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Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:08pm CST
In raising money and investing it with a nonprofit lending institution, the Meadows School in Las Vegas is by all accounts the first high school to operate a microbank.
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Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:05am CST
University of Hawai'i graduate student Nolan Kido says he's lucky "Granny" loves him. "She allows me to live in her basement so I can afford to eat," said Kido, 29, of 'Aiea, who is in his second year pursuing a doctorate in accounting at UH-Manoa.
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Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:08am CST
The latest numbers from the federal government show Nevadans who began repaying federal student loans in fiscal 2005-06 defaulting at higher rates than borrowers in 45 other states.
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Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:08am CST
“Why would they give some kid $60,000? What gave me the privileges to take out loans like that?”
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Posted: November 29th, 2008, 11:22pm CST
WASHINGTON -- Student advocacy groups are urging the Treasury Department to prevent a new $200 billion consumer-lending program from benefiting private student lenders, which they say are largely unregulated and prey on students with risky, high-interest loans. ... - By AMIT R. PALEY The Washington Post
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Posted: November 28th, 2008, 1:18pm CST
About 20 credit unions in Connecticut have agreed to start making student loans at fixed interest rates significantly below the 6.99 percent rate now offered by the Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority.
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Posted: November 28th, 2008, 9:21am CST
Student advocacy groups are urging the Treasury Department to prevent a new $200 billion consumer lending program from benefiting private student lenders, which they say are largely unregulated and prey on students with risky, high-interest loans. The program, announced this week and developed by the Treasury and Federal Reserve, is not aimed specifically at the student loan market. Its much ...
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Posted: November 28th, 2008, 8:22am CST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Student advocacy groups warned U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. that a new program to support private student loans could hurt borrowers.
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Posted: November 28th, 2008, 2:25am CST
A $200-billion federal consumer-lending plan shouldn't benefit private providers of student loans, several groups tell Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. Student advocacy groups are urging the Treasury Department to prevent a new $200-billion consumer-lending program from benefiting private student lenders, which they say are largely unregulated and prey on students with risky, high-interest ...
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Posted: November 27th, 2008, 9:55pm CST
Student advocacy groups are urging the Treasury Department to prevent a new $200 billion consumer-lending program from benefiting private student lenders, which they say are largely unregulated and prey on students with risky, high-interest loans.