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Acceptance at Harvard tougher than ever (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 9:05pm CDT
Getting into Harvard University, one of America's most selective colleges, became even more difficult this year after a new financial aid offer prompted a record number of applications. -
Analysts Disagree Whether Financial Oversight Ideas Will Aid Economy (The Online NewsHour)
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 6:08pm CDT
Treasury Undersecretary Robert Steel said the financial regulation proposal unveiled this week is meant to resolve longer-term economic problems, while The New York Times' Paul Krugman and Harvard's Robert Glauber analyze what impact it will have -- if any. -
New research informs work to boost Gift Aid (HM Treasury)
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 8:20am CDT
New research into the 'Key Barriers to the Adoption of Gift Aid' was published today by Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy MP. -
Complex aid applications hinder needy students (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 7:48am CDT
The question about completing the FAFSA came to Stephanie Covington barely two weeks before her college-bound son was due to apply for financial aid. Covington responded to the query with one of her own. -
Financial aid can get trick for non-trad students (Daily Nebraskan)
Posted: March 30th, 2008, 11:13pm CDT
Not every family resembles the Cleavers - Mom, Dad and two rosy-cheeked brothers. Instead, there may be divorces, remarriages, emancipations and other circumstances that can affect a student's financial aid. -
Fuller Picture Emerges of Paterson’s Aid to Hospital That Employed His Wife (New York Times)
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 4:11pm CDT
Though aware of possible ethical entanglements when helping the hospital his wife represented, Gov. David A. Paterson has said the help was needed, and that withholding it would have been wrong. -
Financial Aid Fair at Padre Staples Mall (KIII Corpus Christi)
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 6:31am CDT
If you are someone hoping to go to college, financial aid may something you've been thinking about. All of the paperwork can sometimes be overwhelming. So, the financial aid office at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is hosting their fourth annual Financial Aid Fair. -
Besides aid, US should show humility towards Pakistan to help it strengthen: NYT (New Kerala)
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 4:17am CDT
Washington, Mar 29 : Besides providing financial aid, the US must also show some degree of humility towards Pakistan, only then Washington could help strengthen the new regime in Islamabad, an editorial published in New York Times has said. -
Pay attention to aid options for college, students told (The Des Moines Register)
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 2:14am CDT
Iowa parents and students will need to be more vigilant than ever in figuring out how to pay for college next year, financial aid experts say. -
A system aimed for release in May will give students an additional option in how they receive their financial aid (State Hornet)
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 1:40am CDT
Sacramento State students on financial aid potentially will no longer have to wait for checks to be mailed or prepared for pick-up. The university is setting up a new module that will allow students to receive financial aid checks through a direct deposit into their bank accounts. -
Students explore financial aid opportunities at college fair (The Daily American)
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 10:22pm CDT
People concerned about the costs of college attended financial aid workshops Thursday at the 23rd Annual College & Technical Fair at the Quality Inn in Somerset. -
Obama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner Aid (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 6:42pm CDT
Barack Obama called for tighter regulation of lenders as he spoke of pumping $30 billion into the economy to shield homeowners. -
FSC students rally for state aid support (Sentinel & Enterprise)
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 7:21am CDT
BOSTON -- Students from state colleges around Massachusetts flooded the Statehouse Thursday, with tales for state legislators about tuition hikes, shaky financial aid and run-down campus facilities. -
Deutsche Bahn set aside 310 mln eur provisions for EU state aid inquiry UPDATE (Sharewatch)
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 6:16am CDT
(Updates with EU Commission comments) FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Deutsche Bahn AG has set aside 310 mln eur provisions in case the EU commission forces it to pay back payments of state aid received by the German government, Financial Times Deutschland reported, citing supervisory board sources. -
Harvard Med implements new aid plan (Daily Pennsylvanian)
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 2:55am CDT
Harvard University recently announced a new financial-aid plan for medical students, but it's not yet clear how widespread its effects will be. In a plan outlined last week, Harvard Medical School committed an extra $3 million to its scholarship fund, an almost 40-percent increase from this year. -
Obama Casts Wide Blame for Financial Crisis and Proposes Homeowner Aid (New York Times)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 7:08pm CDT
Barack Obama called for tighter regulation of lenders as he spoke of pumping $30 billion into the economy to shield homeowners. -
Obama Calls for Overhaul of Financial Regulations (Bloomberg via Yahoo! News)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 11:53am CDT
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Barack Obama said the government must overhaul the rules governing banks and other financial institutions in the wake of a collapse in the subprime mortgage market that has shaken confidence in the U.S. economy. -
Fed's Stern says new aid raised market expectations for future help UPDATE (The Forex Market)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:53am CDT
WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - The Federal Reserve's massive new aid programs for unstable financial markets, brokerages and banks were necessary to limit the consequences for the real economy, but they have also raised the level of moral hazard, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Gary Stern warned today. -
NJ Governor to Phase-In Aid Cuts (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 9:22am CDT
Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Thursday said he'll find ways to phase-in proposed cuts in state aid to towns and cities but remains committed to enticing municipalities to share services. -
Rite Aid to Release Fourth Quarter Results on April 10 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 7:25am CDT
CAMP HILL, Pa.----Rite Aid Corporation said today that it will release financial results for its Fourth Quarter, which ended March 1, 2008, on Thursday, April 10, 2008. The company will hold an analyst call at 8:30 a.m. -
Budget Proposal Offers No Aid for Foreclosures (Washington Post)
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:06am CDT
After months of promising financial assistance to county residents facing foreclosure, Prince George's County Executive Jack B. Johnson (D) has decided not to include the money in next year's budget because of the county's dire financial situation. -
Choose courses carefully to avoid financial aid ineligibility (The UAF Sun Star)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 11:34pm CDT
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Govt reviewing financial aid to industry (The West Australian)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:42pm CDT
The federal government is reviewing the financial protection it gives to two major Australian industries. Treasurer Wayne Swan said Thursday the government was looking at the level of financial help it gives to all industry through the industry assistance scheme as it examines its budget. -
Govt reviewing financial aid to industry (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:38pm CDT
The federal government is reviewing the financial protection it gives to two major Australian industries. -
Govt reviewing financial aid to industry (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:38pm CDT
The federal government is reviewing the financial protection it gives to two major Australian industries. -
Clinton Speaks About Financial Aid, NAFTA (CBS News)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 4:18pm CDT
As Sean Astin preached into the microphone about the Clinton family's strong ability to lead, Chelsea Clinton looked down, rolled her eyes in embarrassment at the comments and walked onto the stage, embracing the crowd. -
Somali Islamists Capture Town; Aid Agencies Make Joint Call for Action (The Online NewsHour)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 2:58pm CDT
Islamist fighters took control of the Somalia town of Jowhar on Wednesday in an ongoing insurgency against the Western-backed government that has gathered steam in recent months. The development comes as 40 aid agencies warned of an impending humanitarian crisis there. -
Fee aid: millions unspent (The Natal Witness Group)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 1:56pm CDT
Johannesburg — Universities have collectively given R45 million in unused allocation back to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), student congress Sasco said yesterday. -
NB college students seek financial aid in aftermath of custodian strike (Times & Transcript)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 1:16pm CDT
Students at a community college in Edmundston, N.B., are seeking financial compensation for a five-week long custodian strike that closed college campuses earlier this year. -
Financial Aid to Palestine (ERT.gr)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:26am CDT
Donor nations will hold an EU-sponsored meeting in Berlin on 26 June, aspiring to raise some 150 million euros to support Palestine’s police and judicial system. -
Hellgate: London Gets Financial Aid (Voodoo Extreme)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 10:02am CDT
Translation: Our publisher doesn't want to fund the extra content that should have been in the... -
Afghanistan aid delivery shortfall a security risk (The Christian Science Monitor)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 7:34am CDT
An international agency's report says 40 percent of aid destined for Afghans is spent on overhead costs. -
Dubai Financial Market signs MoU with Bahrain Stock Exchange for mutual aid (Gowealthy)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 12:29am CDT
Essa Kazim, Chairman, Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Fouad Rashid, Director, Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen and widen cooperation between DFM and BSE, especially in the areas of mutual expertise and exchange of information relating to the developments in both markets. -
Student Financial Aid: Loopholes allow sex offenders to cash in (NBC 15 Mobile)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 9:10pm CDT
Seniors are getting ready to head to college soon, but as they fight to receive financial aid...sex offenders could be getting the money instead of your kids. NBC 15's Jenna... -
Afghan aid 'lost to consultants and corruption' (Daily Telegraph)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:29pm CDT
Nearly half the £7.5 billion given by Britain, the US and other countries to rebuild Afghanistan since 2001 has been spent on consultants and contractors, according to a report by aid agencies released today. -
Congress aims to ease U.S. financial anxiety (The Arizona Republic)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 6:26pm CDT
Faced with rising economic anxiety and the high-profile rescue of a major investment bank, lawmakers are considering sweeping changes to financial regulation and an enormous effort to buy troubled home loans. -
Analyst says Fairfax Financial aid to AbitibiBowater a step in right direction (MSN Money Canada)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 2:06pm CDT
MONTREAL - A $350-million investment in AbitibiBowater Inc. (TSX:ABH) by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) helped pushed shares of the paper and forestry company up 44 per cent Monday, although they're still worth less than they were a month ago. -
$270,000 gift to aid Union students (BPNews.net)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 1:55pm CDT
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Scholarship America has made a $270,000 donation to Union University to help students with financial needs following the Feb. 5 tornado that did $40 million in damage to the Jackson, Tenn., campus. -
UN seeks $500-M aid to stem world hunger (The Manila Times)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 9:44am CDT
LONDON: The UN agency charged with relieving world hunger has launched an “extraordinary emergency appeal” for at least $500 million (325 million euros), the Financial Times reported on Monday. -
(AFX UK Focus) 2008-03-24 11:31 GMT: Putin says Russia considering aid to Kosovo Serbs (Interactive Investor)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 4:58am CDT
MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his government to prepare possible deliveries of humanitarian aid to Serbs living in Kosovo, news agencies reported. -
Tuition Check: Student aid survives credit crunch (New York Daily News)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 1:46am CDT
Amid the avalanche of trouble plaguing the nation's financial service companies lately, some college students and their families have worried that financial aid and many educational loans could dry up this fall. -
Columbia, MIT announce aid reforms (Yale Daily News)
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 1:05am CDT
In the wake of similar reforms at Ivy League schools and Stanford University, Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveiled new financial-aid programs earlier this month. -
SKorea says humanitarian aid to NKorea not linked to nukes - report (Sharewatch)
Posted: March 23rd, 2008, 10:51pm CDT
SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korea will not link food and fertilizer aid to North Korea and progress in scrapping its nuclear weapons, Seoul's conservative new president said in an interview published Monday. -
Without state aid, P.G.'s 2008 budget proposal looks grim (Today's Sunbeam)
Posted: March 23rd, 2008, 12:56am CDT
PENNS GROVE The borough council introduced its proposed 2008 budget a spending plan that will require a significant increase in the local purpose tax due to state aid cuts to the public during a special meeting here last week. -
Do homework on financial aid (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 10:54pm CDT
It's that time of the year again. In the coming weeks, many colleges will start sending letters to students telling them what financial aid packages will be available to them. -
SCHOOL OF FINANCE (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 10:43pm CDT
oyce and Louis Colin expect to get little in the way of need-based financial aid when their daughter Jade, a senior at Warren Easton High School, heads off to college next year. -
Tornado disaster declaration is expanded (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 2:58pm CDT
Fulton County and two counties in east Georgia were cleared Saturday to apply for federal aid for the public cost of responding to tornado damage, and DeKalb County and five other counties were declared disaster areas so individuals also can get financial help. -
State flood aid unlikely here (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 2:25am CDT
This week's flooding resulted in two deaths region-wide, dozens of rescued stranded drivers, and swamped homes. Getting state flood-relief may be a long shot, but Butler and Warren county officials continued documenting flood damage in hopes that they could qualify for state aid. -
Lawmaker Urges New Financial Oversight (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted: March 21st, 2008, 9:40pm CDT
Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank is calling for tougher and broader regulations of the financial system after the fall of the investment bank Bear Stearns. -
Medical School Ups Financial Aid (The Harvard Crimson)
Posted: March 21st, 2008, 10:50am CDT
In an unprecedented initiative to reduce debt levels for medical students, Harvard Medical School Dean Jeffry S. Flier announced today that the school will eliminate the cost of attending for families earning below $120,000. -
Impact of new financial aid program difficult to determine (Student Life)
Posted: March 21st, 2008, 2:47am CDT
The long-term ramifications of a new Washington University financial aid policy that will eliminate student loans for students from families earning less than $60,000 annually are still unknown. -
Financial aid offered for moms (Deseret Morning News)
Posted: March 21st, 2008, 12:47am CDT
Education may be within reach for working moms and other moms and dads who might not otherwise think they have the chance to get a degree. -
Iowa Business Projects Get State Financial Aid (KWWL Iowa)
Posted: March 20th, 2008, 12:16pm CDT
Eleven business projects in Iowa are for some state financial help. Economic development officials approved state loans valued at $155 million for the projects for companies promising to create more than 600 jobs. -
Federal disaster aid welcomed by Washington County road crews (Greater Milwaukee Today)
Posted: March 20th, 2008, 12:01pm CDT
Snow-weary local highway departments will receive financial aid after one of the worst winters in recent history. -
College-Bound Students: Start Checking Your Mailboxes for Financial Aid Award Packages (Centre Daily Times)
Posted: March 20th, 2008, 1:57am CDT
Students who have been accepted to college and have applied for financial assistance will start getting their financial aid award letters in the upcoming weeks. For many families, the arrival of a school's financial aid award package means it is time to pull out the calculator. -
Financial aid pours in for bed ridden Fadli (The Malay Mail)
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 8:13pm CDT
Fadli's 24-year-old sister, Norzahila Kamarul Zaman, said the Selangor Religious Council (Mais) has been providing them with financial assistance. "Mais has been paying the bills for Fadli’s milk powder. -
‘Zip' on over to important financial aid information at www.kheaa.com (News Democrat & Leader)
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 12:36pm CDT
Three 'Zip' features at www.kheaa.com provide important information that Kentucky students and parents need to help them learn about and apply for student financial aid. -
Penn alters its financial-aid packages (BizJournals)
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 9:30am CDT
The University of Pennsylvania said the executive committee of its board of trustees on Tuesday reviewed the enhanced financial-aid program announced in December. -
Emergency financial aid fund set up for Union students (The Jackson Sun)
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 3:24am CDT
Scholarship America has set up a $270,000 emergency financial aid fund for Union University students with financial need to help them stay in school after they lost possessions and their dorm rooms in the Feb. 5 tornado. -
Claremont McKenna College Announces Big Change in Financial Aid (FOX 11 News Los Angeles)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 10:56am CDT
It’s a private college education at a public school price. Claremont McKenna is announcing a big change in its financial-aid policy.