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Mother (and father), can you spare a dime? (Money via Yahoo! Finance)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:48:00 GMT
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I could not have bought my first house long ago without borrowing the down payment from Mom and Dad. Their loan got me started down the home-equity path, and it's paid dividends ever since.
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As rich rivals cut back, small colleges sell stability (Boston Globe)
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:44:11 GMT
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The letters and e-mails have been arriving from small private colleges across New England for weeks, delivering assurances to high school seniors and their parents around the country.
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What Will These 3 Mistakes Cost You? (The Motley Fool)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:06:55 GMT
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You won't know for years.
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Flaherty considers additional tax reductions (CTV Winnipeg)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:05:20 GMT
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Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Ottawa and Canada's banks will create a working group to loosen tight consumer credit, which has been the "number one concern" voiced during pre-budget consultations.
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Auto makers look to Mexico (The Globe and Mail)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:16:01 GMT
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And, what happens to CPP, OAS payments if consumer price index actually declines
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State college programs ordered to slash $25 million (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:55:27 GMT
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The cuts, announced in a memo from higher-education Chancellor Eric Fingerhut, amount to less than 1 percent of the state's $2.8 billion college budget.
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New Kid: Jay Byron, 25, pharmacy technician, Walgreens (Juice)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:29:57 GMT
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Jay Byron’s move to Ankeny in August was actually a delay of an earlier plan to move to Iowa.
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Nation's economic woes affecting colleges (FOX 19 Cincinnati)
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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:08:45 GMT
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The nation's economic troubles have hit colleges and universities, and some Tri-state schools are feeling it more than others. Investors aren't the only people on the edge of their seats during this financial meltdown.
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Atlanta agrees to turn water back on for college (Macon Telegraph)
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Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:27:31 GMT
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The city of Atlanta agreed Friday to turn the water back on for the troubled Morris Brown College in exchange for a $100,000 payment on the college's overdue $380,000 bill.
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Hot jobs: Demand, pay is high for the right skills (The State)
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:30:14 GMT
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It’s often said someone makes money even in a bad economy. Whereas workers in some industries are being laid off by the thousands, in others — such as engineering, accounting, nursing, pharmacy and, as the cost of shipping by truck has risen, railroads — the watchword is “hired,” not “fired,” as new employees are being promised high-paying jobs. Of course, many of the jobs have their downsides, ...
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