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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 9:14am CDT
Jobless former scholars of the CNMI government will get relief from paying their student loans if Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signs into law a bill passed by the Legislature.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 5:19am CDT
Craig Osborne/ Democrat photo Michael Ruby sits with a stack of student loan paperwork at his home in Rochester on Friday.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 2:17am CDT
If you're facing years of student-loan payments but aren't making much money because you're working in public service, the federal government has some good news for you: A law that took effect July 1 could allow you to have some of your college debt forgiven.
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Posted: July 27th, 2008, 2:01am CDT
Students are facing increasing student loan debts as well as high credit card balances, without understanding the consequences after graduation
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Posted: July 26th, 2008, 9:19pm CDT
Comparison shopping for a private student loan — unlike a mortgage or an auto loan — may hurt your credit score.
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Posted: July 26th, 2008, 7:28pm CDT
State lawmakers are looking to give college students a break. It's a proposed low interest student loan program. Many students find themselves concerned about high interest loans and long term pay-back plans.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:58pm CDT
Comparison shopping for a private student loan may damage your credit score.
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Posted: July 25th, 2008, 10:15am CDT
GreenNote allows friends, family and strangers to invest in a student's future.
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Posted: July 24th, 2008, 11:07pm CDT
Second-quarter profit fell 40 percent for Stamford-based Student Loan Corp. as the company set aside $45.8 million during the quarter to cover bad loans, compared with $3.9 million in the same period last year.
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Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 8:00am CDT
With today's credit market making it more difficult for some Americans to fund their higher education and creating need among families for direction regarding available options, the Astrive Student Loans website (www.astrive.com) has been overhauled to become an information destination for students and families with questions or concerns about paying for college.
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Posted: July 16th, 2008, 4:21am CDT
Iowa City, Ia. - University of Iowa graduate student Sharavathi Guddehalli Parameswarappa is named after the Sharavathi River that flows west in the Karnataka state of India, where Sharavathi - Sharu for short - was born.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 11:07pm CDT
Congress' latest attempt to lower interest rates on student loans will provide little relief for most students, and the minor cut is only temporary. As a result of the College Cost Reduction and Access Act that the Democratic Congress passed in 2007, interest rates on government-subsidized loans were reduced this year from 6.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 10:46pm CDT
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against St. Paul-based student lender Northstar Higher Education for allegedly breaking its contract with student borrowers.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 1:39pm CDT
Our personal finance contributor discusses how to resolve the reverse mortgage of someone who has died, whether to buy a home while living off student loans and how to prioritize debt.
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Posted: July 15th, 2008, 5:19am CDT
CONCORD — New Hampshire student loan borrowers have the second highest debt burden in the country. Eighty-two percent of the 1,500 borrowers surveyed said that without student loans, attending college would not have been possible, according to...
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Posted: July 14th, 2008, 8:07am CDT
MRU Holdings, Inc. , a specialty finance company that provides private student loans through its consumer brand MyRichUncle® and its relationships with private label partners, today announced that on July 10th it closed its previously announced issuance of $140 million of asset-backed securities, backed by its private student loan portfolio.
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Posted: July 14th, 2008, 8:05am CDT
Borrowers will now be able to consolidate their variable-rate federal student loans at significantly lower fixed interest rates, thanks to the Fed's flurry of rate cuts over the last year.
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Posted: July 14th, 2008, 8:03am CDT
Five months after the collapse of the $330 billion auction-rate securities market, bonds backed by student loans show no signs of recovering. And that means no new house for Martin Doolan.
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Posted: July 13th, 2008, 10:18pm CDT
P.E.I. post-secondary education students can now apply for their student loans online, says Richard Brown, minister of Innovation and Advanced Learning.
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Posted: July 12th, 2008, 4:08pm CDT
Community college students are getting shut out when it comes to student loans, as big banks increasingly opt to finance studies only at four-year schools.