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Diana Clement : How to save teens from the credit trap
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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:10:57 -0700
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Getting sucked into the credit card trap seems to be a teenage rite of passage in New Zealand.Every year, plenty of teenagers and those in their early 20s rack up huge debt - sometimes in the tens of thousands of dollars. Believe...
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7 Strategies to Avoid the Student-Debt Trap
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:12:58 -0700
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There are ways to pay for college without relying too heavily on loans.
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What you should know about student loans
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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:05:57 -0700
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From tuition fees and top-up grants to what happens with repayments, here's what's on offer What do I get? There are two types of loan: a tuition fee loan to cover the £3,290 course fees you will have to pay, and a maintenance loan to help with day-to-day living costs. These form your total package and neither has to be paid off until after you finish your degree. How much is it worth and when ...
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Reader Mailbag: Tips on handling a debt snowball
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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:23:25 -0700
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A look at a reader's debt snowball and how to go about paying it off.
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Personal Finance: Conquer college bills with four simple tips
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Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:44:40 -0700
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It's a bill like no other, frightfully huge, with perhaps $20,000 that has to be paid almost instantly. If your child is getting ready to start college and you have just received one of these bills, you're probably among the parents fixated on that price tag while trying to count sheep at bedtime.
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Savings Goals: Retirement Trumps College
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Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:48:13 -0700
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Which should take priority? Building a retirement nest egg or saving for a child's college expenses?
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WilliamPaid Challenge Helps Renters Tackle Student Loans
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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:00:00 -0700
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With student loan debt averaging $23,186 for graduates of four-year college and universities, according to a study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics at the U.S.
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