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Student Loan Companies In Settlement Talks - Forbes
the attorney general of new york is negotiating settlements with eight student loan companies to reform deceptive practices in the industry. a particular focus is the marketing of products so they appear to be federal loans, an official said friday ...
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Student Loan Companies In Settlement Talks
the attorney general of new york is negotiating settlements with eight student loan companies to reform deceptive practices in the industry. a particular focus is the marketing of products so they appear to be federal loans, an official said friday.
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Eight Student Loan Companies In Settlement Talks With Cuomo
attorney general andrew cuomo is going to be in east rochester on monday to talk about his office's efforts to reform deceptive student loan practices.
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Bank Of America Ready To Settle Securities Probes - San Diego Union-tribune
washington – bank of america corp. said friday it is ready to settle federal and state investigations into sales of risky auction-rate securities, joining eight other big investment banks that have agreed to buy back a total of more than $50 ...
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Bankruptcy Lawyers Can Advise Clients On Debt-court - Reuters
new york, sept 5 (reuters) - the federal appeals court in st. louis declared unconstitutional a section of the u.s. bankruptcy code that prohibits attorneys from advising their clients on taking on more debt while contemplating a bankruptcy filing ...
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Student Loan Availability Squeezed
dallas — it’s crunch time for families seeking college financial aid as bills for the fall semester’s tuition and room and board come due. but the ongoing credit crunch has caused some lenders to stop making student loans and to raise lending standards — forcing many students and their families to seek alternative sources of financing. key among those: federally guaranteed student loans, ...
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Public, Non-profit Student Loan Provider To Get Proper Funding
governor steve beshear announced friday that the state has finalized the deal to provide the state's only public nonprofit student loan provider $50 million with which to make student loans during the 2008-2009 school year.
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More Students Need Financial Help, Mu Says - Columbia Daily Tribune
kansas city - the neediest students are taking out more student loans to meet the cost of education, according to a report presented to the university of missouri board of curators yesterday. "the amount of unmet need, after you apply all aid, has ...
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Fitch Affirms 2 & Downgrades 1 Class From Parts 2007-ct-1 - Forbes
fitch ratings has affirmed the following two classes and downgraded the following class from the private student loan transaction parts 2007-ct1.
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Credit Crunch Reaches Student Loan Market
many college students have now begun their fall semester. this year, some of those students may have a harder time getting the money they need to pay for school.
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Cuomo Applauds New Federal Student Loan Law
a new federal law is extending protections to students nationwide against college loan fraud that attorney general andrew cuomo helped secure for new yorkers last year.
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Student Tax Planning Can Save A Bundle - Globe And Mail
how important is it for your child to enroll in a postsecondary education? before you answer that question, consider the story of calvin robinson, 19, who was arrested in june in spokane, wash. as it turns out, mr. robinson was arrested for allegedly ...
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Two Former Brokers Charged With Fraud - Washington Post
new york, sept. 3 -- two former wall street brokers were indicted wednesday and accused by federal regulators of putting more than $1 billion of client money into unauthorized investments backed by shaky collateral such as subprime mortgages, and ...
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Counseling On Student Loans Now May Ease Pain Later
what students about to take out their first loan should know.
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More Cons Than Pros To 401(k) Loan
in the past year, the credit crunch has spread from mortgages to student loans and other types of debt. home equity lines of credit have been reeled in.
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Students Forced To Embrace A New Work Ethic - Times Online
the unflattering stereotype of the average student, enjoying daytime soap operas or lazy afternoons in the pub, could soon be a thing of the past. this week times money spoke to a group of new and existing students about the financial pressures ...
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Nation & World Business Briefs: More Airlines On Time - Detroit Free Press
delta air lines' regional subsidiary comair had the worst on-time performance in july among airlines surveyed by the department of transportation, according to government data released wednesday. but overall, the nation's airlines were on time more ...
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Federal Student Loan Efforts Finding Fair Share Of Takers
student lenders plan to finance a significant portion of their federally guaranteed loans this academic year using two programs the department of education started in july to guarantee liquidity to the market.
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Student Lenders Under Scrutiny
new york's attorney general threatens lawsuits against eight student lenders, alleging deceptive marketing practices.
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Bank Of America Seeks To Settle Auction-rate Accords (update1) - Bloomberg
sept. 5 (bloomberg) -- bank of america corp. , the nation's second-largest bank, said it wants to settle state and federal regulatory probes into how it marketed auction-rate securities on terms similar to agreements with other major banks. ``we ...
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