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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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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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SUSAN TOMPOR: If your 2009 was rough, seek breaks at tax time (Detroit Free Press)
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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:27:11 GMT
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For thousands of people in Michigan, 2009 was a pretty rough year. But now that it's tax time, there may be some breaks available for those who lost a job, looked for one, were overwhelmed by debt or had to take a pay cut.
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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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Home Buyer Tax Credit Likely To Cost Taxpayers $100K Per Home: Calculated Risk (The Huffington Post)
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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:56:18 GMT
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What's Your Reaction? Recent indications that demand for housing is lagging, Calculated Risk writes, are "no surprise and suggests that the extension and expansion of the home buyer tax credit will probably cost taxpayers over $100,000 for each additional home sold.
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Tax talk: Many didn't realize debt forgiveness affects taxes (The Fort Collins Coloradoan)
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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:09:09 GMT
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Question: In 2009, I had debt cancellation, how does it get reported on my tax return?
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What next for Obama's health plan? (BBC News)
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Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:46:05 GMT
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President Obama's health plan has suffered another setback after cross-party talks ended without a deal. What now for the proposals?
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