Oregon's New College Plan Offers "Free" Tuition To Students
Oregon is exploring an inventive way for students to fund their educations at community colleges and four-year public universities in the state: Free tuition in exchange for paying a small percentage...
View ArticleState budget: 3,747-page road map
From prenatal care to cemetery regulations, the voluminous 2-year spending plan will affect all of us The Daily Briefing Former Ohio attoney general and state auditor Jim Petro to appear at a press...
View ArticleDebate on student loan interest rates continues (NAFCU - National...
(Source: NAFCU - National Association of Federal Credit Unions) Email a friend about this page: From: Email: To: Email: Subject: Message: July 8, 2013 - Although the planned increase in federal...
View ArticleFEDS SHY AWAY FROM CRACKDOWN ON ‘NOTHING DOWN’
It looks like regulators are chickening out on a major tightening of lending standards for mortgage loans. Low down payments are here to stay, and may be poised for a big comeback. Although this...
View ArticleHow to Sell Your Home and Buy Another at the Same Time
Being a move-up buyer can be tough in today's market. Although deals are closing rapidly, there's no guarantee that your new dream home will close at the same time as your old dream home. Selling and...
View ArticleMove Over Peter Thiel, Oregon Proposes Investment Model For Student Loans
Yahoo Apple Facebook Twitter Google Microsoft NSA Move Over Peter Thiel, Oregon Proposes Investment Model For Student Loans Gregory Ferenstein View Staff Page posted 20 mins ago Comment Comments As...
View ArticleRupee Rout Spurs Biggest SBI Risk Jump Since 2008: India Credit
Bond risk for State Bank of India (SBIN) has surged the most since 2008’s credit crisis as a plunging rupee threatens to hurt company finances and boost loan defaults. The cost to insure debt of the...
View ArticleLetter: Alexander's fix for student loans flawed
Tom Gangwer, Farragut The July 2 News Sentinel discussed college student debt, loans and U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander’s political fix. Let’s put things in context. Four-year undergraduate degrees roughly...
View ArticleLawmakers plan retroactive fix on student loan interest rates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are aiming to pass a retroactive fix this week after congressional inaction caused interest rates on millions of new federal student loans to double on July 1....
View Article5 Personal Finance Tips for Recent College Grads
It's not an easy job market for recent graduates and that fact can put them at a disadvantage financially. Therefore, establishing some sort of income is an important first step for grads. Assuming...
View ArticleNiko Reports Results for the Year Ended March 31, 2013
Tweet Send to a Friend Get Alerts NKO Hot Sheet Price: $14.88 --0% Trade NKO Now! CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - July 9, 2013) - Niko Resources Ltd. (TSX: NKO) ("Niko" or the "Company") is pleased...
View ArticleAdvice Ahead Of Benefit Changes (South Bucks District Council)
(Source: South Bucks District Council) The council is offering residents advice and support ahead of changes to benefits rules being brought in by the Government's Welfare Reforms. The 'Benefit Cap'...
View ArticleStudent Loan Pretenders
Government researchers continue to show that federal student loans are hazardous to both students and taxpayers. But Senate liberals don't seem to care, as long as the money keeps flowing to their...
View ArticleStabenow proposes freezing student loan rates
Marisa Schultz Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Washington U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Lansing, is pushing legislation Wednesday to keep student loans rates low for college students,...
View ArticleWhy Republicans Want to Tax Students and Not Polluters
A basic economic principle is government ought to tax what we want to discourage, and not tax what we want to encourage. For example, if we want less carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, we should tax...
View ArticleReverse Mortgages' Pros and Cons Reviewed In New Loan Love Guide
SAN DIEGO, July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- LoanLove.com, a website with the mission of helping consumers and borrowers to obtain the latest information on mortgage lending trends, the real estate...
View ArticleStudents face the reality of paying more for loans
Facebook Follow @washtimes Will there be riots in Florida if George Zimmerman receives a not-guilty verdict by a jury of his peers? Login to Vote View results Amanda Robbins, a rising sophomore at...
View ArticleLooking for a solution to the jump in student loan interest rates
WASHINGTON — Antonya Bruno, a senior at Howard University, has used the maximum amount of federal loans over the last three years to help pay her steadily climbing tuition. "It's been very helpful,"...
View ArticleColleges’ Stealth Tax on Family Savings
Believe it or not, Americans used to save about one-tenth of their after-tax income. By the 1990s, that percentage had dropped to less than 5 percent, and from 2003 to 2012 the average savings rate...
View ArticleColleges encourage families to spend, not save: As I See It
The possibility of financing school through parents' belt-tightening ... along with student employment, simply isn't doable now for most. By Richard Vedder Believe it or not, Americans used to save...
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