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Defaults on student loans rising (12 News Phoenix)
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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:19:01 GMT
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Every year, tens of thousands of college students and graduates stop making payments on their student loans. For more than a decade, that loan-default rate was in decline because the federal government toughened penalties for schools with high shares of defaults.
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Dealing with student-loan debt (12 News Phoenix)
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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:19:21 GMT
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• Seek help early. If you lose your job, consider asking your lender right away about options to lower or postpone monthly payments. A lot of people wait until it's too late and the overdue notices pile up.
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Defaults on student loans rising (The Arizona Republic)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:05:42 GMT
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Advocates cite tuition, loose lending, low wages.
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Silence reigns in Ireland's new suburbs (Deutsche Welle)
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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:39:55 GMT
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Since its building boom ended, Ireland has become a land of unoccupied and half-finished houses. Now, housing market analysts in the country are asking themselves the proverbial question: What went wrong?
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Congress battling over consumer agency (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:09:59 GMT
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One of the most contentious issues in Congress, after health care, is the proposed creation of an independent consumer protection agency for financial products such as bank accounts, credit cards, mortgages and some student and auto loans. Many Democrats and... Credit card - Financial services - Loan - Business - Bank account
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Community calendar (The Daily Comet)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:09:33 GMT
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Published: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.
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School board group faces fraud probe, money crisis (The Des Moines Register)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:10:18 GMT
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A group funded with taxpayer money is in the midst of a financial crisis and has asked forensic auditors to look for evidence of fraud and criminal activity at the organization.
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Fitch Affirms Alachua County, FL's Gas Tax & Half-Cent Sales Tax at 'A+'; Limited GO Debt at 'A' (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:38:00 GMT
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NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings takes the following rating action on Alachua County, Florida's gas tax and sales tax bonds and its limited tax general obligation bonds as part of its continuous surveillance effort:
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Place/BV Student Housing Fund Closes on $58.8 Million Project (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:02:00 GMT
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Place/BV Student Housing Fund, LLC, a real estate investment fund focused on the acquisition and development of student housing properties nationwide, announces the closing of the construction loan for Tailor Lofts in Chicago, Illinois.
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Chalkboard (Abilene Reporter-News)
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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:50:00 GMT
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AISD spring break will be March 15-19. Map/directions to away events are provided at the school office. Go online at www.abileneisd.org for more information on all Abilene ISD schools. Go online at www.wylie.esc14.net for information on Wylie ISD schools. Information on high school athletics is included in the Sports Section of the Abilene ...
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