-loans/&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNHy5JcOVawnnAKEKbsTpcPOvzOGFA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Las Vegas Sun&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.tcudailyskiff.com/news/2009/04/17/News/Proposed.Direct.Lending.Program.Would.Take.Banks.Out.Equation-3714421.shtml&amp;cid=1335204436&amp;ei=Zi7rSY-0L8SfmAfAv7Fx&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8LYv71jOCDa7z1RRgNnkxNEMZmA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TCU Daily Skiff&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1335204436&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 33 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-7479168798639971224?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7479168798639971224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7479168798639971224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/how-to-apply-for-federal-student-loans.html' title='How to apply for federal student loans - Los Angeles Times'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8170660707011154259</id><published>2009-04-19T07:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T07:15:06.398-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden - New York Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/your-money/student-loans/18student.html?8dpc&amp;cid=1335020342&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzoEjEDcH8x5nt4jjWYkYVafzxCg" &gt;In Grim Job Market, Student Loans Are a Costly Burden - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/your-money/student-loans/18student.html%3F8dpc&amp;cid=1335020342&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzoEjEDcH8x5nt4jjWYkYVafzxCg"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=1xDVoGZZCtMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/18/business/18student.xlarge1.jpg width=80 height=48 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/your-money/student-loans/18student.html%3F8dpc&amp;cid=1335020342&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzoEjEDcH8x5nt4jjWYkYVafzxCg"&gt;In Grim Job Market, Student &lt;b&gt;Loans&lt;/b&gt; Are a Costly Burden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;“Who knows when  I&amp;#39;ll be able to start paying my &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; back?” said Gregory Westby, who has $150000 in debt after &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;. By TARA SIEGEL BERNARD They bought into the notion that if they went to &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; — never mind the debt — their degree would lead to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/79005/effective-debt-repayment-with-direct-student-loan-consolidation/&amp;cid=1335020342&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4a7EmdWJd-EtC9pi092D_kB4tIQ"&gt;Effective Debt Repayment With Direct Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Consolidation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1335020342&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 4 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/investing/bal-bz.ml.ambrose19apr19,0,5369657.column&amp;cid=1336641020&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEU8KNGNuFpQrlH1ezD6C3RqNAGWA" &gt;Out on their own - Baltimore Sun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/investing/bal-bz.ml.ambrose19apr19,0,5369657.column&amp;cid=1336641020&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEU8KNGNuFpQrlH1ezD6C3RqNAGWA"&gt;Out on their own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Baltimore Sun,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Students carry more debt today, leaving &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; with an average of $20000 in education &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; and $2600 on credit cards. But they are also being shaped by the financial crisis and seeing their parents struggle in some cases, says Kathleen Cooter of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-montalk19-2009apr19,0,2060304.column&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZ2CfDZYT5vfU1MO6iMhbHb-7_BA" &gt;How to apply for federal student loans - Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-montalk19-2009apr19,0,2060304.column&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZ2CfDZYT5vfU1MO6iMhbHb-7_BA"&gt;How to apply for federal student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Los Angeles Times,&amp;nbsp;CA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;You can find out more about student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; and paying for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; at FinAid.org. Dear Liz: I&amp;#39;ve had a Bank of America Visa card for years. My interest rate was lowered from 7.9% to 5.4% a few months ago, but I recently got a letter saying that if I did &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/14/better-plan-student-loans/?opiniontimes&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGY4M7v5iIetGUyg0n_ce_xtvdADw" &gt;Better plan for student loans - Chattanooga Times Free Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.credit.com/news/experts/2009-04-14/more-students-carrying-credit-card-debt.html&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8bSNCSL5v3BvMPm55WSGezYjmcw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=ZwfnW1NbwWcJ&amp;imgurl=www.credit.com/article/image/04-14-09-college-debt-large.jpg width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Credit.com News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/14/better-plan-student-loans/%3Fopiniontimes&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGY4M7v5iIetGUyg0n_ce_xtvdADw"&gt;Better plan for student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chattanooga Times Free Press,&amp;nbsp;TN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;As major kickback scandals over the past several years demonstrated, some banks have been all too willing to scheme with unethical &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; officers to steer students to higher priced &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;. America&amp;#39;s students would be served far better if the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.citytowninfo.com/career-and-education-news/articles/student-debt-on-the-rise-09041601&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYDxhrlwx1NJPGI94IhbFg0zaQqA"&gt;Student Debt On The Rise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;City Town Info Education Channel&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.collegenews.com/index.php%3F/article/college_credit_card_debt_highest_since_1998_472891/&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGC5yCVPG-c-N5_Fe9ESXQa9N_zqQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; credit card debt highest since 1998&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302771.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-education&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uQfrSe7FLI-CmQfm7sWBDg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHRTXu7boTLZ2HbsyAV6cZRpyGDFA"&gt;The Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; 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- School &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PitchEngine (press release),&amp;nbsp;WY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; basically means to take all your student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt and combining them into single &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, so that instead of making multiple payments each month, you pay just one smaller, low interest payment, to one lender. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/26898&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNEvkO6p74wne__YVF52hoXrYC5ahg"&gt;Debts at the time of Financial Crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Best Syndication&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1323725464&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 11 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8457982&amp;cid=1334421431&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpkAO1-9Rj60PfDcXX-3_1D7uG2Q" &gt;* Banks top gainers after JPMorgan results - guardian.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2009-04/17/content_7690333.htm&amp;cid=1334421431&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqgOCZTnhmx5RbpeobUJ_iyxUMeg"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=I9s5LN-UkwUJ&amp;imgurl=www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20090417/00221917dead0b52d7f51b.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;China Daily&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8457982&amp;cid=1334421431&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpkAO1-9Rj60PfDcXX-3_1D7uG2Q"&gt;* Banks top gainers after JPMorgan results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;guardian.co.uk,&amp;nbsp;UK&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; 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,&amp;quot; Credit Suisse said. Official data showed China&amp;#39;s economic growth slowed to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/TOP%2520STORY/2276665/&amp;cid=1334421431&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-68zUDa-zGY7IOrMHQdxEKsjIqQ"&gt;Citigroup Q1 earnings preview&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Trading Markets (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.briefing.com/GeneralContent/Investor/Active/ArticlePopup/ArticlePopup.aspx%3FArticleId%3DNS20090417084744HeadlineHits&amp;cid=1334421431&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHwQ-jxD5ASU7yjXanWF1ffTYzPA"&gt;Citigroup Loss Not as Bad as Expected&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Briefing.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1334421431&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 2,049 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.mainstreet.com/article/career/students/gen-y/reduce-student-loan-debt-public-service&amp;cid=1335062663&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNFM-uhvSDOEmkTYa1vjVAWyd_h-pw" &gt;Reduce Student Loan Debt With Public Service - MainStreet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.mainstreet.com/article/career/students/gen-y/reduce-student-loan-debt-public-service&amp;cid=1335062663&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNFM-uhvSDOEmkTYa1vjVAWyd_h-pw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=xXo1iyFlPTkJ&amp;imgurl=www.thestreet.com/tsc/v2008/photos/all-pics/colleges-education/diploma-front-offlead.jpg width=80 height=71 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;MainStreet&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.mainstreet.com/article/career/students/gen-y/reduce-student-loan-debt-public-service&amp;cid=1335062663&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNFM-uhvSDOEmkTYa1vjVAWyd_h-pw"&gt;Reduce Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Debt With Public Service&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MainStreet,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;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 &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;—including Direct Stafford, PLUS and &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; loans—as long as it&amp;#39;s not in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/opinion/ci_12154511&amp;cid=1335062663&amp;ei=gWLqSaH6DMKfmAfhpIB_&amp;usg=AFQjCNEo43SY1onBvBPAkx7VzZty-iwcZA"&gt;A welcome way to start rebuilding&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Vallejo Times-Herald&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1335062663&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 3 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-4418318549048635614?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/4418318549048635614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/4418318549048635614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/student-loan-consolidation-school-loan_18.html' title='Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-868311213073573887</id><published>2009-04-18T12:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T12:30:08.938-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/17/biden_highlights_growing_inves.html?wprss=44&amp;cid=1335920659&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbKJkJjxOzj0NsOs0JMDMydeMIyg" &gt;Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/17/biden_highlights_growing_inves.html%3Fwprss%3D44&amp;cid=1335920659&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbKJkJjxOzj0NsOs0JMDMydeMIyg"&gt;Biden Highlights Growing Investment in &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Washington Post,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The administration also has proposed streamlining the &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; process by directly administering all federally guaranteed &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;, cutting banks out of that process, a controversial proposal that the administration says will save $94 billion over the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/14/better-plan-student-loans/?opiniontimes&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0JUH_YnQ6-pIoeayGCZssmQaHnw" &gt;Better plan for student loans - Chattanooga Times Free Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.credit.com/news/experts/2009-04-14/more-students-carrying-credit-card-debt.html&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAhEv5YbhOjoub_JKkYi5HcOgSWQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=ZwfnW1NbwWcJ&amp;imgurl=www.credit.com/article/image/04-14-09-college-debt-large.jpg width=80 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Credit.com News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/14/better-plan-student-loans/%3Fopiniontimes&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0JUH_YnQ6-pIoeayGCZssmQaHnw"&gt;Better plan for student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chattanooga Times Free Press,&amp;nbsp;TN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;As major kickback scandals over the past several years demonstrated, some banks have been all too willing to scheme with unethical &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; officers to steer students to higher priced &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;. America&amp;#39;s students would be served far better if the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/13/AR2009041302771.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-education&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHr29UYt8QVlj9euRRlLY6Y6q3NCg"&gt;The Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Industry Pushes Back&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2009-04-12-college-credit-card-debt_N.htm&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLUef1graYrSvQLMaa2UD9ukJ1vQ"&gt;Average &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; credit card debt rises with fees, tuition&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;USA Today&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.citytowninfo.com/career-and-education-news/articles/student-debt-on-the-rise-09041601&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHB5JZD47_vGwUMZbJEZLUtPNqr1w"&gt;Student Debt On The Rise&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;City Town Info Education Channel&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/us/politics/13student.html%3Fref%3Dglobal-home&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdZOYwj5gxCE1zMAUitwLZ0lNu8w"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.collegenews.com/index.php%3F/article/college_credit_card_debt_highest_since_1998_472891/&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgqoM-pSTwAlupQEX61apgeg4xlg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1332548215&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 82 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmEiJl5dremAGHY_zbJ_Lt2JPhrA" &gt;NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmEiJl5dremAGHY_zbJ_Lt2JPhrA"&gt;NYers deserve a better &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Newsday,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With spectacularly bad timing, NYHELPs will encourage &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students to take out large &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; while unemployment rates for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; graduates in this recessionary economy are spiking. Of course, &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt; are a necessary evil of higher education, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/04/obama_right_on_college_loans.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNF5FJTuPp8iBkVcvb9CNas4U7dskg"&gt;Obama right on  &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.signal-online.net/home/news/2009/04/15/News/College.To.Begin.Direct.Lending-3710095.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHyOByWt4RCF0iT0lnLh0beaPlSXw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; to begin direct lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College of New Jersey Signal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/opinion/16thu1.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHg5m9wwwdx33FmOg_us7Ym90d9NA"&gt;The Battle Over Student Lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kentnewsnet.com/news/2009/04/14/News/Private.Lender.Options.Shrink-3708877.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGULDUuHKDCHwrBCykXKnnp358-Qg"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Kent Stater&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.examiner.com/x-6434-Baltimore-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m4d13-Entrenched-crony-capitalism-costs-you-money&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnzF5-duXOCdru1-dcf3bM-M46AQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Examiner.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333645028&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 8 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-coverside19-2009apr19-link,0,2009922.storylink&amp;cid=1335953457&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGbAFRi3XJH7uPoUo00lD6S9QJkQ" &gt;Where are they now? - Los Angeles Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-coverside19-2009apr19-link,0,2009922.storylink&amp;cid=1335953457&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGGbAFRi3XJH7uPoUo00lD6S9QJkQ"&gt;Where are they now?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Los Angeles Times,&amp;nbsp;CA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Baker also was paying nearly $15000 a year to send her older son to &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; out of state and $6420 to send her younger son to private Catholic school. The planner urged her to limit &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; support, getting her older son to work and take out &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/workstudy-t.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGr48d_Pvq-EBuir4EFivDKYY_46A" &gt;Work-Study They&amp;#39;ll Work for Education - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/workstudy-t.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=EADqSbPtBKaQmAfn98SJAQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGr48d_Pvq-EBuir4EFivDKYY_46A"&gt;Work-Study They&amp;#39;ll Work for Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Work-study lies somewhere between a grant and a &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; in the &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-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 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-868311213073573887?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/868311213073573887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/868311213073573887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/biden-highlights-growing-investment-in.html' title='Biden Highlights Growing Investment in College Aid - Washington Post'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-9091364735813851012</id><published>2009-04-17T21:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T21:15:13.994-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=oSnpSYHNFsSfmAfsz-V-&amp;usg=AFQjCNHG8WwSINByyRIQDfo85JFUPxaIzA" &gt;NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=oSnpSYHNFsSfmAfsz-V-&amp;usg=AFQjCNHG8WwSINByyRIQDfo85JFUPxaIzA"&gt;NYers deserve a better college &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Newsday,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Create a path out of default:  Federal &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; programs allow borrowers who have defaulted to return to good standing through rehabilitation or &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of their loans. No such opportunities were included in NYHELPs, but they should be. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.signal-online.net/home/news/2009/04/15/News/College.To.Begin.Direct.Lending-3710095.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=oSnpSYHNFsSfmAfsz-V-&amp;usg=AFQjCNFhfW7L0kQh9fl1UqIYwtAzi4osAg"&gt;College to begin direct lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College of New Jersey Signal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kentnewsnet.com/news/2009/04/14/News/Private.Lender.Options.Shrink-3708877.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=oSnpSYHNFsSfmAfsz-V-&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1elrH0-9AG6Sn0gsjusBU8HDzZw"&gt;Private lender options shrink&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Kent Stater&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333645028&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 8 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-9091364735813851012?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/9091364735813851012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/9091364735813851012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/nyers-deserve-better-college-loan_17.html' title='NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-5264001358142442060</id><published>2009-04-17T03:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T03:45:12.283-04:00</updated><title type='text'>State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams - WGAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wgal.com/money/19200564/detail.html&amp;cid=1335057064&amp;ei=hzPoSfThNaaQmAeb8Mz1DQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmMvYJ7JsqZwrmON8PIfY9-eRQkg" &gt;State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams - WGAL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/04/17/contenido/88078.asp&amp;cid=1335057064&amp;ei=hzPoSfThNaaQmAeb8Mz1DQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFekqrc0OYNVcobV5NDQYgqCHlGiw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=VfFsWYC2_RUJ&amp;imgurl=www.laestrella.com.pa/mensual/2009/04/17/images/fotos/625x322/94160.jpg width=80 height=41 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;la estrella&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wgal.com/money/19200564/detail.html&amp;cid=1335057064&amp;ei=hzPoSfThNaaQmAeb8Mz1DQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmMvYJ7JsqZwrmON8PIfY9-eRQkg"&gt;State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;WGAL,&amp;nbsp;PA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The department has also received inquiries about Power Loans, which claims to have offices at 210 West Hamilton Avenue in State &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt;. The  company claims to offer mortgages and personal and debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; loans, banking department officials said. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl%3FACCT%3D104%26STORY%3D/www/story/04-16-2009/0005007584%26EDATE%3D&amp;cid=1335057064&amp;ei=hzPoSfThNaaQmAeb8Mz1DQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwAc9x6O-BU8RY4B6zLzChTPPu8A"&gt;Pennsylvania Banking Department Warns Consumers About Suspected Scams&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;PR Newswire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1335057064&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 8 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-5264001358142442060?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/5264001358142442060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/5264001358142442060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/state-officials-warn-consumers-about.html' title='State Officials Warn Consumers About Financial Scams - WGAL'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-32712200461255742</id><published>2009-04-16T14:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T14:15:09.077-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHiEgCLxbSP_IfYKMUh0weAA3nbVA" &gt;NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-ophil1612651937apr15,0,3385961.story&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHiEgCLxbSP_IfYKMUh0weAA3nbVA"&gt;NYers deserve a better &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Newsday,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With spectacularly bad timing, NYHELPs will encourage &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students to take out large &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; while unemployment rates for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; graduates in this recessionary economy are spiking. Of course, &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt; are a necessary evil of higher education, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/04/obama_right_on_college_loans.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEIP5RxW09zqsMBykRNM69YyVTRWg"&gt;Obama right on  &lt;b&gt;college loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/opinion/16thu1.html&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEaGuusTshWl4aj28ecwFMDSehvyg"&gt;The Battle Over Student Lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.signal-online.net/home/news/2009/04/15/News/College.To.Begin.Direct.Lending-3710095.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0w_fXBWrI6--Y7ViY1AU6uD6ehA"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; to begin direct lending&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;College of New Jersey Signal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.unogateway.com/home/news/2009/04/14/News/Financial.Aid.May.Change.With.Budget-3710954.shtml&amp;cid=1333645028&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcR3K9zRspBSY61wuztl2Nnn5tkw"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Gateway&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333645028&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 8 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090416/OPINION01/904160326&amp;cid=1334944947&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEidkCSRBJbUz92qP72i6OVBjuvkQ" &gt;Seeking college credit - Staunton News Leader&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090416/OPINION01/904160326&amp;cid=1334944947&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEidkCSRBJbUz92qP72i6OVBjuvkQ"&gt;Seeking &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; credit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Staunton News Leader,&amp;nbsp;VA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The credit crisis that led to our economic troubles apparently hasn&amp;#39;t registered with some &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students. Traditionally, credit card companies have targeted high school grads with attractive deals. Away from home for the first time, and facing peer &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.lawattstimes.com/business-mainmenu-29/news/652-your-child-headed-to-college-time-for-a-crash-course-on-borrowing-and-spending.html&amp;cid=1334944947&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQhGJ-H1qd_ZxIp6jrrYSSSAOAfQ"&gt;Your Child Headed to &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt;? Time for a Crash Course on Borrowing &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;L.A. Watts Times (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1334944947&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 2 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10145826&amp;nav=menu188_2&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFImbgGW9Osyqr26L0mqaaec3ePVQ" &gt;Burton opposed to college loan changes - WTHR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory%3Fid%3D7267198&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHhTL5EvNE6Pe0d6cxjPG5bR29Ijg"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=oLLJIeMGaRoJ&amp;imgurl=a.abcnews.com/images/Business/SallieMae2_jobs_090406_mn.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;ABC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D10145826%26nav%3Dmenu188_2&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFImbgGW9Osyqr26L0mqaaec3ePVQ"&gt;Burton opposed to &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; changes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;WTHR,&amp;nbsp;IN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fishers - &lt;b&gt;College loan&lt;/b&gt; giant Sallie Mae is looking at increasing its Indiana workforce. At the same time the lending industry is eyeing possible changes in government &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; programs some say could cause job cuts. Ten million current and former &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx%3FId%3D905239%26SMap%3D1&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQwvMiQLYaVvWzrA_WYU1iYhANSQ"&gt;Sallie Mae to reverse outsource, create 2000 US jobs - Update&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.saycampuslife.com/2009/04/08/sallie-mae-outsourcing/&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNF0NyTsNYOQV_oG1A06yj3HI4u6RQ"&gt;Sallie Mae To Reverse Job Outsourcing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;SayCampusLife&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040601189.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-business&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfHccajEwAXNZXjvho2uka-eEK0A"&gt;SLM to Transfer Overseas Jobs to US&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/04/06/new_sallie_mae_programs_will_m.aspx&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZkJLYOnCmu-alN9rmBYxezAOW_g"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Daily Collegian Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/4/6/sallie_mae_brings_2000_outsourced_jobs.htm&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=rHXnSaPEGYScMrrdwPUG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOj24xdKxUKsATOwyXkVvKBH2W3w"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;HispanicBusiness.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1327799145&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 478 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-32712200461255742?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/32712200461255742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/32712200461255742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/nyers-deserve-better-college-loan.html' title='NYers deserve a better college loan program - Newsday'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-5843252492135144674</id><published>2009-04-16T09:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T09:00:06.787-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tips On Consolidating Student Loans - Forbes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/15/student-loans-moneybuilder-personal-finance-consolidate.html&amp;cid=1334421415&amp;ei=1ivnSa7TCYeUMoSRnekG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFctbqXupbjC811Q4gnX_6HQ-oimQ" &gt;Tips On Consolidating Student Loans - Forbes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/15/student-loans-moneybuilder-personal-finance-consolidate.html&amp;cid=1334421415&amp;ei=1ivnSa7TCYeUMoSRnekG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFctbqXupbjC811Q4gnX_6HQ-oimQ"&gt;Tips On Consolidating Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Forbes,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;That, in turn, can persuade a lender to reduce the interested charged as a result of a &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt;. &amp;quot;Borrowers can get a lower rate now, and their rate may not jump as high in the future,&amp;quot; Kantrowitz says. Another potential benefit of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/15/news/economy/loan_forgiveness/&amp;cid=1334421415&amp;ei=1ivnSa7TCYeUMoSRnekG&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjT4MqUCh5_JgPmM9D8ER0EqYszg"&gt;Get a job, ditch your student loans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNNMoney.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1334421415&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 3 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=1ivnSa7TCYeUMoSRnekG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuUz24dn8pIcC0TwSNvSOzSIqqOg" &gt;Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=1ivnSa7TCYeUMoSRnekG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFuUz24dn8pIcC0TwSNvSOzSIqqOg"&gt;Teacher student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; forgiveness plan sinking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription),&amp;nbsp;KY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Loans from The Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which  include special education, math and science. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-5843252492135144674?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/5843252492135144674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/5843252492135144674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/tips-on-consolidating-student-loans.html' title='Tips On Consolidating Student Loans - Forbes'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-560007336818044104</id><published>2009-04-15T22:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T22:15:10.167-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Boutique hires distressed trading trio - Structured Credit Investor (subscription)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.structuredcreditinvestor.com/story.asp?PubID=250&amp;ISS=22255&amp;SID=20062&amp;article=Boutique%20hires%20distressed%20trading%20trio&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTmkMEKr9RG7m13FtH45xSS8lOYA" &gt;Boutique hires distressed trading trio - Structured Credit Investor (subscription)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.structuredcreditinvestor.com/story.asp%3FPubID%3D250%26ISS%3D22255%26SID%3D20062%26article%3DBoutique%2520hires%2520distressed%2520trading%2520trio&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFTmkMEKr9RG7m13FtH45xSS8lOYA"&gt;Boutique hires distressed trading trio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Structured Credit Investor (subscription),&amp;nbsp;UK&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Prior to joining Maxim Group, she spent four years on the distressed/par leveraged &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; 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, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/?hp&amp;cid=1329010372&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzGv7TJ0Kmvx0yukkHS19wXHuBjA" &gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/%3Fhp&amp;cid=1329010372&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHzGv7TJ0Kmvx0yukkHS19wXHuBjA"&gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial  Aid, Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed-rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt;, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/?hp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGK-60IAouItnhI2_DiLlR8r7n-bQ" &gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGK-60IAouItnhI2_DiLlR8r7n-bQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=NuGQBS-hOvMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/01/education/kantrowitz.151.jpg width=63 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGK-60IAouItnhI2_DiLlR8r7n-bQ"&gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1f18RCNljlH31Nt6jQKbTMd2DdA" &gt;Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/26898&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFt-QeffKq8pioOyMYo5Xj4hFfXfQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=riUGpHsxCSQJ&amp;imgurl=www.bestsyndication.net/images_com/bsn_images/20090306_clock.jpg width=80 height=47 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Best Syndication&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1f18RCNljlH31Nt6jQKbTMd2DdA"&gt;Student &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; - School &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PitchEngine (press release),&amp;nbsp;WY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;What’s worse, credit card companies love &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students, handing out cards everywhere from the library to the mall. Student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; basically means to take all your student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt and combining them into single &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/treasury-dept-rolls-out-program,769049.shtml&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=rZTmSfHCKI7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkK-E1LoSg86qoQ46ntVOO-i-hmQ"&gt;Treasury Dept. Rolls Out Program to Help Young Adults Use Credit &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Earthtimes (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1323725464&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 11 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-560007336818044104?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/560007336818044104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/560007336818044104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/boutique-hires-distressed-trading-trio.html' title='Boutique hires distressed trading trio - Structured Credit Investor (subscription)'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-2368046410734467039</id><published>2009-04-15T12:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T12:00:09.997-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bankingmyway.com/article/04/13/consolidating-your-student-loan-debt&amp;cid=1333132051&amp;ei=iQTmSe2iDZGHmQezh43QBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEecYbC9jLT3VnzdZSxSKvejZAcgA" &gt;Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bankingmyway.com/article/04/13/consolidating-your-student-loan-debt&amp;cid=1333132051&amp;ei=iQTmSe2iDZGHmQezh43QBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEecYbC9jLT3VnzdZSxSKvejZAcgA"&gt;Consolidating Your Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;bankingMyway.com,&amp;nbsp;WI&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;To those student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; borrowers, a &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; could be an option. Student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; enables hard-luck borrowers to lock in a lower interest rate, and presumably lower monthly payments. Interest rates are low right now, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/78511/debt-consolidation-convenient-way-to-get-rid-of-debts/&amp;cid=1333132051&amp;ei=iQTmSe2iDZGHmQezh43QBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFav2BlRH2Bzbpg5KTC1DRkI_lgYw"&gt;Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;: Convenient Way To Get Rid Of Debts&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333132051&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 2 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-2368046410734467039?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/2368046410734467039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/2368046410734467039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/consolidating-your-student-loan-debt.html' title='Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-2394654445633555153</id><published>2009-04-14T21:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T21:30:12.706-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama suggests recession easing - BBC News</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7997940.stm&amp;cid=1331087508&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0GNEgl5pY5HYJy2_fqzWSQj-JuQ" &gt;Obama suggests recession easing - BBC News&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wbernanke0414/BNStory/crashandrecovery/home&amp;cid=1331087508&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnTDwSENfS9tMatP7Jfhp_GpeYlw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=DxiJ7AZXaGUJ&amp;imgurl=images.theglobeandmail.com/archives/RTGAM/images/20090414/wbernanke0414/benbernanke188.jpg width=49 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7997940.stm&amp;cid=1331087508&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNH0GNEgl5pY5HYJy2_fqzWSQj-JuQ"&gt;Obama suggests recession easing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;BBC News,&amp;nbsp;UK&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Mr Obama, who was speaking at Georgetown University, pointed to the US government&amp;#39;s housing plan as a factor in boosting the economy, as the number of people refinancing their &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; increased. 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program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.gouverneurtimes.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D2389:new-student-loan-program-nyhelp%26catid%3D62:new-york-state-news%26Itemid%3D69&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHuFHLs5LVenBfIQaqrjcHC7iYQIw"&gt;New Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Program NYHELP&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Gouverneur Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://lohud.com/article/20090405/NEWS05/904050345/-1/newsfront&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHG3OXvAZ83mHlF9Gddpk-0A-yBPA"&gt;2 schools of thought on new student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Lower Hudson Journal news&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1326690558&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 5 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=789998&amp;category=OPINION&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNE52d-o5XLpqMdfQaFm0wJGbv_9XQ" &gt;Harsh lessons about student aid - Albany Times Union&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp%3FstoryID%3D789998%26category%3DOPINION&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNE52d-o5XLpqMdfQaFm0wJGbv_9XQ"&gt;Harsh lessons about student aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Albany Times Union,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;You don&amp;#39;t have to be an economics major to see lots of appeal in President Obama&amp;#39;s plan to radically change the nation&amp;#39;s &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; financial aid programs. The President wants to replace &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; made by banks, on a for-profit basis and subsidized by the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm%3Fid%3D11274%26type%3DUTTM&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHIRQ0VDoMnroE5UD92IuJCditrDQ"&gt;Study: Cutting lender subsidies would increase Pell Grant recipients&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Record (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php%3F/content/article/8567-1&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHICTX6l23IZ4xoLzw5_7S_AJCRcw"&gt;Obama Budget: Thousands More Virginia Students to Receive &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Aid&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Public News Service&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ucsdguardian.org/news/obama-gives-student-loans-a-boost-in-new-budget-1.1712079&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEjxP1_mW_wnlC73caMCkxsWEOwbw"&gt;Obama Gives Student &lt;b&gt;Loans&lt;/b&gt; a Boost in New Budget&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The UCSD Guardian Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://cornellsun.com/section/opinion/content/2009/04/13/power-pell-grants&amp;cid=1332649800&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzAp-0nHiw7m9gHpD1R9ZKxNPNNQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1332649800&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 5 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/state/tuesday-at-the-north-carolina-general-assembly-546623.html&amp;cid=1333884999&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSj_GVn-0czXY2yveq5nYbJPIoeA" &gt;Tuesday at the North Carolina General Assembly - Rocky Mount Telegram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/state/tuesday-at-the-north-carolina-general-assembly-546623.html&amp;cid=1333884999&amp;ei=ozjlSbmGJqSmQcKenIMI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFSj_GVn-0czXY2yveq5nYbJPIoeA"&gt;Tuesday at the North Carolina General  Assembly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Rocky Mount Telegram,&amp;nbsp;NC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Walter Dalton says small businesses need extra help during the bad economy and a &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; program in the Senate&amp;#39;s budget will help them survive and create jobs. Dalton and several advocacy groups for small business and rural and tobacco-dependent &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-2394654445633555153?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/2394654445633555153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/2394654445633555153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/obama-suggests-recession-easing-bbc.html' title='Obama suggests recession easing - BBC News'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8360645732196982976</id><published>2009-04-14T16:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T16:15:16.359-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyhlvIq2yD3YlrwrLD0kP4sdaS2A" &gt;Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/26898&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDFj8FG9gNQ4wIsOsg7ojI0b2b4w"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=riUGpHsxCSQJ&amp;imgurl=www.bestsyndication.net/images_com/bsn_images/20090306_clock.jpg width=80 height=47 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Best Syndication&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyhlvIq2yD3YlrwrLD0kP4sdaS2A"&gt;Student &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; - School &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PitchEngine (press release),&amp;nbsp;WY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; basically means to take all your student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt and combining them into single &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, so that instead of making multiple payments each month, you pay just one smaller, low interest payment, to one lender. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/26898&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDFj8FG9gNQ4wIsOsg7ojI0b2b4w"&gt;Debts at the time of Financial Crisis&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Best Syndication&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1323725464&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 11 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/78508/manage-debts-through-credit-card-debt-consolidation-loans/&amp;cid=1333119228&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_6QjBrtMFhyUQEGIpUH1BWMoNSA" &gt;Manage Debts Through Credit Card Debt Consolidation Loans - Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/78507/credit-cards-learn-to-eliminate-your-credit-card-debt/&amp;cid=1333119228&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHiftGsvUYej--t2fHhuHNZH8xluQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=LwkU51pysZ8J&amp;imgurl=www.pressemeldungen.at/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/creditcards2.jpg width=80 height=58 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/78508/manage-debts-through-credit-card-debt-consolidation-loans/&amp;cid=1333119228&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_6QjBrtMFhyUQEGIpUH1BWMoNSA"&gt;Manage Debts Through Credit Card Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung),&amp;nbsp;Austria&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;This is where credit card debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; loans come in the picture. This type of &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; 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 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pressemeldungen.at/78509/eliminate-debt-with-credit-card-debt-relief-programs/&amp;cid=1333119228&amp;ei=y-7kSZa8L47GsgaC2rztBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGKEZz42aya5QRr-foGKSQ5kTQ7sw"&gt;Eliminate Debt With Credit Card Debt Relief Programs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pressemeldungen.at (Pressemitteilung)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1333119228&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 4 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-8360645732196982976?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8360645732196982976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8360645732196982976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/student-loan-consolidation-school-loan.html' title='Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8677774279836737296</id><published>2009-04-13T20:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T20:00:12.309-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/?hp&amp;cid=1329010372&amp;ei=C9LjSf2MC4SsjAfvlrX9Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHg_QoLuHG9d3dT6i2e_adoqLbVUw" &gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/%3Fhp&amp;cid=1329010372&amp;ei=C9LjSf2MC4SsjAfvlrX9Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHg_QoLuHG9d3dT6i2e_adoqLbVUw"&gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial  Aid, Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed-rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt;, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-8677774279836737296?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8677774279836737296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8677774279836737296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/guidance-office-answers-about-financial.html' title='Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8230788106182636441</id><published>2009-04-13T15:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-13T15:00:10.056-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition - USA Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2009-04-12-college-credit-card-debt_N.htm&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGMx4XmN4SywPkXwPRamzZxpMIVDg" &gt;Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition - USA Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnbc.com/id/29894312&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKk6CYiGv3zFg4M5AzoU3af8bcYQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=CXktAjUuNi4J&amp;imgurl=media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/__Story_Inserts/graphics/__EDUCATION/diploma_money.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;CNBC&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2009-04-12-college-credit-card-debt_N.htm&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGMx4XmN4SywPkXwPRamzZxpMIVDg"&gt;Average &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; credit card &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; rises with fees, tuition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;USA Today&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY As &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; costs soar, students are charging more  educational expenses to plastic, helping boost credit card &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; to record levels. A new study to be released Monday by Sallie Mae, a &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-financing company, finds that the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/04/13/college-credit-card-debt-soars-with-tuition-and-fees/&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHhL33AqJgTIZx_IhTzR1yn6HAw6A"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; credit card &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; soars with tuition and fees&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WalletPop&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wmdt.com/topstory/displaystory.asp%3Fid%3D12572&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNnpoVyo0SFCzcwxjEmnIM2ImRzQ"&gt;Many &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Students Turning To Credit Cards To Pay Tuition&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WMDT&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20090413005471/en&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEo0goPRXvYtqRaT7aToPG3hTjkcw"&gt;Sallie Mae Study Finds Rising Number of &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Students Using &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Business Wire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://chronicle.com/news/article/6302/credit-card-use-continues-rise-among-college-students-study-finds&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEEUYGJi_ugHml7rmVBR7M5VAtzIQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/us/politics/13student.html%3Fref%3Dglobal-home&amp;cid=1332548215&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_lE3yhu28ruGv8cKvUX_hfl-huA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1332548215&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 30 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bankingmyway.com/article/04/13/consolidating-your-student-loan-debt&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKbKDMXaQNUTLbAZmdXtsvIGsriQ" &gt;Consolidating Your Student Loan Debt - bankingMyway.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bankingmyway.com/article/04/13/consolidating-your-student-loan-debt&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKbKDMXaQNUTLbAZmdXtsvIGsriQ"&gt;Consolidating Your Student Loan &lt;b&gt;Debt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;bankingMyway.com,&amp;nbsp;WI&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Brian O&amp;#39;Connell With a &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; diploma comes a real world lesson in one of life’s most demanding subjects – &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;. On average, &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students graduate owing $24000 in student loan &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;. That’sa hefty sum and some &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; grads, especially those who &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kansas.com/living/family/story/771323.html&amp;cid=1332725035&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYbzdARB2i3MCFSJaqu08YCjyWLg" &gt;Dear Babs: Can a second-tier college compare? - The Wichita Eagle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kansas.com/living/family/story/771323.html&amp;cid=1332725035&amp;ei=uIvjScStNIHoQvuTuIQI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYbzdARB2i3MCFSJaqu08YCjyWLg"&gt;Dear Babs: Can a second-tier &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; compare?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The Wichita Eagle,&amp;nbsp;KS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If he wants to do anything in the arts/communications/nonprofit sector, I highly recommend minimizing his &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; and taking the scholarship. Starting salaries in those fields are often well under $30000, and paying off loans might be impossible. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-8230788106182636441?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8230788106182636441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/8230788106182636441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/average-college-credit-card-debt-rises.html' title='Average college credit card debt rises with fees, tuition - USA Today'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7930714621512434068</id><published>2009-04-12T14:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T14:45:12.819-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region - Chicago Tribune</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-midwest-auto-demiseapr12,0,5569855.story&amp;cid=1330442364&amp;ei=tzbiSZrBPJuoM7Ke4esG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFNyF0Lkt0AjBHqZtC2XjYDzPrNWQ" &gt;Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region - Chicago Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-midwest-auto-demiseapr12,0,5569855.story&amp;cid=1330442364&amp;ei=tzbiSZrBPJuoM7Ke4esG&amp;usg=AFQjCNFNyF0Lkt0AjBHqZtC2XjYDzPrNWQ"&gt;Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chicago Tribune,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Among the obstacles for the region to recover, Conover said, is the relatively low percentage of &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; graduates in these states. The national average of people with a bachelor&amp;#39;s degree or more is 27.5 percent, according to the Census Bureau. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090412/EDIT03/904120339&amp;cid=1331775643&amp;ei=tzbiSZrBPJuoM7Ke4esG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVCddLjoIBgsR2sDkAShhOZD-2SA" &gt;Paying for college - Cincinnati.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090412/EDIT03/904120339&amp;cid=1331775643&amp;ei=tzbiSZrBPJuoM7Ke4esG&amp;usg=AFQjCNEVCddLjoIBgsR2sDkAShhOZD-2SA"&gt;Paying for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Cincinnati.com,&amp;nbsp;OH&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;But how that is, I&amp;#39;m not exactly sure,&amp;quot; Lana Perry says of paying for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; for her daughter, Aja Pettit, a Goshen High School junior. Faced with &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;, limited savings and weakened investments, like many parents, Perry&amp;#39;s game plan is to work more, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-7930714621512434068?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7930714621512434068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7930714621512434068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/midwest-auto-industry-tough-times-ahead.html' title='Midwest auto industry: Tough times ahead for towns across region - Chicago Tribune'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-44624712993129558</id><published>2009-04-11T20:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T20:15:10.253-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Berks' prospective college students feeling recession's effects, too - Reading Eagle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=133320&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=jTLhSbqaKJfCMaak9fIG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcScCcpMADsF65nKE2KELNv8c6Zw" &gt;Berks&amp;#39; prospective college students feeling recession&amp;#39;s effects, too - Reading Eagle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx%3Fid%3D133320&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=jTLhSbqaKJfCMaak9fIG&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcScCcpMADsF65nKE2KELNv8c6Zw"&gt;Berks&amp;#39; prospective &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students feeling recession&amp;#39;s effects, too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Reading Eagle,&amp;nbsp;PA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;And nearly two-thirds of those graduating from four-year colleges have some loan &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;,  according to the Project on Student &lt;b&gt;Debt&lt;/b&gt;. Lacey could save thousands of dollars by attending a state-related &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;. She&amp;#39;s been accepted at Penn State Berks, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-44624712993129558?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/44624712993129558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/44624712993129558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/berks-prospective-college-students.html' title='Berks&amp;#39; prospective college students feeling recession&amp;#39;s effects, too - Reading Eagle'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-6638604636206930286</id><published>2009-04-11T02:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-11T02:15:13.441-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=cDXgSc2tK4yHmQepspzvBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBrHxdTQBN6MjR6IMArgcFnxkngw" &gt;Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=cDXgSc2tK4yHmQepspzvBw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBrHxdTQBN6MjR6IMArgcFnxkngw"&gt;Teacher student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; forgiveness plan sinking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription),&amp;nbsp;KY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Loans from The Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which  include special education, math and science. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-6638604636206930286?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6638604636206930286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6638604636206930286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/teacher-student-loan-forgiveness-plan.html' title='Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3509110974434272710</id><published>2009-04-10T07:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-10T07:15:06.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/04/falling_home_va.html&amp;cid=1329664534&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-hUjnNVwhSh3LrdUsf7vSXezZOQ" &gt;Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/04/falling_home_va.html&amp;cid=1329664534&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE-hUjnNVwhSh3LrdUsf7vSXezZOQ"&gt;Falling home values and the &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; tuition crunch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Boston Globe,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Maybe this means that parents will no longer be expected to run up their &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; in order to get their kids a &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; education. I have come across 4 or 5 homeowners that were selling their homes so that they could pay for their kids&amp;#39; tuition. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-09-voa2.cfm&amp;cid=1330345683&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPzPcWKDf-AbG9iJWWgqnSLXNY6Q" &gt;Teaching Young People about Personal Finance - Voice of America&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-09-voa2.cfm&amp;cid=1330345683&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPzPcWKDf-AbG9iJWWgqnSLXNY6Q"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=THqFN4Q6TPgJ&amp;imgurl=www.voanews.com/specialenglish/images/creditcard-_210_se.jpg width=74 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Voice of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-04-09-voa2.cfm&amp;cid=1330345683&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPzPcWKDf-AbG9iJWWgqnSLXNY6Q"&gt;Teaching Young People about Personal Finance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Voice of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Over time, their credit limit is increased, but they do not pay off their &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;. Laura Levine says young people can take on more &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; than they can deal with. The government says forty-five percent of &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students have credit card &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i31/31a01201.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrCvuYfomW8GnsNv0ug6upLru0lQ" &gt;Concerns About Debt Hover Over a Small College in Iowa - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i31/31a01201.htm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHrCvuYfomW8GnsNv0ug6upLru0lQ"&gt;Concerns About &lt;b&gt;Debt&lt;/b&gt; Hover Over a Small &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; in Iowa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK By just about every objective measure, the $88-million in &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; that Wartburg &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; has carried since late 2005 poses a risk. The &lt;b&gt;college&amp;#39;s debt&lt;/b&gt; load — twice the amount that it takes in annually from tuition and other revenue &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/guidance-office-seeking-questions-about-waiting-lists/?hp&amp;cid=1329791739&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5_VtMk_9xhJ6awxaNDkLdPa30Tw" &gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Questions About Waiting Lists, Gap Years ... - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/guidance-office-seeking-questions-about-waiting-lists/%3Fhp&amp;cid=1329791739&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5_VtMk_9xhJ6awxaNDkLdPa30Tw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=zGk10icnWVQJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/08/us/lolli-75.jpg width=75 height=75 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/guidance-office-seeking-questions-about-waiting-lists/%3Fhp&amp;cid=1329791739&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5_VtMk_9xhJ6awxaNDkLdPa30Tw"&gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Questions About Waiting Lists, Gap Years &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; being  so very expensive and with middle class students receiving mostly loans, what is the average &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; a student can expect to have after graduation from a private &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;? I have a question I have not seen answered elsewhere about wait &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12464.shtml&amp;cid=1329791739&amp;ei=OSrfSai4H8-PmAeSq5D7Bw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGelZmmcd9YBNiorOAmzSLIcMvySg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Diverse&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1329791739&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 13 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-3509110974434272710?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/3509110974434272710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/3509110974434272710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/falling-home-values-and-college-tuition.html' title='Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-6279094800379122310</id><published>2009-04-09T23:30:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T23:30:10.994-04:00</updated><title type='text'>African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ... - Market Wire (press release)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/African-Copper-Plc-AIM-ACU-972938.html&amp;cid=1329942301&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHd7JI0fjHfYAS-BGY2pKvmakBKXg" &gt;African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ... - Market Wire (press release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/African-Copper-Plc-AIM-ACU-972938.html&amp;cid=1329942301&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNHd7JI0fjHfYAS-BGY2pKvmakBKXg"&gt;African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Market Wire (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The Proposals necessitate a reorganisation of the Company&amp;#39;s share capital resulting in a &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of the Company&amp;#39;s existing ordinary shares. One new Ordinary Share of 10p each will be created for every 100 existing ordinary shares. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.monitorbankrates.com/mortgages/home-equity-loan-4414&amp;cid=1329399051&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhERJoK3verqjyp34_QYBKsOm2AQ" &gt;Home Equity Loan - MonitorBankRates.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.monitorbankrates.com/mortgages/home-equity-loan-4414&amp;cid=1329399051&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhERJoK3verqjyp34_QYBKsOm2AQ"&gt;Home Equity &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;MonitorBankRates.com,&amp;nbsp;CT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Lower home equity &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; rates are good news for home owners looking to tap into their equity. Debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; - Paying off higher interest credit card debt. Most credit card rates are in the double digits, whereas home equity &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; rates are in the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/debt-consolidation/credit-card-relief/prweb2305994.htm&amp;cid=1329065142&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnnJqwHNihMqeKlD-VbDpe1PcQpg" &gt;DebtFreeRightNow.com Opens Its Doors To Get The Economy Back On ... - PR Web (press release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/debt-consolidation/credit-card-relief/prweb2305994.htm&amp;cid=1329065142&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNFnnJqwHNihMqeKlD-VbDpe1PcQpg"&gt;DebtFreeRightNow.com Opens Its Doors To Get The Economy Back On &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PR Web (press release),&amp;nbsp;WA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;What are debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs? Well, here goes the quick answer: it&amp;#39;s where someone can receive money to pay off all the debts that they have accumulated over the years. It involves one single, long-term fixed &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; with a much lower interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://telephonyonline.com/global/news/telecom-carrier-loans-0408/&amp;cid=1329433251&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuVIIIYT3JP0BkrrQSs8K5OuBVbA" &gt;Debt markets thaw for telecom carriers - TelephonyOnline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://telephonyonline.com/global/news/telecom-carrier-loans-0408/&amp;cid=1329433251&amp;ei=Qr3eScfuFY7aQIzRjYUI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuVIIIYT3JP0BkrrQSs8K5OuBVbA"&gt;Debt markets thaw for telecom carriers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;TelephonyOnline&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;But a softening of the credit markets could also help carriers with much-needed &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; that the harsh credit environment has stalled in recent years. “One thing’s for certain -- financing for traditional CLECs will remain very difficult,”  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-6279094800379122310?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6279094800379122310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6279094800379122310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/african-copper-plc-proposed-equity.html' title='African Copper Plc-Proposed Equity Subscription and Debt for ... - Market Wire (press release)'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-9070238302957283144</id><published>2009-04-09T11:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T11:00:07.625-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/?hp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dg3eSbHMOpGSQ9mYyI8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMuAAJWXH62hz3rK2h6fYRAqKsEw" &gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dg3eSbHMOpGSQ9mYyI8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMuAAJWXH62hz3rK2h6fYRAqKsEw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=NuGQBS-hOvMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/01/education/kantrowitz.151.jpg width=63 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dg3eSbHMOpGSQ9mYyI8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNEMuAAJWXH62hz3rK2h6fYRAqKsEw"&gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=dg3eSbHMOpGSQ9mYyI8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8oj3F5PqPM2PtDL3UnacBN5eaGw" &gt;Teacher student loan forgiveness plan sinking - EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.easternprogress.com/news/2009/03/26/News/Teacher.Student.Loan.Forgiveness.Plan.Sinking-3683381.shtml&amp;cid=1320185548&amp;ei=dg3eSbHMOpGSQ9mYyI8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8oj3F5PqPM2PtDL3UnacBN5eaGw"&gt;Teacher student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; forgiveness plan sinking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;EKU The Eastern Progress Online (subscription),&amp;nbsp;KY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Teachers and students who have Federal Stafford, Federal PLUS and Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Loans from The Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; People are eligible for the program if they teach in the designated areas, which  include special education, math and science. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-9070238302957283144?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/9070238302957283144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/9070238302957283144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial.html' title='Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7034375689093538534</id><published>2009-04-08T20:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T20:45:11.434-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/apr/05/0405_stateloans/&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxKxk0b-rgp-kwFdmyGAPpW892Rg" &gt;Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/apr/05/0405_stateloans/&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxKxk0b-rgp-kwFdmyGAPpW892Rg"&gt;Thousands of students to benefit from new state &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Schenectady Gazette,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;CAPITAL REGION — The  state budget  that lawmakers are expected to pass includes $50 million for a new &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://lohud.com/article/20090405/NEWS05/904050345/-1/newsfront&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNGrWmSgUoPO_BVq2mq2zcBNicR4xA"&gt;2 schools of thought on new student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Lower Hudson Journal news&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1326690558&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 5 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/04/07/student-debt-and-defaults-surge/&amp;cid=1329303450&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGk9L2JArfOkrWsXpHlZEPvW5JjA" &gt;Student debt and defaults surge - Christian Science Monitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/04/07/student-debt-and-defaults-surge/&amp;cid=1329303450&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHGk9L2JArfOkrWsXpHlZEPvW5JjA"&gt;Student debt and defaults surge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Christian Science Monitor,&amp;nbsp;MA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Sallie Mae, America’s largest lender to &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students, announced last month a &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; type that students start paying while still in &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;. The early jump on interest payments means that balances can be paid off an average of nine years earlier, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/04/falling_home_va.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxBWffsA32LXChwGtagCNtNm8ZWg" &gt;Falling home values and the college tuition crunch - Boston Globe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/blogs/renow/2009/04/falling_home_va.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFxBWffsA32LXChwGtagCNtNm8ZWg"&gt;Falling home values and the &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; tuition crunch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Boston Globe,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;These &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; are readily available as Sam has been responsible with his finances. . The current real estate situation is largely effecting those who have not been responsible. Life goes on as usual for the vast majority. A &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; education is an asset.  &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp?S=10150944&amp;cid=1329310166&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeZ5CToz7DNbJk5CNRZzyhqX9Pzw" &gt;Get the Best College Financial Aid - KYTX&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/money/saving_money/nat_cnn_ny_tips_on_comparing_student_financial_aid_2009040811042301973&amp;cid=1329310166&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNGiGeWH72UGiL3_eyghnWl31PoG3Q"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=SZCIJfUwr6AJ&amp;imgurl=media.lintvnews.com//photo/2009/04/08/CNN-studentfinancialaid_20090408075829_2_320_240.JPG width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;WDTN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbs19.tv/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D10150944&amp;cid=1329310166&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHeZ5CToz7DNbJk5CNRZzyhqX9Pzw"&gt;Get the Best &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Financial Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KYTX,&amp;nbsp;TX&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;First, look at the specifics of &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; offer -- like interest rates and repayment terms. These provisions can vary widely from &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; to &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;. Next, you&amp;#39;ll want to analyze affordability over time. Make sure you ask how your financial aid package will &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/money/saving_money/nat_cnn_ny_tips_on_comparing_student_financial_aid_2009040811042301973&amp;cid=1329310166&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNGiGeWH72UGiL3_eyghnWl31PoG3Q"&gt;Tips on comparing student financial aid&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WDTN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1329310166&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 3 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=10145826&amp;nav=menu188_2&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNENjrThOiGVPxGFXTVIPfULn3Uq_A" &gt;Burton opposed to college loan changes - WTHR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/wireStory%3Fid%3D7267198&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNEQoJqkr2xVUddtwp_rIM3cOKRXkQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=oLLJIeMGaRoJ&amp;imgurl=a.abcnews.com/images/Business/SallieMae2_jobs_090406_mn.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;ABC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D10145826%26nav%3Dmenu188_2&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNENjrThOiGVPxGFXTVIPfULn3Uq_A"&gt;Burton opposed to &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; changes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;WTHR,&amp;nbsp;IN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fishers - &lt;b&gt;College loan&lt;/b&gt; giant Sallie Mae is looking at increasing its Indiana workforce. At the same time the lending industry is eyeing possible changes in government &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; programs some say could cause job cuts. Ten million current and former &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.saycampuslife.com/2009/04/08/sallie-mae-outsourcing/&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHbL1OS_YYcq6_u8zT8ZhWJ88uROw"&gt;Sallie Mae To Reverse Job Outsourcing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;SayCampusLife&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/06/AR2009040601189.html%3Fhpid%3Dsec-business&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNHh5MFkKZ8E4HaLe80c_yFlxwjThA"&gt;SLM to Transfer Overseas Jobs to US&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rttnews.com/ArticleView.aspx%3FId%3D905239%26SMap%3D1&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkjd0lXyJ7Nu4NRqWyDb7B4btCQA"&gt;Sallie Mae to reverse outsource, create 2000 US jobs - Update&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTT News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/04/06/new_sallie_mae_programs_will_m.aspx&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFoMXXLps-EosdWv6-PGHjX19N7GQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Daily Collegian Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20090407/NEWS0917/904070317/-1/NEWS&amp;cid=1327799145&amp;ei=FkXdSaKzG6SkQtWy8Y8K&amp;usg=AFQjCNFHhTiw8aNLvo470hXnGfcQ_zJCcw"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Pocono Record&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1327799145&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 492 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-7034375689093538534?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7034375689093538534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7034375689093538534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/thousands-of-students-to-benefit-from.html' title='Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7077944219848696990</id><published>2009-04-08T15:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T15:15:09.990-04:00</updated><title type='text'>College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid - Smartmoney.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/College-Planning/College-Decision-Time-Sizing-Up-Financial-Aid-Offers&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNFH79_s2Td4gqOMt6wtVHdOf9h2Xg" &gt;College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid - Smartmoney.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/College-Planning/College-Decision-Time-Sizing-Up-Financial-Aid-Offers&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNFH79_s2Td4gqOMt6wtVHdOf9h2Xg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Smartmoney.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With both &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;, if the school is part of the direct lending program (meaning it receives &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; from the federal government), you can apply through the &lt;b&gt;college&amp;#39;s&lt;/b&gt; financial aid office. If the school participates in the Federal Family Education &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://chronicle.com/news/article/6265/new-report-says-student-aid-contributes-to-ballooning-tuitions&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGl2RvBtXDK5J5AogdPV3q0PPoSxw"&gt;Student Aid Contributes to Ballooning Tuition, Report Says&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N17/homeequitywire.html&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNF9W_ue7vNvUeNYJUn2GF6TcjEjBg"&gt;Plummeting Home Prices Mean New Headache for Parents Paying Tuition&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The MIT Tech&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/13467&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNH9d_uHOgjc-dOIsNYdYk4-3_AHiQ"&gt;Tech to award returning students financial aid packages in April&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/04/05/home_equity_no_longe.php&amp;cid=1327572806&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2ypmdYvr8CZyDqa880inTm5lfuA"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;UW Badger Herald&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1327572806&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 7 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12464.shtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_oMf0mRhA6C30v3Ep7YL1mN0z5g" &gt;College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough ... - Diverse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article_12464.shtml&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_oMf0mRhA6C30v3Ep7YL1mN0z5g"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Diverse,&amp;nbsp;VA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The school also abandoned its relationships with private banks last month and has returned to the government’s direct student lending  program, a more reliable source for funding student &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; in this economy. “In a lot of ways, the admissions process &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/apr/05/0405_stateloans/&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNHiJEcLBHfmtcmSOvBgKmlgurGFfA" &gt;Thousands of students to benefit from new state loans - Schenectady Gazette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/apr/05/0405_stateloans/&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNHiJEcLBHfmtcmSOvBgKmlgurGFfA"&gt;Thousands of students to benefit from new state &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Schenectady Gazette,&amp;nbsp;NY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;CAPITAL REGION — The  state budget  that lawmakers are expected to pass includes $50 million for a new &lt;b&gt;college loan&lt;/b&gt; program that officials estimate will serve between 40000 and 45000 students who would otherwise turn to private lenders. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://lohud.com/article/20090405/NEWS05/904050345/-1/newsfront&amp;cid=1326690558&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_Dc7qNYyKIQGySKXgT4xgb_0ztQ"&gt;2 schools of thought on new student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; program&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Lower Hudson Journal news&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1326690558&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 5 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/04/07/student-debt-and-defaults-surge/&amp;cid=1329303450&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGonjBPxVHXn0Uhukkq0qyTTin0wA" &gt;Student debt and defaults surge - Christian Science Monitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/04/07/student-debt-and-defaults-surge/&amp;cid=1329303450&amp;ei=vffcScnGB4GwQKPxpYoK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGonjBPxVHXn0Uhukkq0qyTTin0wA"&gt;Student debt and defaults surge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Christian Science Monitor,&amp;nbsp;MA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Sallie Mae, America’s largest lender to &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students, announced last month a &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; type that students start paying while still in &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;. The early jump on interest payments means that balances can be paid off an average of nine years earlier, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-7077944219848696990?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7077944219848696990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/7077944219848696990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/college-decision-time-sizing-up.html' title='College Decision Time: Sizing Up Financial Aid - Smartmoney.com'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-188815262321077070</id><published>2009-04-07T19:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T19:00:09.759-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://dawgnetnews.com/index.php/opinion/396-economy-government-policy-stir-tuition-fears&amp;cid=1319142826&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7gifanY4wxT56TBEUXjoKG3bs2w" &gt;Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://dawgnetnews.com/index.php/opinion/396-economy-government-policy-stir-tuition-fears&amp;cid=1319142826&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7gifanY4wxT56TBEUXjoKG3bs2w"&gt;Economy, government policy stir tuition fears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Dawgnet,&amp;nbsp;IN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;What most reports fail to mention is that Obama plans on  disposing of the Federal Family Education &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Program, which provides Stafford Loans, Unsubsidized Stafford Loans, Federal PLUS Loans and Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Loans. Personally, I know I have &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/?hp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZeDuuKsJ3pbRkOf8I4_HxWkRmtQ" &gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZeDuuKsJ3pbRkOf8I4_HxWkRmtQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=NuGQBS-hOvMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/01/education/kantrowitz.151.jpg width=63 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/guidance-office-seeking-your-financial-aid-questions/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZeDuuKsJ3pbRkOf8I4_HxWkRmtQ"&gt;Guidance Office: Seeking Your Financial Aid Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/?hp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyAdW9fINnb21Vbork-1-pBkdL9Q" &gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial Aid, Part 2 - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/guidance-office-answers-about-financial-aid-part-2/%3Fhp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFyAdW9fINnb21Vbork-1-pBkdL9Q"&gt;Guidance Office: Answers About Financial  Aid, Part 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;I would like to find a fixed-rate &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt;, but I have not seen any lenders offering these programs. Do you have any sense of when or if private student &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; programs will return? Do I have any options to reduce my interest &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kmbc.com/money/18955954/detail.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCasHGIPJ0QFoeZ5TuTyiuQhqyDA" &gt;Answers To Viewers&amp;#39; E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kmbc.com/money/18955954/detail.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCasHGIPJ0QFoeZ5TuTyiuQhqyDA"&gt;Answers To Viewers&amp;#39; E-Mail Money Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KMBC.com,&amp;nbsp;MO&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you don&amp;#39;t have one, call me: Audra Chandler 913-747-3279.&amp;quot; Debbie asks: &amp;quot;My son had to drop out of &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; after 3 years for medical/mental reasons. He went to an out-of-state school and  has enormous student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXWLkosCK0gS5oP_r81kjJosMFKg" &gt;Student Loan Consolidation - School Loan Consolidation - PitchEngine (press release)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bestsyndication.com/%3Fq%3Dnode/26898&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEZpMBV4oF_0l9MDEPeCJ2rYrrPA"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=riUGpHsxCSQJ&amp;imgurl=www.bestsyndication.net/images_com/bsn_images/20090306_clock.jpg width=80 height=47 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Best Syndication&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.pitchengine.com/debtconsolidation/student-loan-consolidation--school-loan-consolidation/7716/&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGXWLkosCK0gS5oP_r81kjJosMFKg"&gt;Student &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; - School &lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PitchEngine (press release),&amp;nbsp;WY&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;What’s worse, credit card companies love &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students, handing out cards everywhere from the library to the mall. Student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; basically means to take all your student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt and combining them into single &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://au.sys-con.com/node/901077&amp;cid=1323725464&amp;ei=-drbSZz3AYHMgAPK1_yoDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4ZTLPG1mPVuNZqsIuDiDL_7bSZg"&gt;Treasury Dept. Rolls Out Program to Help Young Adults Use Credit &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;SYS-CON Media (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1323725464&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 11 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-188815262321077070?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/188815262321077070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/188815262321077070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/economy-government-policy-stir-tuition.html' title='Economy, government policy stir tuition fears - Dawgnet'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-1512539536117633380</id><published>2009-04-07T09:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T09:45:10.809-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Answers To Viewers' E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kmbc.com/money/18955954/detail.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=5ljbSffTCpDfmQfwyrSbBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNES3LiMjQdqUMMAzUrsUSOLzxhEOQ" &gt;Answers To Viewers&amp;#39; E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kmbc.com/money/18955954/detail.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=5ljbSffTCpDfmQfwyrSbBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNES3LiMjQdqUMMAzUrsUSOLzxhEOQ"&gt;Answers To Viewers&amp;#39; E-Mail Money Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KMBC.com,&amp;nbsp;MO&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you don&amp;#39;t have one, call me: Audra Chandler 913-747-3279.&amp;quot; Debbie asks: &amp;quot;My son had to drop out of &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; after 3 years for medical/mental reasons. He went to an out-of-state school and  has enormous student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt. &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090404/NEWS0102/904040364&amp;cid=1326710405&amp;ei=5ljbSffTCpDfmQfwyrSbBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEZE7zdnabFNzRs39g5NeVaeV9ew" &gt;Plan aims at banks&amp;#39; school-loan subsidies - Cincinnati.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090404/NEWS0102/904040364&amp;cid=1326710405&amp;ei=5ljbSffTCpDfmQfwyrSbBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEZE7zdnabFNzRs39g5NeVaeV9ew"&gt;Plan aims at banks&amp;#39; school-&lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; subsidies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Cincinnati.com,&amp;nbsp;OH&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Supporters say it would increase access for millions of students who otherwise couldn&amp;#39;t afford &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; tuition, books or housing. The Institute for America&amp;#39;s Future, a liberal advocacy group based Washington, estimated that the &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; would &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-1512539536117633380?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/1512539536117633380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/1512539536117633380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/answers-to-viewers-e-mail-money.html' title='Answers To Viewers&amp;#39; E-Mail Money Questions - KMBC.com'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-6398348214614022217</id><published>2009-04-06T08:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-06T08:00:07.605-04:00</updated><title type='text'>SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort - The Southern</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2009/04/04/local/28839290.txt&amp;cid=1325852813&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1yJwNwuDS6tCHFta83Tzr2WXRYg" &gt;SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort - The Southern&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2009/04/04/local/28839290.txt&amp;cid=1325852813&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNF1yJwNwuDS6tCHFta83Tzr2WXRYg"&gt;SIU Credit Union joins student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; effort&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The Southern,&amp;nbsp;IL&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The investment into securities issued by ISAC is the second the consortium of credit unions have made since September and goes toward low-interest, federally secured &lt;b&gt;loans&lt;/b&gt; through the Federal Family Education &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Program available to Illinois &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm%3FSubjectID%3D1%26RecNum%3D7460&amp;cid=1325852813&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNGEYO03AlQgcGr-aTEIbtf6dk2AWQ"&gt;ISAC-Credit Union Pact: Approximately $100 Million in &lt;b&gt;Loans&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;IGNN (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&amp;ned=us&amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;ncl=1325852813&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 3 news articles&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/nyregion/06extras.html?ref=movies&amp;cid=1327580176&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_QEyJMfYomSFniX-MdMRJ2bUO-g" &gt;For Film and TV Extras, Cash Helps and Stars Amuse - New York Times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a  href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/nyregion/06extras.html%3Fref%3Dmovies&amp;cid=1327580176&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_QEyJMfYomSFniX-MdMRJ2bUO-g"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=Ar_RavoFK6EJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/04/06/nyregion/06extrax.xlarge1.jpg width=80 height=48 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;New York Times&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=top class=j&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=lh&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/nyregion/06extras.html%3Fref%3Dmovies&amp;cid=1327580176&amp;ei=xu7ZSfr3PJuoM5CV_Z8G&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_QEyJMfYomSFniX-MdMRJ2bUO-g"&gt;For Film and TV Extras, Cash Helps and Stars Amuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;“I jumped at the chance to do it,” said Ms. Van &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt;, who first appeared as an extra on “Dawson’s Creek” while in &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; and is hoping to do more acting as she looks for full-time work as a chef. “Doing background work is one of those things that, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='http://res1.blogblog.com/tracker/6111609707746243638-6398348214614022217?l=www.diagolo.com%2Fcollege-loan-consolidation'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6398348214614022217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6111609707746243638/posts/default/6398348214614022217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/04/siu-credit-union-joins-student-loan.html' title='SIU Credit Union joins student loan effort - The Southern'/><author><name>Martin</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06210583166934838929</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>