<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:30:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>college loan consolidation</title><description>Everything about college loan consolidation</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2440</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7129891736181660262</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-09T13:30:04.784-05:00</atom:updated><title>Banco do Brasil bulks up with Votorantim purchase - guardian.co.uk</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8223720&amp;cid=1291342244&amp;ei=rJdnSffGAorGMpvZ2Z0M&amp;usg=AFQjCNFL8d5r6q25vvIwCM8TYhPw63MAwg" &gt;Banco do Brasil bulks up with Votorantim purchase - 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 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.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8223720&amp;cid=1291342244&amp;ei=rJdnSffGAorGMpvZ2Z0M&amp;usg=AFQjCNFL8d5r6q25vvIwCM8TYhPw63MAwg"&gt;Banco do Brasil bulks up with Votorantim purchase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;guardian.co.uk,&amp;nbsp;UK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Analysts expect a wave of &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; in Brazil&amp;#39;s banking sector after Itau, the country&amp;#39;s second-largest private sector bank, agreed to buy smaller rival &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://home.globalcustodian.com/news/Market-Infrastructure/Consolidation-In-Brazilian-Financial-Sector-Continues/31051&amp;cid=1291342244&amp;ei=rJdnSffGAorGMpvZ2Z0M&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzC2BLw8si0qRpT1Zv4r76BEIVaQ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; In Brazilian Financial Sector Continues&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;GlobalCustodian.com (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=1291342244&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 134 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/banco-do-brasil-bulks-up-with.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-4972673513042320242</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-09T06:15:03.743-05:00</atom:updated><title>World Facing Shortage of Large-Animal Veterinarians - Gant Daily</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.gantdaily.com/news/43/ARTICLE/39331/2008-12-19.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNG69k6nzorWo2Sqoxmy0F0SdvEcKw" &gt;World Facing Shortage of Large-Animal Veterinarians - Gant Daily&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.gantdaily.com/news/43/ARTICLE/39331/2008-12-19.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNG69k6nzorWo2Sqoxmy0F0SdvEcKw"&gt;World Facing Shortage of Large-Animal Veterinarians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Gant Daily,&amp;nbsp;PA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 19, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;They also play a major role in issues of animal welfare, agro- and bio-terrorism, biodiversity, and the &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of agribusiness. &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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1290542447&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGusGF3aZsXF2bI---Cv70o8JkxZg" &gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt - CreditCards.com&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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1290542447&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGusGF3aZsXF2bI---Cv70o8JkxZg"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=yPg1dRWoA0kJ&amp;imgurl=www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/images/rewards-cards.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;CreditCards.com&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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1290542447&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGusGF3aZsXF2bI---Cv70o8JkxZg"&gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;CreditCards.com,&amp;nbsp;TX&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 6, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;To accomplish that goal, Wells Fargo earlier this month unveiled its Debt Pay  Down Solution, a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; that is linked to an online spending &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/20090109/BIZ01/901090346&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmEQNuy1YAtWjkbWZiMrcPKndbKA" &gt;Fifth Third&amp;#39;s in student loan fight - 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/20090109/BIZ01/901090346&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=tzFnSYumE5_S9QTr19ynDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEmEQNuy1YAtWjkbWZiMrcPKndbKA"&gt;Fifth Third&amp;#39;s in student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; fight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Cincinnati.com,&amp;nbsp;OH&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;40 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The companies used by Fifth Third were selling &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; loans, where a student could combine several loans into one payment. &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/world-facing-shortage-of-large-animal.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-1096250415283938552</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-08T13:30:10.202-05:00</atom:updated><title>Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change - Wall Street Journal</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137714796462913.html?mod=googlenews_wsj&amp;cid=1287897610&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmbcm5bBmc64Woq-MUg4IKkNWrRA" &gt;Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change - Wall Street 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/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137714796462913.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&amp;cid=1287897610&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHmbcm5bBmc64Woq-MUg4IKkNWrRA"&gt;Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Wall Street Journal&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;That seems like such a fundamental flaw,&amp;quot; says Alicia Munnell, director of Boston &lt;b&gt;College&amp;#39;s&lt;/b&gt; Center for Retirement Research. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s so crazy to have a system &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.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1828724.htm&amp;cid=1287862502&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHh5yjzqz7-v3s3WCBu58raHAmnFA" &gt;Money XLive Brings Together Sport Stars, Celebrities and ... - 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 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.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1828724.htm&amp;cid=1287862502&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHh5yjzqz7-v3s3WCBu58raHAmnFA"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=He0LMT7kGtQJ&amp;imgurl=www.prweb.com/prfiles/2009/01/07/273757/gI_moneyxlive72dpiweb.bmp.jpg width=80 height=56 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;PR Web (press release)&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.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1828724.htm&amp;cid=1287862502&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHh5yjzqz7-v3s3WCBu58raHAmnFA"&gt;Money XLive Brings Together Sport Stars, Celebrities and &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&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;The odds of teenagers today being over $30000 in &lt;b&gt;college debt&lt;/b&gt; when they leave &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; are about the same as flipping a coin.&amp;quot; states Chad Penry, president &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.nonpareilonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20233488&amp;BRD=2703&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=555110&amp;rfi=6&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZHgRVftLCFXXd3yMITg3E95wkBA" &gt;Shenanigans: More than one kind of college debt - Daily Nonpareil&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.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/creditcards/4139726/How-long-will-it-take-you-to-pay-off-your-credit-card.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLsP8sKowHxRHjNyaX8--G-4SQqg"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=5KL8GgnuDgMJ&amp;imgurl=www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01054/PF-credit-cards-bi_1054107f.jpg width=80 height=50 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Telegraph.co.uk&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.nonpareilonline.com/site/news.cfm%3Fnewsid%3D20233488%26BRD%3D2703%26PAG%3D461%26dept_id%3D555110%26rfi%3D6&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHZHgRVftLCFXXd3yMITg3E95wkBA"&gt;Shenanigans: More than one kind of &lt;b&gt;college debt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Daily Nonpareil,&amp;nbsp;IA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 4, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Yes, it&amp;#39;s easy to feel like you are being robbed if you&amp;#39;re wallowing in &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; (as many &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; students are - I raise my hand for student loans), &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://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html%3Fid%3D1137321&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2TWk6_a2kEB9uzKaiOSw6KSjkrg"&gt;The New &lt;b&gt;Debt&lt;/b&gt;-Free You&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Canada.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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5UAj2zQ6gP5tqF3PJPxnV4Ctdzw"&gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CreditCards.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/1-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newuniversity.org/main/article%3Fslug%3Dhow_universities_profit_from173&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=MUZmSbn7AsGPmAey5P3BBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFFjBVR4UBdgf0lmDewAYaoiykMXw"&gt;How Universities Profit From Turning a Blind Eye&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New University Online&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=1287384689&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 46 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/big-slide-in-401ks-spurs-calls-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-5236641331086709363</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-08T08:15:04.816-05:00</atom:updated><title>Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt - CreditCards.com</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKHxj7m-mp520a4v--p0-gE8GkPw" &gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt - CreditCards.com&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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKHxj7m-mp520a4v--p0-gE8GkPw"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=yPg1dRWoA0kJ&amp;imgurl=www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/images/rewards-cards.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;CreditCards.com&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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKHxj7m-mp520a4v--p0-gE8GkPw"&gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;CreditCards.com,&amp;nbsp;TX&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 6, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;To accomplish that goal, Wells Fargo earlier this month unveiled its Debt Pay  Down Solution, a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; that is linked to an online spending &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.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2009/02/how-to-repay-student-loans.html&amp;cid=1282867559&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeulMVypiopYJvt5vRD5C6-EvZsQ" &gt;How to Repay Student Loans - Kiplinger.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/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2009/02/how-to-repay-student-loans.html&amp;cid=1282867559&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNGeulMVypiopYJvt5vRD5C6-EvZsQ"&gt;How to Repay Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Kiplinger.com,&amp;nbsp;DC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 24, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; in the Direct &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; program, which you can switch into by consolidating your loans in that program (go to www.&lt;b&gt;loanconsolidation&lt;/b&gt;.ed.gov for details).&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.star-telegram.com/business/story/1105344.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3RF4nUX2ej-7HHVEusWg4PPOw4Q" &gt;Personal finance: Reducing student loan debt - Fort Worth Star 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/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1105344.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3RF4nUX2ej-7HHVEusWg4PPOw4Q"&gt;Personal finance: Reducing 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;Fort Worth Star Telegram,&amp;nbsp;TX&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 20, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The graduate must have a Federal Direct Stafford, PLUS, graduate PLUS or Federal Direct &lt;b&gt;Consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt;. Depending on the level of debt Wheeler ends up &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.gantdaily.com/news/43/ARTICLE/39331/2008-12-19.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsaZ_TgDOtkO9UvGQ-2abE8YRZhw" &gt;World Facing Shortage of Large-Animal Veterinarians - Gant Daily&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.gantdaily.com/news/43/ARTICLE/39331/2008-12-19.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsaZ_TgDOtkO9UvGQ-2abE8YRZhw"&gt;World Facing Shortage of Large-Animal Veterinarians&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Gant Daily,&amp;nbsp;PA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 19, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;They also play a major role in issues of animal welfare, agro- and bio-terrorism, biodiversity, and the &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of agribusiness. &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.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2008-12-22-83756.113117_2008_The_Year_in_Review.html&amp;cid=1284089895&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUoDDmVnbPTVA5B2mGelSzmHm_Jg" &gt;2008: The Year in Review - Business Lexington&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.bizlex.com/Articles-c-2008-12-22-83756.113117_2008_The_Year_in_Review.html&amp;cid=1284089895&amp;ei=WPxlSYDKAYixmAev__S3BA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFUoDDmVnbPTVA5B2mGelSzmHm_Jg"&gt;2008: The Year in Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Business Lexington,&amp;nbsp;KY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 26, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;There might be nascent movements towards real (as opposed to theoretical) &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of industry oversight and a national business model. &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/card-issuers-offer-rewards-to-build.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3262385018525851795</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-07T12:15:04.892-05:00</atom:updated><title>Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans - KSBI 52</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuIGiQvKTH6OP2mNAoOEB9BSzPFQ" &gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans - KSBI 52&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.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuIGiQvKTH6OP2mNAoOEB9BSzPFQ"&gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KSBI 52,&amp;nbsp;OK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; interest rates at historical lows, borrowers who take advantage of the free Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Program can cut their &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; payments as &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.todayslocalnews.com/?sect=business&amp;p=6265&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAiH8XTbTzaqxSMxnSPdJr_64qTg" &gt;It’s all in the planning - Today's Local News&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.todayslocalnews.com/%3Fsect%3Dbusiness%26p%3D6265&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGAiH8XTbTzaqxSMxnSPdJr_64qTg"&gt;It’s all in the planning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Today's Local News,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Small franchises such as handyman services, along with credit repair and debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; businesses, are areas Molina said prospective entrepreneurs &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://www.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG327Bfpz8PHhdAUsWWDrgQlQ2Haw" &gt;Debt Consolidation Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your ... - PWO&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.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG327Bfpz8PHhdAUsWWDrgQlQ2Haw"&gt;Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PWO,&amp;nbsp;France&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 21, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Many of debtors consolidate their debts into one payment with a secured debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; that deliver substantial debt interest burden relief and &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.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993?Title=Here_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrv1Y9U5fPX-mL4g8DsMKL4E0xPw" &gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink - StarNewsOnline.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.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993%3FTitle%3DHere_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrv1Y9U5fPX-mL4g8DsMKL4E0xPw"&gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;StarNewsOnline.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;While still working at WHA, she had taken a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; to reduce two car payments that totaled more than $1000 a month. She qualified for the &lt;b&gt;loan&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/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.explorebaltimorecounty.com/business/6346/bank-mergers-may-mean-branches-withdrawal/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNENqBy00cMWI7-Dte6EM_RoqbVgzA" &gt;Bank mergers may mean branches&amp;#39; withdrawal - Explore Baltimore County&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.explorebaltimorecounty.com/business/6346/bank-mergers-may-mean-branches-withdrawal/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=GONkScLlAdmpmQey8tHsAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNENqBy00cMWI7-Dte6EM_RoqbVgzA"&gt;Bank mergers may mean branches&amp;#39; withdrawal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Explore Baltimore County,&amp;nbsp;MD&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;50 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Kevin Rector A &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; trend that swept through the country&amp;#39;s banking industry in late 2008 will mean a number of changes for area residents this &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/steps-for-saving-money-on-student-loans_07.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3164490239743764657</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-07T10:00:05.225-05:00</atom:updated><title>Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (press release)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhn9LTo8bG8VdFnuFpmzbUtsaqOQ" &gt;Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (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/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhn9LTo8bG8VdFnuFpmzbUtsaqOQ"&gt;Private School &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;: Wonderful Cash Management Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Search By Headlines (press release),&amp;nbsp;NV&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The alternative of a private school &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; proves to be pretty attractive to many persons who discover themselves profound in debt over &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://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/personalfinance/stories/010509dnbusperfi.3dc98df.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBiuNb95Emt2DvBXHRWfIj-uXHpg" &gt;How to escape the debt hole - Dallas Morning 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/2i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/creditcards/4139726/How-long-will-it-take-you-to-pay-off-your-credit-card.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQWM529RBmCfups6Z-NSSx4igG6Q"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=5KL8GgnuDgMJ&amp;imgurl=www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01054/PF-credit-cards-bi_1054107f.jpg width=80 height=50 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Telegraph.co.uk&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.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/personalfinance/stories/010509dnbusperfi.3dc98df.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBiuNb95Emt2DvBXHRWfIj-uXHpg"&gt;How to escape the debt hole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Dallas Morning News,&amp;nbsp;TX&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 4, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you get a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt;, change your spending habits, or else you&amp;#39;ll be in a deeper hole than you were before. As a last resort, you can consider &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://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1099120.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNF237NgVTPvtpUN1Ih0rbtrYiNm5Q"&gt;Better 10 cents than none&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TheChronicleHerald.ca&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.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/rewards-cards-pay-debt-build-retirement-1273.php&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE69t0AXflk6tSqhPohdGbM_oYJOA"&gt;Card issuers offer rewards to build savings, pay off debt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CreditCards.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/2-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25197,24873893-14327,00.html&amp;cid=1287384689&amp;ei=dMNkSdTrCcWPmAeT4cnqAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNF_24TJAjvx8tG3r56vuRHfVvkfJw"&gt;beat the post-holiday credit card trap&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Australian&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=1287384689&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 46 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/private-school-loan-debt-consolidation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-7942397310706305986</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T09:45:10.122-05:00</atom:updated><title>FIGHTING THE RECESSION: The gloom busters - Sunday Business Post</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=38588-qqqx=1.asp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dW5jSafEJcGPmAfl9LnvAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3Ir-PGrnLR7QOzNZ1O3g-VVBfbw" &gt;FIGHTING THE RECESSION: The gloom busters - Sunday Business 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/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt%3DNEWS%2BFEATURES-qqqm%3Dnav-qqqid%3D38588-qqqx%3D1.asp&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=dW5jSafEJcGPmAfl9LnvAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3Ir-PGrnLR7QOzNZ1O3g-VVBfbw"&gt;FIGHTING THE RECESSION: The gloom busters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Sunday Business Post,&amp;nbsp;Ireland&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 3, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;But while all have been pleasantly surprised by how last year went for them, they  warn  that this year is likely to be a period of &lt;b&gt;consolidation&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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/fighting-recession-gloom-busters-sunday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3977876782635094768</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-06T07:00:04.660-05:00</atom:updated><title>GM concession talks begin - DetNews.com</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090105/AUTO01/901050380&amp;cid=1287415439&amp;ei=xEdjSd77A93EmQf7hrD2Aw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6_ESPnVsIlhfjNrdTInJirETOCg" &gt;GM concession talks begin - DetNews.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/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20090105/AUTO01/901050380&amp;cid=1287415439&amp;ei=xEdjSd77A93EmQf7hrD2Aw&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6_ESPnVsIlhfjNrdTInJirETOCg"&gt;GM concession talks begin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;DetNews.com,&amp;nbsp;MI&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 4, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;GM has been and will continue with efforts on streamlining its dealer network through channeling, &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and natural attrition,&amp;quot; said GM spokeswoman &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.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,448108,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=xEdjSd77A93EmQf7hrD2Aw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtiJ0XnOlk56bP_l-R8UM5sS7ndg" &gt;Consolidation loan Information - Meadow 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 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.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,448108,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=xEdjSd77A93EmQf7hrD2Aw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtiJ0XnOlk56bP_l-R8UM5sS7ndg"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Meadow Free Press,&amp;nbsp;ID&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;You can get a debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; irrespective of the type of outstanding loans - secured or  unsecured. When you take a debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/gm-concession-talks-begin-detnewscom.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-4112296168476414555</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-05T16:30:04.115-05:00</atom:updated><title>Laid off and can't pay for college? Don't get a Parent PLUS loan! - WalletPop</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/05/laid-off-and-cant-pay-for-college-dont-get-a-parent-plus-loan/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOZUzejRkdR0OtVM6CX-mWS29L3A" &gt;Laid off and can&amp;#39;t pay for college? Don&amp;#39;t get a Parent PLUS loan! - WalletPop&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.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/05/laid-off-and-cant-pay-for-college-dont-get-a-parent-plus-loan/&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFOZUzejRkdR0OtVM6CX-mWS29L3A"&gt;Laid off and can&amp;#39;t pay for &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;? Don&amp;#39;t get a Parent PLUS loan!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;WalletPop,&amp;nbsp;VA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you&amp;#39;re unemployed you should be looking to cut your expenses and &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;, not taking  on more. It&amp;#39;s irresponsible to take on tens of thousands of dollars in &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.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090105_In_the_World.html&amp;cid=1286959431&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEo69JzfvvBTjWONbwZtAdikFHeg" &gt;Suicide blast kills 7 in Pakistan - Philadelphia Inquirer&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.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090105_In_the_World.html&amp;cid=1286959431&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEo69JzfvvBTjWONbwZtAdikFHeg"&gt;Suicide blast kills 7 in Pakistan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Philadelphia Inquirer,&amp;nbsp;PA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Gazprom, which once aspired to be the largest corporation in the world, has been hit hard by the global financial crisis and is deep in &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/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-090104-college,0,4109416.story&amp;cid=1286899033&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGP0_h5Cscv4L4qVS11usvjpIeW2A" &gt;Financing college may be harder than getting accepted - 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/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-090104-college,0,4109416.story&amp;cid=1286899033&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGP0_h5Cscv4L4qVS11usvjpIeW2A"&gt;Financing &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; may be harder than getting accepted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chicago Tribune,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 3, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;For most parents, with the economy being the way it is, the last thing you want to do is sink yourself into &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; Mike Perri said. &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.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/01/02/morris_brown_water.html&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeinwOHSpQVzhYNO1TsmRxRvJcHg" &gt;Water back on at Morris Brown College - Atlanta Journal Constitution&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.wjbf.com/jbf/news/state_regional/georgia/article/thieves_steal_vases_from_cemetery/9758/&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKa4n35-IXSUAe6o4VpeXzwHs27Q"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=0fKNnT4zECIJ&amp;imgurl=media.wjbf.com/img-story/images/uploads/Across_Georgia_stinger.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;WJBF-TV&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.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/01/02/morris_brown_water.html&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNFeinwOHSpQVzhYNO1TsmRxRvJcHg"&gt;Water back on at Morris Brown &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Atlanta Journal Constitution,&amp;nbsp; USA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 3, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;He said the school owes $5 million in unsecured &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; and $25 million in secured &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;. One of the school’s dorms, Jordan Hall, is in foreclosure and was &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://chronicle.com/news/index.php%3Fid%3D5735&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGE_lxGTtmnq6D1IedHSIwZFaTX3w"&gt;Morris Brown &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Gets a Temporary Reprieve, at Least on the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&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/5-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/03/Donations_pour_in_to_troubled_college/UPI-80861231042903/&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkrG0w4j4WXDvysjpx4r3ETGzXgw"&gt;Donations pour in to troubled &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;United Press International&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/5-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bet.com/News/NewsArticleWaterTurnedOffAtMorrisBrown.htm%3Fwbc_purpose%3DBasic%26WBCMODE%3DPresentationUnpublished%26Referrer%3D%257B0471DDF0-D0D8-48A8-9E30-ADD40CBE0269%257D&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGuaxNCgTDBjrmGHGSMrqnv1cuXww"&gt;Black &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Needs Water to Stay Open&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BET&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/5-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D9611976&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNGgXAuJp3WqYvjtSi4aC_PxKY-q5g"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WTVM&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2009/01/02/morrisbrown.html&amp;cid=1286220478&amp;ei=23tiSb-CFIrFmQfuhLDnAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNHJLJUwpMuHrnxlArLOgu2XT16sdQ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Atlanta Journal Constitution&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=1286220478&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 78 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/laid-off-and-can-pay-for-college-don.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8971949559381541780</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-04T17:15:03.934-05:00</atom:updated><title>Tammerlin Drummond: Sen. Pell opened the doors to college for many - Oakland Tribune</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_11356476&amp;cid=1287029901&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVSAVlPgJSbiBr_buzRYzv7_Ebgw" &gt;Tammerlin Drummond: Sen. Pell opened the doors to college for many - Oakland 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/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/opinion/ci_11356476&amp;cid=1287029901&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVSAVlPgJSbiBr_buzRYzv7_Ebgw"&gt;Tammerlin Drummond: Sen. Pell opened the doors to &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; for many&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Oakland Tribune,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Many students, meanwhile, are being forced to take on huge amounts of &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;, at a time when wages for entry level and other jobs are stagnant. &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.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-090104-college,0,4109416.story&amp;cid=1286899033&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDlkP7NGBy-KrfbqYCfgoOjV51ew" &gt;Financing college may be harder than getting accepted - 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/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/chi-090104-college,0,4109416.story&amp;cid=1286899033&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDlkP7NGBy-KrfbqYCfgoOjV51ew"&gt;Financing &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; may be harder than getting accepted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chicago Tribune,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 3, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;For most parents, with the economy being the way it is, the last thing you want to do is sink yourself into &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;quot; Mike Perri said. &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.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news/1230947716278770.xml&amp;coll=7&amp;cid=1286513448&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEiC6rGXxUnwu4FseCyDhU7ZyQMrA" &gt;Pinning the blame on the proper donkey - The Oregonian - OregonLive.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/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf%3F/base/news/1230947716278770.xml%26coll%3D7&amp;cid=1286513448&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEiC6rGXxUnwu4FseCyDhU7ZyQMrA"&gt;Pinning the blame on the proper donkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The Oregonian - OregonLive.com,&amp;nbsp;OR&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Those documents clearly state that the fund can &amp;quot;hold high-yield, below investment grade &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; securities,&amp;quot; and warns that &amp;quot;investors should be willing to &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://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/your-money/paying-for-college/03money.html?ref=education&amp;cid=1286576621&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcOG8pgp-SjMdRBuJG24im-fKIAQ" &gt;Saving for College Amid the Financial Turmoil - 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://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/your-money/paying-for-college/03money.html%3Fref%3Deducation&amp;cid=1286576621&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcOG8pgp-SjMdRBuJG24im-fKIAQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=3hDDJ0uajsUJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/01/03/your-money/03money.190.jpg width=80 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://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/your-money/paying-for-college/03money.html%3Fref%3Deducation&amp;cid=1286576621&amp;ei=5zRhSeCbGcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcOG8pgp-SjMdRBuJG24im-fKIAQ"&gt;Saving for &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Amid the Financial Turmoil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jan 2, 2009&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; or drown in &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; for years after graduation. But it turns out that the investment strategies that professionals in the &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; savings field use vary, &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/tammerlin-drummond-sen-pell-opened.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-9109772314008639571</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-04T17:00:06.551-05:00</atom:updated><title>You pay, they play - Daily Press</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-ed_collegefees_edit_0104jan04,0,7147129.story&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=YzFhSc6JPILFmQe5n-2bAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfloM3HxjYSM6QJ_L1kEqbxkAvLw" &gt;You pay, they play - Daily Press&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.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-ed_collegefees_edit_0104jan04,0,7147129.story&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=YzFhSc6JPILFmQe5n-2bAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFfloM3HxjYSM6QJ_L1kEqbxkAvLw"&gt;You pay, they play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Daily Press,&amp;nbsp;VA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Along with their diplomas and their hopes, the typical &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; graduate in Virginia takes something else out into the world: a load of &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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2899429&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=YzFhSc6JPILFmQe5n-2bAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPLJ37GUYA472FoFbqNl0fFn-WXA" &gt;Students struggle with debt as job prospects grow dim - 중앙데일리&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/7i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp%3Faid%3D2899429&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=YzFhSc6JPILFmQe5n-2bAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPLJ37GUYA472FoFbqNl0fFn-WXA"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=mto0ugZJP5oJ&amp;imgurl=joongangdaily.joins.com/_data/photo/2009/01/04231938.jpg width=69 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;중앙데일리&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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp%3Faid%3D2899429&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=YzFhSc6JPILFmQe5n-2bAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHPLJ37GUYA472FoFbqNl0fFn-WXA"&gt;Students struggle with &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; as job prospects grow dim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;중앙데일리,&amp;nbsp;South Korea&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; senior Kim Jae-seung, 27, keeps an orderly stack of 5000 won ($3.80) notes in his desk drawer. When he leaves his room every morning, he picks out a &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/you-pay-they-play-daily-press.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-1222184072346412352</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T21:00:02.930-05:00</atom:updated><title>Voting, payday loan bills prefiled - The State</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thestate.com/politics/story/616373.html&amp;cid=1279323372&amp;ei=IhhgSb63F8KPmAfbjK2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2BG9aEAIwnIpuXtZ_Z5ttt-vyeQ" &gt;Voting, payday loan bills prefiled - The State&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.thestate.com/politics/story/616373.html&amp;cid=1279323372&amp;ei=IhhgSb63F8KPmAfbjK2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG2BG9aEAIwnIpuXtZ_Z5ttt-vyeQ"&gt;Voting, payday &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; bills prefiled&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The State,&amp;nbsp;SC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 9, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;School &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt;. Bill would deny state funds to any school district with fewer than 10000 students. Protecting athletes. Bill would require all student &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.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1706084.htm&amp;cid=1279033939&amp;ei=IhhgSb63F8KPmAfbjK2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI7-TlSEGnbiq90uho09nun1mD3g" &gt;Get Help with Debt Consolidation and Foreclosure: CESI Launches ... - 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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1706084.htm&amp;cid=1279033939&amp;ei=IhhgSb63F8KPmAfbjK2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEI7-TlSEGnbiq90uho09nun1mD3g"&gt;Get Help with Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and Foreclosure: CESI Launches &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&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 9, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;These websites take an objective, yet humane, look at the effect of the crises on &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; holders&amp;#39; finances while providing expert counseling on how to deal &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/voting-payday-loan-bills-prefiled-state.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3136569413837246387</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-03T06:00:07.785-05:00</atom:updated><title>Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans - KSBI 52</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBIKBiK92TBo5y9n7Gt-aRxrssHA" &gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans - KSBI 52&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.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFBIKBiK92TBo5y9n7Gt-aRxrssHA"&gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KSBI 52,&amp;nbsp;OK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; interest rates at historical lows, borrowers who take advantage of the free Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Program can cut their &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; payments as &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.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYXaPSczVWjG6zW-c7lSJiG982rQ" &gt;Debt Consolidation Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your ... - PWO&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.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYXaPSczVWjG6zW-c7lSJiG982rQ"&gt;Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PWO,&amp;nbsp;France&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 21, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Many of debtors consolidate their debts into one payment with a secured debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; that deliver substantial debt interest burden relief and &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.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993?Title=Here_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfXh-NbwXjwzRvBNi5sBD67Zb5eQ" &gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink - StarNewsOnline.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.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993%3FTitle%3DHere_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfXh-NbwXjwzRvBNi5sBD67Zb5eQ"&gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;StarNewsOnline.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;While still working at WHA, she had taken a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; to reduce two car payments that totaled more than $1000 a month. She qualified for the &lt;b&gt;loan&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/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2009/02/how-to-repay-student-loans.html&amp;cid=1282867559&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHYHkt0fj_oeJ_h8ip7zszfiCSag" &gt;How to Repay Student Loans - Kiplinger.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/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2009/02/how-to-repay-student-loans.html&amp;cid=1282867559&amp;ei=NkVfSfSLG5_S9QS81_T-CA&amp;usg=AFQjCNHHYHkt0fj_oeJ_h8ip7zszfiCSag"&gt;How to Repay Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Kiplinger.com,&amp;nbsp;DC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 24, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; in the Direct &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; program, which you can switch into by consolidating your loans in that program (go to www.&lt;b&gt;loanconsolidation&lt;/b&gt;.ed.gov for details).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/steps-for-saving-money-on-student-loans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-6499491062584271613</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T12:00:10.689-05:00</atom:updated><title>Get Help with Debt Consolidation and Foreclosure: CESI Launches ... - PR Web (press release)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1706084.htm&amp;cid=1279033939&amp;ei=GkheScjmCqOQmAeFocmQAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYYbknVnKNO7pVipcL642fLKoUgA" &gt;Get Help with Debt Consolidation and Foreclosure: CESI Launches ... - 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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/12/prweb1706084.htm&amp;cid=1279033939&amp;ei=GkheScjmCqOQmAeFocmQAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYYbknVnKNO7pVipcL642fLKoUgA"&gt;Get Help with Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and Foreclosure: CESI Launches &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&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 9, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;These websites take an objective, yet humane, look at the effect of the crises on &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; holders&amp;#39; finances while providing expert counseling on how to deal &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.thestate.com/politics/story/616373.html&amp;cid=1279323372&amp;ei=GkheScjmCqOQmAeFocmQAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjHI0lW5cTPuy610YizjJMomhwdQ" &gt;Voting, payday loan bills prefiled - The State&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.thestate.com/politics/story/616373.html&amp;cid=1279323372&amp;ei=GkheScjmCqOQmAeFocmQAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjHI0lW5cTPuy610YizjJMomhwdQ"&gt;Voting, payday &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; bills prefiled&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The State,&amp;nbsp;SC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 9, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;School &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt;. Bill would deny state funds to any school district with fewer than 10000 students. Protecting athletes. Bill would require all student &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/get-help-with-debt-consolidation-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-1329861162625231067</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-02T02:15:03.809-05:00</atom:updated><title>3 new loan programs should provide more HOPE - Atlanta Journal Constitution</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/9-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/30/tuwooten.html&amp;cid=1285485179&amp;ei=975dSen6D5jI9AS84pW8Bg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPN58I-UQnzAaFoGoMS48bUk4cqw" &gt;3 new loan programs should provide more HOPE - Atlanta Journal Constitution&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.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/30/tuwooten.html&amp;cid=1285485179&amp;ei=975dSen6D5jI9AS84pW8Bg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFPN58I-UQnzAaFoGoMS48bUk4cqw"&gt;3 new &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; programs should provide more HOPE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Atlanta Journal Constitution,&amp;nbsp; USA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The first is a “&lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; of last resort” of up to $10000 per year for up to four years to be made available to students who want to attend &lt;b&gt;college&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/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/business/01student.html?8dpc&amp;cid=1286236934&amp;ei=975dSen6D5jI9AS84pW8Bg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZaiZRLNSHmlFIWXrT292pSdbE8A" &gt;Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students - 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://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/business/01student.html%3F8dpc&amp;cid=1286236934&amp;ei=975dSen6D5jI9AS84pW8Bg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZaiZRLNSHmlFIWXrT292pSdbE8A"&gt;Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The relationships are reminiscent of those uncovered two years ago between student &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; companies and universities. In those, some lenders offered &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/3-new-loan-programs-should-provide-more.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3068991236001692938</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T11:45:05.194-05:00</atom:updated><title>Paterson to propose state student college-loan program - Newsday</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/longisland/ny-liloan165966992dec16,0,5363186.story&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMy_hfD8sNqRwb87c6Sh_BLPWEBg" &gt;Paterson to propose state student 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/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/longisland/ny-liloan165966992dec16,0,5363186.story&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMy_hfD8sNqRwb87c6Sh_BLPWEBg"&gt;Paterson to propose state student &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-&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&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 16, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;David A. Paterson, who is calling for a $600 tuition increase  for SUNY students, will propose a $350-million publicly financed, low-interest student &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.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/nyregion/16loans.html%3Fref%3Dnyregion&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFG0T5tMcvSO6kG5MKPg_PhhmYrpg"&gt;Governor to Unveil a Low-Cost Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Program&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/4-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nextstudent.com/student-loan-blog/blogs/sample_weblog/archive/2008/12/17/2539.aspx&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPw8cfi4eHSmfdfUKEkKCPV9j-Cg"&gt;Program to Offer NY Students Low-Cost &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Loans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NextStudent&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=1281677898&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 14 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.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/us/01sanford.html?em&amp;cid=1284607515&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2d2eKDZTikAb1XDz8_3Ku8fTO3A" &gt;South Carolina Governor Relents on Jobless Funds - 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/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jId-i5WUDZAN-KvrI89ErkTUJ5WAD95DVNHG3&amp;cid=1284607515&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNF3D-FlRSO41ESo4bDrpGnuKGFtXA"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=qqwvurvMlvAJ&amp;imgurl=www.google.com/hostednews/ap/media/ALeqM5iyCOVYkoJW4akGkjtZcVsLFco55g width=80 height=52 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;The Associated Press&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.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/us/01sanford.html%3Fem&amp;cid=1284607515&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2d2eKDZTikAb1XDz8_3Ku8fTO3A"&gt;South Carolina Governor Relents on Jobless Funds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Mark Sanford relented Wednesday and agreed to apply for a $146 million federal &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; to shore it up, after weeks of refusing to do so. &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.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/2914402&amp;cid=1284607515&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcjC5JlVrxmYQUIfZppIPkaOFHbQ"&gt;Why is SC Unemployment Rate so High?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;istockAnalyst.com (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=1284607515&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 512 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.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx?articleid=20081229_61_A15_Withth66302&amp;allcom=1&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUahhfsYGxh9FFWt_dlKbGsloHqw" &gt;College loans - Tulsa World&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.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath.aspx%3Farticleid%3D20081229_61_A15_Withth66302%26allcom%3D1&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=EPNcSb_bKIixmAfQvo2MAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHUahhfsYGxh9FFWt_dlKbGsloHqw"&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Tulsa World,&amp;nbsp;OK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 29, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt;-age students stay in school. But they must have a means to pay for higher education. Enter the Oklahoma Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Authority, created as a public &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/paterson-to-propose-state-student.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-6156146718487030522</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-01T04:15:21.028-05:00</atom:updated><title>Ecuador sees at least 70 pct cut in debt overhaul - Reuters</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN3135705720081231&amp;cid=1285942765&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZS2R4nGLI4FBJhAfCzO0SRre_Mw" &gt;Ecuador sees at least 70 pct cut in debt overhaul - Reuters&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://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN3135705720081231&amp;cid=1285942765&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZS2R4nGLI4FBJhAfCzO0SRre_Mw"&gt;Ecuador sees at least 70 pct cut in &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; overhaul&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Reuters&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; a popular ex-&lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; economic professor, shocked investors earlier this month by declaring default on $3.8 billion in global bonds over charges the &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://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090101/NEWS/901010353/1001/news&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQEQOWn0oKZcmqcVFZMY3gKXqbfA" &gt;Be realistic, practical with your resolutions small, attainable - Jackson Clarion Ledger&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.clarionledger.com/article/20090101/NEWS/901010353/1001/news&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHQEQOWn0oKZcmqcVFZMY3gKXqbfA"&gt;Be realistic, practical with your resolutions small, attainable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Jackson Clarion Ledger,&amp;nbsp;MS&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&amp;quot;They usually last a few hours, sometimes a few days,&amp;quot; said Robert McElvaine, author and chair of the history department at Millsaps &lt;b&gt;College&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/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roseanne-colletti/new-years-resolution_b_154572.html&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1q5-EQC2xIhGxrwMQxmxJcjfLjw" &gt;New Year&amp;#39;s Resolution - Huffington Post&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://www.sheknows.com/articles/807121&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGo9Rq6KzximqOsH8mWCZhpSE4uxQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=iZOQv3Boqj8J&amp;imgurl=media.sheknows.com/articles/new-years-resolution-eat-healthy.jpg width=80 height=53 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;SheKnows.com&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://www.huffingtonpost.com/roseanne-colletti/new-years-resolution_b_154572.html&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1q5-EQC2xIhGxrwMQxmxJcjfLjw"&gt;New Year&amp;#39;s Resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Huffington Post,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;To do this, create three big categories for  review: your budget and how you can trim it, your &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; and how you can eliminate it, and your savings and how &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.strausnews.com/articles/2009/01/01/west_milford_messenger/news/12.txt&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNG13UKCgjJFI3pO1-AkYfNyx2-tLQ"&gt;How resolutions become reality&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;West Milford Messenger&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.collegeotr.com/miami_university_oxford/new_years_resolution_suggestions_17525&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNE3_iss4nLxk_F8yj1Scr6cRBrPvQ"&gt;New Years Resolution Suggestions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CollegeOTR&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.t-g.com/story/1489832.html&amp;cid=1283863504&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGhCo2YyM3gykudiiUSe3Q2q18FkQ"&gt;Health, faith among New Year&amp;#39;s resolutions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Shelbyville Times-Gazette&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=1283863504&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 215 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.chronogram.com/issue/2009/1/News+&amp;+Politics/The-Ground-Is-Moving-Beneath-Us&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNER4SLKOLlHwjgRcmF51Pu1RyciwA" &gt;The Ground Is Moving Beneath Us - Chronogram&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.chronogram.com/issue/2009/1/News%2B%26%2BPolitics/The-Ground-Is-Moving-Beneath-Us&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNER4SLKOLlHwjgRcmF51Pu1RyciwA"&gt;The Ground Is Moving Beneath Us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Chronogram,&amp;nbsp;NY&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; and a recently graduated 22-year-old daughter with &lt;b&gt;college debt&lt;/b&gt; hanging over her head, he sent out hundreds of resumes to potential employers. &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.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/business/01student.html?ref=education&amp;cid=1286049977&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCvpiodjsuEEOK7Otf-Nb5GK8LEg" &gt;Unspoken Link Between Credit Cards and Colleges - 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://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/business/01student.html%3Fref%3Deducation&amp;cid=1286049977&amp;ei=qIlcSf2oDou-9gSS7amnBg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCvpiodjsuEEOK7Otf-Nb5GK8LEg"&gt;Unspoken Link Between Credit Cards and Colleges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;But &lt;b&gt;debt&lt;/b&gt; incurred in &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt; becomes a serious burden at graduation, especially in a recession in which jobs are scarce. A survey of more than 1500 &lt;b&gt;college&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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2009/01/ecuador-sees-at-least-70-pct-cut-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-3610585186156692006</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-31T14:00:05.462-05:00</atom:updated><title>Paterson to propose state student college-loan program - Newsday</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/longisland/ny-liloan165966992dec16,0,5363186.story&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=NMFbSdfOG5GxmAfytcipCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGygKMUYtnrIam2KHyOHT5JURxRSQ" &gt;Paterson to propose state student 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/4-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/tuesday/longisland/ny-liloan165966992dec16,0,5363186.story&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=NMFbSdfOG5GxmAfytcipCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGygKMUYtnrIam2KHyOHT5JURxRSQ"&gt;Paterson to propose state student &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-&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&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 16, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;David A. Paterson, who is calling for a $600 tuition increase  for SUNY students, will propose a $350-million publicly financed, low-interest student &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.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/nyregion/16loans.html%3Fref%3Dnyregion&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=NMFbSdfOG5GxmAfytcipCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGOqBRFxyubhy58P4qrjZk7N8Xegg"&gt;Governor to Unveil a Low-Cost Student &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Program&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/4-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nextstudent.com/student-loan-blog/blogs/sample_weblog/archive/2008/12/17/2539.aspx&amp;cid=1281677898&amp;ei=NMFbSdfOG5GxmAfytcipCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNECIBXfEVxZB1qEfOXKJ-OrQR8mCw"&gt;Program to Offer NY Students Low-Cost &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; Loans&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NextStudent&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=1281677898&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 14 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2008/12/paterson-to-propose-state-student_31.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-711242461001223298</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-30T01:45:06.954-05:00</atom:updated><title>Debt Consolidation Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your ... - PWO</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/5-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=ccNZSe-mNJjI9ATJ1OSTAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFspdbKiR8BIAwvvlR3j1AB4NCrsw" &gt;Debt Consolidation Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your ... - PWO&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.potterworldonline.com/debt-consolidation/0,9317,413057,00.html&amp;cid=1282329002&amp;ei=ccNZSe-mNJjI9ATJ1OSTAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFspdbKiR8BIAwvvlR3j1AB4NCrsw"&gt;Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Provides an Effective Solution to Lower Your &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;PWO,&amp;nbsp;France&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 21, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Many of debtors consolidate their debts into one payment with a secured debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; that deliver substantial debt interest burden relief and &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.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993?Title=Here_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=ccNZSe-mNJjI9ATJ1OSTAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOzmsNA5JcbSnlC9yaTNn_827_7Q" &gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink - StarNewsOnline.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/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20081227/ARTICLES/812272993%3FTitle%3DHere_Now__Housing_group_aims_to_help_those_on_brink&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=ccNZSe-mNJjI9ATJ1OSTAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOzmsNA5JcbSnlC9yaTNn_827_7Q"&gt;Here Now: Housing group aims to help those on brink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;StarNewsOnline.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;While still working at WHA, she had taken a &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; to reduce two car payments that totaled more than $1000 a month. She qualified for the &lt;b&gt;loan&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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2008/12/debt-consolidation-provides-effective.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-1591227227816327688</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-30T01:30:06.689-05:00</atom:updated><title>Is Debt Consolidation The Magic Bullet? - Meadow Free Press</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/6-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,434473,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvxth8A9adNzlvRnB8CNzAIuzNxg" &gt;Is Debt Consolidation The Magic Bullet? - Meadow 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 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.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,434473,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvxth8A9adNzlvRnB8CNzAIuzNxg"&gt;Is Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; The Magic Bullet?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Meadow Free Press,&amp;nbsp;ID&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;This is what a lender looks at to determine whether to offer someone a debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation loan&lt;/b&gt; as well as the rate of interest. What lenders look for is 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://online.wsj.com/article/SB123006560875130897.html?mod=googlenews_wsj&amp;cid=1283740185&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsL8cLNtPNrtkixHIyl3gmpncSgQ" &gt;Powerchip Seeks Loan Extension - Wall Street Journal&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.itexaminer.com/elpida-initiates-merger-talks.aspx&amp;cid=1283740185&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNE2w9B9iULFhqanfY_PX-dS67_kvA"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=-7TbVgW4R2kJ&amp;imgurl=www.itexaminer.com/images/articles/1/elpida.jpg width=80 height=62 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;IT Examiner&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://online.wsj.com/article/SB123006560875130897.html%3Fmod%3Dgooglenews_wsj&amp;cid=1283740185&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsL8cLNtPNrtkixHIyl3gmpncSgQ"&gt;Powerchip Seeks &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Extension&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Wall Street Journal&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Taiwan&amp;#39;s Ministry of Economic Affairs said it would support &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of the island&amp;#39;s memory-chip makers to make them more competitive and help them &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.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/12/27/2003432224&amp;cid=1283740185&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZBDKjdxC6T3FevWO_vQfYp0m3XQ"&gt;Powerchip requests help from MOEA&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Taipei 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/4-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/12/24/2003431977&amp;cid=1283740185&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAUmdlTGLv8HI2LiGIxnT1bQLpJQ"&gt;Powerchip asks government for aid&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Taipei Times&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=1283740185&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;all 53 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.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html?ref=your-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGV4N3l2vLunPB5bZf0M8aRM85xCQ" &gt;The Refinancing Dilemma - 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/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html%3Fref%3Dyour-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGV4N3l2vLunPB5bZf0M8aRM85xCQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=SR30boXqSjMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/27/realestate/28mort_span.jpg width=80 height=40 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/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html%3Fref%3Dyour-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGV4N3l2vLunPB5bZf0M8aRM85xCQ"&gt;The Refinancing Dilemma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;So when shopping for the new &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, he said, borrowers should ask if the lender will perform a “&lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and assignment”  with the old &lt;b&gt;loan&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/3-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=aGGhJj0C5vFA&amp;refer=canada&amp;cid=1285407760&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaJLk_kaDGqmCSaqr0WJVbR4l9BQ" &gt;GM, Chrysler to Thin Dealer Ranks as US Gives Aid - Bloomberg&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.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601082%26sid%3DaGGhJj0C5vFA%26refer%3Dcanada&amp;cid=1285407760&amp;ei=7r9ZSdPSCYHI9ASiyIXFCg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaJLk_kaDGqmCSaqr0WJVbR4l9BQ"&gt;GM, Chrysler to Thin Dealer Ranks as US Gives Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bloomberg&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Those goals weren’ta condition for receiving the funds from the US Treasury and may not be required as part of the &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; package, though Chrysler and GM 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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2008/12/is-debt-consolidation-magic-bullet.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-2861338621995698895</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-29T21:30:09.388-05:00</atom:updated><title>Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (press release)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdeXVtlHFhjzWspnfgp0S3mD5u-w" &gt;Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (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/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdeXVtlHFhjzWspnfgp0S3mD5u-w"&gt;Private School &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;: Wonderful Cash Management Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Search By Headlines (press release),&amp;nbsp;NV&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The alternative of a private school &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; proves to be pretty attractive to many persons who discover themselves profound in debt over &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://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&amp;sid=aGGhJj0C5vFA&amp;refer=canada&amp;cid=1285407760&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQr7zg5APPBqjRks1ehucgRxjkqA" &gt;GM, Chrysler to Thin Dealer Ranks as US Gives Aid - Bloomberg&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.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601082%26sid%3DaGGhJj0C5vFA%26refer%3Dcanada&amp;cid=1285407760&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFQr7zg5APPBqjRks1ehucgRxjkqA"&gt;GM, Chrysler to Thin Dealer Ranks as US Gives Aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Bloomberg&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Those goals weren’ta condition for receiving the funds from the US Treasury and may not be required as part of the &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; package, though Chrysler and GM 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/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx?ID=32409&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNE64c-4OqTHcpfL-o7D5aGZuETtpA" &gt;Rough Times For Residential Real Estate Practices - Connecticut Law 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/8-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ctlawtribune.com/getarticle.aspx%3FID%3D32409&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNE64c-4OqTHcpfL-o7D5aGZuETtpA"&gt;Rough Times For Residential Real Estate Practices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Connecticut Law Tribune,&amp;nbsp;Hartford&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;There will undoubtedly continue to be a &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; of big lenders and the possible closing of small regional and local banks. &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.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html?ref=your-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHA3av1_deFXp8Tnjsv9Q4-XR8GQ" &gt;The Refinancing Dilemma - 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/0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html%3Fref%3Dyour-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHA3av1_deFXp8Tnjsv9Q4-XR8GQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=SR30boXqSjMJ&amp;imgurl=graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/27/realestate/28mort_span.jpg width=80 height=40 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/0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/realestate/28mort.html%3Fref%3Dyour-money&amp;cid=1284016724&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHA3av1_deFXp8Tnjsv9Q4-XR8GQ"&gt;The Refinancing Dilemma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;New York Times,&amp;nbsp;United States&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;So when shopping for the new &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt;, he said, borrowers should ask if the lender will perform a “&lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and assignment”  with the old &lt;b&gt;loan&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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08341/933031-68.stm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJCE8FmBKNYTbYCfJLUQOry_gq4w" &gt;Family Finances: Debt consolidation loans may not be the answer - Pittsburgh Post 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/7-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08341/933031-68.stm&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=rodZSfvfNKXfmQeg1O2fAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGJCE8FmBKNYTbYCfJLUQOry_gq4w"&gt;Family Finances: Debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; loans may not be the answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Pittsburgh Post Gazette,&amp;nbsp;PA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 5, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;There are a number of &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; calculators online at Web sites such as www.dinkytown.net. This makes it easy to evaluate &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; offers &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2008/12/private-school-loan-debt-consolidation_29.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-9154092029524661661</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-29T19:00:08.270-05:00</atom:updated><title>Student-Loan Consolidation Choices Shrink - The Fulton County News</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/2-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.fultoncountynews.com/news/2008/1204/local_state/066.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNETeg3CsVz3WLAPZNnGiDgKiERY2Q" &gt;Student-Loan Consolidation Choices Shrink - The Fulton County News&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.fultoncountynews.com/news/2008/1204/local_state/066.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNETeg3CsVz3WLAPZNnGiDgKiERY2Q"&gt;Student-&lt;b&gt;Loan Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Choices Shrink&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;The Fulton County News,&amp;nbsp;PA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 3, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;He has considered consolidating his loans, like his older sister did when she graduated &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;, but was unaware that other options exist. &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://www.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpgZM_T9jjazbUoNrpdb7V96Ff_A" &gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans - KSBI 52&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.ksbitv.com/business/816257.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpgZM_T9jjazbUoNrpdb7V96Ff_A"&gt;Steps for Saving Money On Student Loans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;KSBI 52,&amp;nbsp;OK&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 17, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;With &lt;b&gt;college&lt;/b&gt;-&lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; interest rates at historical lows, borrowers who take advantage of the free Federal &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt; Program can cut their &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; payments as &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.newsobserver.com/business/story/1347402.html&amp;cid=1284758899&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVdDZTsVCsGq2nNEP4oADyV4B6gw" &gt;Still time for steps on taxes - News &amp; Observer&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.newsobserver.com/business/story/1347402.html&amp;cid=1284758899&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHVdDZTsVCsGq2nNEP4oADyV4B6gw"&gt;Still time for steps on taxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;News &amp; Observer,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 27, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you received debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; assistance from a third party this year and the amount you owe was reduced, that could end up as taxable income on 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;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.todayslocalnews.com/?sect=business&amp;p=6265&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJgChOw5pzVZycKP63MAUCfsbgOw" &gt;It’s all in the planning - Today's Local News&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.todayslocalnews.com/%3Fsect%3Dbusiness%26p%3D6265&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJgChOw5pzVZycKP63MAUCfsbgOw"&gt;It’s all in the planning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Today's Local News,&amp;nbsp;CA&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Small franchises such as handyman services, along with credit repair and debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; businesses, are areas Molina said prospective entrepreneurs &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://spyglass.starnewsonline.com/default.asp?item=2297441&amp;cid=1278682721&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpWMyqSQcrOBNKm5HfrRUrOH01wQ" &gt;SPYGLASS: College students feel credit crunch - StarNewsOnline.com&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://spyglass.starnewsonline.com/default.asp%3Fitem%3D2297441&amp;cid=1278682721&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpWMyqSQcrOBNKm5HfrRUrOH01wQ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=wvnuJKSRPugJ&amp;imgurl=www.starnewsonline.com/assets/images/thecaptain/spyglass_blog.jpg width=63 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;StarNewsOnline.com&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://spyglass.starnewsonline.com/default.asp%3Fitem%3D2297441&amp;cid=1278682721&amp;ei=hmRZSb7fBcKPmAeFjv2aAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpWMyqSQcrOBNKm5HfrRUrOH01wQ"&gt;SPYGLASS: &lt;b&gt;College&lt;/b&gt; students feel credit crunch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;StarNewsOnline.com,&amp;nbsp;NC&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 8, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; suggests it might not become easier to get those private loans any time soon. He also offers his take on 529 saving plans, &lt;b&gt;loan consolidation&lt;/b&gt; and more.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidation/2008/12/student-loan-consolidation-choices_29.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Martin)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6111609707746243638.post-8784179533991135025</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-28T15:45:07.355-05:00</atom:updated><title>Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (press release)</title><description>&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=UuVXSd7EE5qO9QSKoeCPAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxVOCI4j6cB9tIeU5reaGgjIQuXQ" &gt;Private School Loan Debt Consolidation: Wonderful Cash Management Way - Search By Headlines (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/1-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.searchbyheadlines.com/posted_news/105722.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=UuVXSd7EE5qO9QSKoeCPAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxVOCI4j6cB9tIeU5reaGgjIQuXQ"&gt;Private School &lt;b&gt;Loan&lt;/b&gt; Debt &lt;b&gt;Consolidation&lt;/b&gt;: Wonderful Cash Management Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Search By Headlines (press release),&amp;nbsp;NV&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Dec 23, 2008&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The alternative of a private school &lt;b&gt;loan&lt;/b&gt; debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; proves to be pretty attractive to many persons who discover themselves profound in debt over &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.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,448960,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=UuVXSd7EE5qO9QSKoeCPAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfV79eiddxBO6Wpj8D4iJDTRIW4w" &gt;Before You Declare Bankruptcy - Wait - Meadow 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 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.meadowfreepress.com/debt-consolidation/0,1873,448960,00.html&amp;cid=0&amp;ei=UuVXSd7EE5qO9QSKoeCPAg&amp;usg=AFQjCNEfV79eiddxBO6Wpj8D4iJDTRIW4w"&gt;Before You Declare Bankruptcy - Wait&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;Meadow Free Press,&amp;nbsp;ID&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;If you listen to television or radio commercials, debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt; is often offered as a panacea for bankruptcy. But debt &lt;b&gt;consolidation&lt;/b&gt;  does not typically &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;</description><link>http://www.diagolo.com/college-loan-consolidatio