Saturday, October 01, 2005

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan


Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Sep 22, 2005 SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million

Fitch Rates SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Fitch rates the following floating-rate student loan asset-backed notes issued by SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2:

PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate
Yahoo! News (press release) - Sep 28, 2005 HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PHEAA announced today that the agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate.

ACS Awarded Renewed Contract for Student Loan Servicing and Tax
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 26, 2005 information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a renewed, three-year contract to provide student loan servicing, tax

Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 Upgraded by Fitch
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 28, 2005--Fitch upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-2 notes for Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 as follows:

Attention: Student Loan Holders Rates are Changing every July
PR Web (press release), WA - Sep 26, 2005 All last year, we alerted our borrowers that student-loan rates had hit an all-time low and were predicted to increase with the next annual adjustment.

Ohio's Preferred Nonprofit Student Loan Consolidator, Student Lending Works, Reduces Interest Rates, Launches


Ohio's Preferred Nonprofit Student Loan Consolidator, Student Lending Works, Reduces Interest Rates, Launches
Business Wire via Yahoo! - CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.

Student Lending Works Launches Today; Combating Recent Interest Rate Increases, Nonprofit Student Lending Work
Business Wire - 8, 2005--In February, the State of Ohio designated Student Lending Works as the Ohio nonprofit agency to serve as an eligible lender of federal student loans. Student Lending Works (http://www.studentlendingworks.org) launches its website today.

John Schneider: LCC students sound off on student-loan glitch


John Schneider: LCC students sound off on student-loan glitch
Lansing State Journal, MI - Sep 26, 2005 The financial-aid fiasco at Lansing Community College has served up some bitter lessons for students there. As I wrote Wednesday

Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 Upgraded by Fitch
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 28, 2005--Fitch upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-2 notes for Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 as follows:

American Education Services Offers Student Loan Repayment Relief
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 16, 2005 16 /PRNewswire/ -- American Education Services (AES) announced today that it is suspending student loan debt payments for borrowers residing in those areas

American Education Services Achieves All-time Low Student Loan
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 28, 2005 28 /PRNewswire/ -- American Education Services (AES) announced today that the agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate.

PHEAA Offers Student Loan Repayment Relief to Hurricane Victims
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 16, 2005 16 /PRNewswire/ -- PHEAA announced today that it is suspending student loan debt payments for borrowers residing in those areas affected by Hurricane Katrina

Big Movers in the Stock Market


Big Movers in the Stock Market
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 28 2:05 PM
Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

Fitch Rates SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2 Issue
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 28 8:57 AM
Fitch rates the following floating-rate student loan asset-backed notes issued by SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2:

Your views for Thursday, September 29, 2005
La Crosse Tribune - Sep 29 9:26 AM
Are you proud ofthis administration? After reading several letters from obvious conservatives criticizing apparent liberals about their criticism of the Bush administration, I have to ask, what do conservatives have to be proud of that this administration has done?

Some Cases to Be Heard by Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
ABORTION: A review of a parental notification law from New Hampshire that gives justices a chance to make it harder to bring legal challenges against abortion restrictions (Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood, 04-1144).

First Marblehead chief quits after gift
SanLuisObispo.com - Sep 28 8:12 AM
BOSTON - Shares of First Marblehead Corp. plunged 18 percent after the chief executive of the student loan-services provider resigned following his admission that he had given gifts valued at $32,000 to a former employee of a major client, the company said.

Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 Upgraded by Fitch
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 28 9:16 AM
Fitch upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-2 notes for Nelnet Student Loan Trust 2002-1 as follows:

Ohio's Preferred Nonprofit Student Loan Consolidator, Student


Ohio's Preferred Nonprofit Student Loan Consolidator, Student
dBusinessNews Cincinnati (press release), OH - Sep 21, 2005 Student Lending Works (http://www.StudentLendingWorks.org) is Ohio's only designated nonprofit provider of student loan consolidation products.

Sallie Mae bid for state-run student-loan business
Miami Herald, FL - Sep 1, 2005 HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sallie Mae's $1 billion offer to take over the state's student loan agency has expired, the for-profit student-loan giant said in a letter.

John Schneider: LCC students sound off on student-loan glitch
Lansing State Journal, MI - Sep 26, 2005 The financial-aid fiasco at Lansing Community College has served up some bitter lessons for students there. As I wrote Wednesday

Frequently asked questions about HCI
Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 8 hours ago obligations? A: You may be eligible for a discharge of your student loan if you have a Federal Stafford, PLUS, or Perkins Loan.

Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The first, dated June 22, assumed student loan takeup rates for fees rising from 79 per cent in 2005-06 to 95 per cent in 2008-09 and future years.

Bank Of America Tip Leads To CEO Resignation


Bank Of America Tip Leads To CEO Resignation
The Boston Channel - Daniel Meyers resigned earlier this week after Bank of America notified First Marblehead's general counsel that Meyers had use his own money to buy $32,000 worth of gifts for Kathy Cannon, a student loan executive at Bank of America.

Editorial: Student aid outlook bleak in Congress
Star Tribune - But they're in concert with our view of the higher-ed lawmaking that's in progress this year at the nation's Capitol: It's disappointing. in volunteering an expected $37 billion over 10 years in savings from student loan program changes for disaster relief

PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate
WKYT - PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PHEAA announced today that the agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate.

A legal hand for foster children
San Francisco Chronicle - Children's Law Center of Los Angeles released today, student loan debt drastically affects the ability to recruit and

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2002-A (0001321786) (Filer)
SEC Filings - Cover]Filing contains an SEC-released cover letter or correspondence.

Strong housing seen driving ABS to record volume
Reuters - duration asset class, backed by pools of home equity, auto, credit card and student loan receivables, has been strong

Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m


Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The first, dated June 22, assumed student loan takeup rates for fees rising from 79 per cent in 2005-06 to 95 per cent in 2008-09 and future years.

Fitch Presale on National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3/NCF
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 16, 2005 16, 2005--Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report on National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCSLT) 2005-3/NCF Grantor Trust 2005-3.

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Sep 22, 2005 SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million

Student loan exec from Marblehead quits over client gifts
The Daily Item of Lynn, MA - Sep 28, 2005 Daniel M. Meyers, 42, of 25 Summer St., bank board chairman and chief executive officer of student loan services, left his post following a meeting with the

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2005 20, 2005--Fitch rates the following notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8: -- $77,747,000 class B floating-rate student loan-backed notes, 'AA+'.

Friday, September 30, 2005

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

BofA tip leads to Boston CEO's resignation


BofA tip leads to Boston CEO's resignation
Charlotte Business Journal - The chief executive of First Marblehead Corp. of Boston resigned this week after it was learned he had purchased gifts for a Bank of America Corp. executive. Daniel Meyers, whose company provides student-loan outsourcing services, bought $32,000 in gifts for a BofA (NYSE: BAC) student-loan executive, according to published reports

The Allure of Buying Your Own Private Island
New York Times - and recently retired from his job at the student-loan provider Sallie Mae, said owning an island seemed much more

Hearing on Harrison Career Institute moved to D.C
CourierPostOnline.com - of fraudulent use of taxpayer-supported student loan money. The original hearing, set to begin eligibility to participate in federal student loan programs, said Rod Dixon, attorney

Nelnet agrees to buy Chela Education assets
Reuters - Sept 27 (Reuters) - Student loan finance company Nelnet Inc. ( NNI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday agreed to buy the assets of Chela Education Financing Inc., the two firms said in a joint news statement. the acquisition included an about $2.3 billion student loan portfolio, related servicing and origination assets, and

ACS Awarded Renewed Contract for Student Loan Servicing and Tax Credit Reporting With University of Pittsburgh
WTOL-TV - ACS Awarded Renewed Contract for Student Loan Servicing and Tax Credit Reporting With University of three-year contract to provide student loan servicing, tax credit reporting, and

U.S. Stocks Gain on Durable-Goods Report; Honeywell Shares Rise


U.S. Stocks Gain on Durable-Goods Report; Honeywell Shares Rise
Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 7:20 AM
U.S. Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced after a government report showed a bigger-than-expected increase in durable-goods orders.

Facts about the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina
WOAI - Sep 27 12:00 PM
-- More than 72,000 unified federal personnel have been deployed. -- More than 49,800 lives have been saved and rescued. -- 89,400 people are currently housed in shelters throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

First Marblehead Chief Quits After Gift
Newsday - Sep 28 8:20 AM
BOSTON -- Shares of First Marblehead Corp. plunged 18 percent after the chief executive of the student loan-services provider resigned following his admission that he had given gifts valued at $32,000 to a former employee of a major client, the company said.

Pitt sticks with ACS outsourcing
BizJournals - Sep 26 6:54 AM
Affiliated Computer Services, which in May bought Mellon Financial Corp.'s outsourcing unit, said Monday it has a three-year extension to handle student loan servicing and other functions for the University of Pittsburgh.

PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 28 9:47 AM
Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-7 and A-9 notes of PNC 1997-2 as follows:

Attention: Student Loan Holders Rates are Changing every July


Attention: Student Loan Holders Rates are Changing every July
PR Web (press release), WA - Sep 26, 2005 All last year, we alerted our borrowers that student-loan rates had hit an all-time low and were predicted to increase with the next annual adjustment.

Fitch Presale on National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3/NCF
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 16, 2005 16, 2005--Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report on National Collegiate Student Loan Trust (NCSLT) 2005-3/NCF Grantor Trust 2005-3.

NZ can t afford not to wipe student loan interest
Scoop.co.nz (press release), New Zealand - Sep 16, 2005 The reality is that students struggle to survive on the meagre amount that they are currently allowed to borrow from the student loan scheme each week.

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2005 20, 2005--Fitch rates the following notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8: -- $77,747,000 class B floating-rate student loan-backed notes, 'AA+'.

Schneider: Gibson's helps out in LCC student-loan crisis
Lansing State Journal, MI - Sep 22, 2005 He was originally told that the student loan money would flow by Wednesday. Now he's under instructions to hold the checks until Sept. 30.

More debts piling on students each year
Daily Illini, IL - 11 hours ago While Mann said there are several positive aspects to taking out a student loan, he warned students about the responsibilities that come with owing money.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

The Allure of Buying Your Own Private Island


The Allure of Buying Your Own Private Island
New York Times - and recently retired from his job at the student-loan provider Sallie Mae, said owning an island seemed much more

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
PA News via The Scotsman Online - SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million package of reforms to student finances being debated at the SNP's annual conference today. party would replace the current student loan system with means-tested grants and

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2002-A (0001321786) (Filer)
SEC Filings - Cover]Filing contains an SEC-released cover letter or correspondence.

Fixing errors in credit report is no small task
USA Today - Tyrone Davis' personal information to take out a student loan for a technical school in Baltimore, then defaulted never took out the bad student loan on his record, but no

Market Highlights
Winston-Salem Journal - The chief executive of the student-loan-services provider resigned after admitting giving gifts to a former employee of

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

Cullen ordered to release student loan papers


Cullen ordered to release student loan papers
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Ombudsman has ordered Finance Minister Michael Cullen to release papers on its student loan policy by 5pm today. Dr Cullen refused

Treasury student loan scenario not valid - PM
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The high take-up rate Treasury had used to cost Labour's interest-free student loan policy was "not a valid scenario", Prime Minister Helen Clark says.

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2005 20, 2005--Fitch rates the following notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8: -- $77,747,000 class B floating-rate student loan-backed notes, 'AA+'.

Collegiate Funding Services, Inc. Grants Forbearance to Qualified
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 14, 2005 DCTH039LOGO ) CFS is implementing the Department of Education's three-month loan forbearance provisions on federally guaranteed student loan programs to

Student loan policy will cost more
NZ City, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Minister of Finance has released the costings of Labour's interest-free student loan policy and they show it will cost far more than Michael Cullen said it

Student loan policy will cost more


Student loan policy will cost more
NZ City, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Minister of Finance has released the costings of Labour's interest-free student loan policy and they show it will cost far more than Michael Cullen said it

Cullen ordered to release student loan papers
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Ombudsman has ordered Finance Minister Michael Cullen to release papers on its student loan policy by 5pm today. Dr Cullen refused

John Schneider: LCC students sound off on student-loan glitch
Lansing State Journal, MI - Sep 26, 2005 The financial-aid fiasco at Lansing Community College has served up some bitter lessons for students there. As I wrote Wednesday

Treasury student loan scenario not valid - PM
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The high take-up rate Treasury had used to cost Labour's interest-free student loan policy was "not a valid scenario", Prime Minister Helen Clark says.

Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The first, dated June 22, assumed student loan takeup rates for fees rising from 79 per cent in 2005-06 to 95 per cent in 2008-09 and future years.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

WHO's Next for Satyam


WHO's Next for Satyam
The Channel Insider - outsourcing contract with First Group of America and a student loan services pact with the University of Pittsburgh

Can government snag a new generation of enthusiastic, dedicated workers?
US News - These include student loan repayments of up to $60,000, hiring bonuses up to 100 percent of salary, and fast-track entry

The thrifty student who didn't pass the credit test
Telegraph - ever been overdrawn once - by 10 - and her only debts are a student loan. She adds: ' I didn't take a gap year and went

Cleveland coach pushes players to pursue dreams
Seattle Post Intelligencer - at Southern University the following fall. Miller's student loan didn't come through until his second semester, but by

Students deal with plastic money and real money
Daily Collegian - CORAL GABLES, Fla. - On any given day, students passing through the Breezeway can walk away with a new credit card - and a financial debt waiting to happen. usage among college students conducted by Nellie Mae, student loan provider, 76 percent of undergrads have a credit card

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3 Notes And Certs Assigned Preliminary Ratings
Standard and Poor's - 23, 2005. Subsequent information may result in the assignment of final ratings that differ from the preliminary ratings. ratings to National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3's $1.676 billion student loan asset

Fitch Rates SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2 Issue


Fitch Rates SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2 Issue
Business Wire - US Eastern Timezone Fitch Rates SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2 Issue NEW YORK--(BUSINESS the following floating-rate student loan asset-backed notes issued by SLC Student Loan Trust

Letter: Republicans try to balance deficit on students' backs
Daily Lobo - 609) cuts student aid by raising student loan interest rates, eliminating critical borrower benefits and freezing

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
PA News via The Scotsman Online - SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million package of reforms to student finances being debated at the SNP's annual conference today. party would replace the current student loan system with means-tested grants and

Fixing errors in credit report is no small task
USA Today - Tyrone Davis' personal information to take out a student loan for a technical school in Baltimore, then defaulted never took out the bad student loan on his record, but no

PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings
Business Wire UK - September 28, 2005 12:47 PM US Eastern Timezone PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. , -

American Education Services Achieves All-time Low Student Loan Default Rate
WIVB - American Education Services Achieves All-time Low Student Loan Default Rate Email to a Friend Printer Friendly agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate

First Marblehead Announces Resignation of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


First Marblehead Announces Resignation of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 27 1:40 PM
The First Marblehead Corporation , a leading provider of outsourcing services for private, non-governmental education lending, announced today that its Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Daniel M.

STURGEON IN STUDENT GRANT VOW
Sunday Mail - Sep 24 5:21 PM
NICOLA STURGEON yesterday unveiled SNP plans to scrap student loans and bring back grants. Deputy leader Sturgeon told the party's conference in Aviemore that young people were "the foundation on which our future will be built".

Borrowers avoid fraud problems
The Des Moines Register - Sep 22 2:27 AM
WHAT'S NEW: A missing compact disc that contains data about Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. borrowers remains missing, but no borrowers have reported suspicious activity on their accounts, said Steve McCullough, chief executive officer.

U.S. Stocks Gain on Durable-Goods Report; Honeywell Shares Rise
Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 7:11 AM
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced after a government report showed a bigger-than-expected increase in durable-goods orders. ``The economy itself seems to be in reasonably good shape,'' Michael Mullaney, who helps manage $10 billion at Fiduciary Trust Co. in Boston said before the report.

NYU loan payment rate high
Washington Square News - Sep 22 1:18 AM
NYU graduates are well above the national average when it comes to repaying federal student loans, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Education last week.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

Tax Breaks for Katrina May Aid Rich More


Tax Breaks for Katrina May Aid Rich More
The Daily Comet - Sep 20 3:34 PM
Tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims get their hands on needed cash could do more for higher income survivors than for the neediest, a congressional report says.

Deadline for nursing loan forgiveness program extended
Standard-Journal - Sep 23 8:08 AM
MILTON -- Area nurses are reminded that the application deadline for the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency's (PHEAA) Nursing Loan Forgiveness for Healthier Futures program has been extended from Aug. 31 to Dec. 31 for any student who graduates in 2005.

ON THE MOVE
Austin American-Statesman - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
Brook Pallanez has been named executive director of Sallie Mae Texas , the national student loan company. She had been vice president of West region sales for the Sallie Mae Education Trust lending brand.

Displaced students carry on at CSUSM
North County Times - Sep 24 10:48 PM
SAN MARCOS ----- One escaped the hurricane, another moved when she saw the wreckage Katrina inflicted on her Louisiana hometown.

News
Texas State University Star - Sep 21 12:35 PM
There was no fight. That was the message on the lips and T-shirts of more than 80 Texas State students at a packed press conference held by black student leaders Tuesday to address the Sept. 11 confrontation between law enforcement officers and attendees of the African American Leadership Conference.

Fitch Issues Presale Report on SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2


Fitch Issues Presale Report on SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 19 10:16 AM
Fitch Ratings has issued a presale report on SLC Student Loan Trust 2005-2.

New Program to Keep Teachers and Nurses in the State of Maryland
Baltimore Times - Sep 16 9:32 AM
The Sallie Mae Student Loan Rebate Program is a program that would give qualified teachers and nurses incentives, after graduation, to stay and teach in the state of Maryland. The governors office and Sallie Mae representatives announced the program.

Dally wants hearing on school loans
The Morning Call - Sep 25 12:19 AM
A state lawmaker has called for a House consumer affairs hearing on the high-interest loans of Lehigh Valley College students.

Taking a chance on the future
Stuff - Sep 26 3:28 PM
PLACE IN THE SUN: Australia's Gold Coast is a popular destination for Kiwis young and old, but may become out of reach for those who have relied only on property inflation and the Government for an income after retirement.

Facts and figures on the government's disaster relief efforts as of September 19.
KATC3 - Sep 20 8:07 AM
Facts and figures on the government's disaster relief efforts as of September 19. -- More than 72-thousand unified federal personnel have been deployed.

CONSUMER WATCH: Many feel pain of rising interest rates
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sep 24 10:52 PM
When Greenspan speaks, a lot of consumers suffer. For the longest time, Americans benefited handsomely from low interest rates. But the good times are over for many.

Cullen releases student loan costings


Cullen releases student loan costings
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 Treasury initial costings on Labour's interest free student loan policy show a far higher cost than later figures. The documents

Treasury student loan scenario not valid - PM
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The high take-up rate Treasury had used to cost Labour's interest-free student loan policy was "not a valid scenario", Prime Minister Helen Clark says.

ACS Awarded Renewed Contract for Student Loan Servicing and Tax
PR Newswire (press release), NY - Sep 26, 2005 information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a renewed, three-year contract to provide student loan servicing, tax

Credit Counselling Canada: Managing Your Student Loan-Start Now
CCNMatthews (Communiqu s de presse), Canada - Sep 23, 2005 Here are a few tips for managing your student loan: - Remember that student loan payments start six months after leaving school

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2005 20, 2005--Fitch rates the following notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8: -- $77,747,000 class B floating-rate student loan-backed notes, 'AA+'.

Structural Changes Prompt Fitch to Revise US Student Loan ABS
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 13, 2005 13, 2005--The evolution of the US student loan asset-backed securities market goes right down to the structures themselves, which have become more complicated

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

Borrowers avoid fraud problems


Borrowers avoid fraud problems
The Des Moines Register - Sep 22 2:06 AM
WHATS NEW: A missing compact disc that contains data about Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. borrowers remains missing, but no borrowers have reported suspicious activity on their accounts, said Steve McCullough, chief executive officer. BACKGROUND: The lender earlier this month informed about 165,000 people, mostly Iowans, that some of their personal information was on a disc lost en route

Katrina reminds us of our tradition of aid
FSView - Sep 26 4:08 AM
The Katrina disaster was a huge blow to this country. Hundreds are dead. Families lost everything, their jobs, their homes, and their social network. The sick and the elderly in the region were victimized.

Huckabee announces appointments to state panels
Arkansas News Bureau - Sep 26 12:50 PM
LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Huckabee announced 38 recent appointments to state boards and commissions Friday. -Francis O'Brien of Midway reappointed to the Athletic Commission. He is a real estate agent. His term expires July 15, 2007.

Tax Breaks for Katrina May Aid Rich More
The Daily Comet - Sep 20 3:34 PM
Tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims get their hands on needed cash could do more for higher income survivors than for the neediest, a congressional report says.

Easy loans for your child's MBA
Rediff.com - Sep 24 12:29 AM
Educational loans can be a boon to students wondering how to finance their ambitious graduate plans.

City should look, act like college town
AberdeenNews.com - Sep 21 2:26 AM
When I was in college in Los Angeles, I visited a place called Westwood. I had never heard of Westwood, but a bus would ferry students from our campus to it. I thought it was a mall, but other students just said it was a "place."

Monday, September 26, 2005

Regents OK plan to lower in-state tuition


Regents OK plan to lower in-state tuition
Missoulian - Sep 24 11:07 PM
BILLINGS - Faced with mounting concern by students over tuition increases, the Board of Regents on Friday gave the University of Montana permission to launch a pilot program aimed at making college more affordable to Montana high school graduates.

Tax breaks for Katrina may aid rich more
The Fresno Bee - Sep 20 3:52 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims get their hands on needed cash could do more for higher income survivors than for the neediest, a congressional report says.

Students Call for Federal Education Funding Protection - The Daily Californian
The Daily Californian - Sep 21 8:22 AM
Hundreds of students hit the telephone lines yesterday for a national call-in day in a nationwide drive to protect federal loan and aid programs by shooting down the 2005 College Access and Opportunity Act.

Huckabee announces appointments to state panels
Arkansas News Bureau - Sep 26 12:50 PM
LITTLE ROCK - Gov. Mike Huckabee announced 38 recent appointments to state boards and commissions Friday. -Francis O'Brien of Midway reappointed to the Athletic Commission. He is a real estate agent. His term expires July 15, 2007.

Tax Breaks for Katrina May Aid Rich More
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 21 11:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - House and Senate tax writers agreed Tuesday on a package of tax breaks designed to help Hurricane Katrina victims recoup their losses and access needed cash.

Displaced students carry on at CSUSM
North County Times - Sep 24 10:48 PM
SAN MARCOS ----- One escaped the hurricane, another moved when she saw the wreckage Katrina inflicted on her Louisiana hometown.

Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m


Treasury costs student loan plan at $924m
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 14, 2005 The first, dated June 22, assumed student loan takeup rates for fees rising from 79 per cent in 2005-06 to 95 per cent in 2008-09 and future years.

Schneider: Gibson's helps out in LCC student-loan crisis
Lansing State Journal, MI - Sep 22, 2005 He was originally told that the student loan money would flow by Wednesday. Now he's under instructions to hold the checks until Sept. 30.

John Schneider: LCC students sound off on student-loan glitch
Lansing State Journal, MI - 15 hours ago The financial-aid fiasco at Lansing Community College has served up some bitter lessons for students there. As I wrote Wednesday

Student loan policy will cost more
NZ City, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Minister of Finance has released the costings of Labour's interest-free student loan policy and they show it will cost far more than Michael Cullen said it

Attention: Student Loan Holders Rates are Changing every July
PR Web (press release), WA - 18 hours ago All last year, we alerted our borrowers that student-loan rates had hit an all-time low and were predicted to increase with the next annual adjustment.

Cullen ordered to release student loan papers
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Ombudsman has ordered Finance Minister Michael Cullen to release papers on its student loan policy by 5pm today. Dr Cullen refused

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan


Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Sep 22, 2005 SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million

Student loan policy will cost more
NZ City, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Minister of Finance has released the costings of Labour's interest-free student loan policy and they show it will cost far more than Michael Cullen said it

Cullen ordered to release student loan papers
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 The Ombudsman has ordered Finance Minister Michael Cullen to release papers on its student loan policy by 5pm today. Dr Cullen refused

NZ student loan interest too high - international report
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Sep 13, 2005 Usher said. Mr Usher said recent moves by the Government to reduce student loan interest were a move in the right direction. Labour

Fitch Rates SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8 Issue
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 20, 2005 20, 2005--Fitch rates the following notes issued by SLM Student Loan Trust 2005-8: -- $77,747,000 class B floating-rate student loan-backed notes, 'AA+'.

Secretary Spellings Announces New Low Student Loan Default Rate
U.S. Department of Education (press release), DC - Sep 14, 2005 US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced today a new low student loan default rate of 4.5 percent, and she credited schools, loan industry

Structural Changes Prompt Fitch to Revise U.S. Student Loan ABS Criteria


Structural Changes Prompt Fitch to Revise U.S. Student Loan ABS Criteria
Business Wire via Yahoo! - NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2005--The evolution of the U.S. The evolution of the U.S. student loan asset-backed securities market goes right down to While the majority of student loan transactions still use senior-subordinate structures

The thrifty student who didn't pass the credit test
Telegraph - ever been overdrawn once - by 10 - and her only debts are a student loan. She adds: ' I didn't take a gap year and went

Spellings Announces New Low Student Loan Default Rate
ed.gov - Secretary Spellings Announces New Low Student Loan Default Rate Federal loan program participants working hard to announced today a new low student loan default rate of 4.5 percent

Time to get focused
New York Daily News - I had a student loan that I kept deferring repeatedly

Loan debt facing write-off under SNP student boost plan
PA News via The Scotsman Online - SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates. The idea is part of a 100 million package of reforms to student finances being debated at the SNP's annual conference today. party would replace the current student loan system with means-tested grants and

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.

American Education Services Offers Student Loan Repayment Relief to Hurricane Victims and Mobilized Responders


American Education Services Offers Student Loan Repayment Relief to Hurricane Victims and Mobilized Responders
PR Newswire via Yahoo! - Press ReleaseSource: American Education Services American Education Services Offers Student Loan Repayment Relief to Hurricane Victims and Mobilized RespondersFriday September 16, 2:02 pm ET HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. today that it is suspending student loan debt payments for borrowers residing

Student Loan Xpress and Arizona Higher Education Loan Authority (AHELA) Enter Strategic Alliance to Assist Ari
PR Newswire via Yahoo! - Thursday September 1, 8:30 am ET SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- National student loan provider Student Loan Xpress, Inc., to provide a private loan product created by Student Loan Xpress, in addition to the federal loan products

Data mining found to flunk privacy rules
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - including credit reports, credit card transactions, student loan application data, bank account numbers and taxpayer

Republicans still plan to cut spending
Kansas City Star - the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, student loan subsidies for banks, farm subsidies and food stamps, among

Dally wants hearing on school loans
Morning Call - By Sam Kennedy Of The Morning Call A state lawmaker has called for a House consumer affairs hearing on the high-interest loans of Lehigh Valley College students. Rep. Such a hearing would be a first-of-its-kind, putting the nation's No. 1 student loan provider and the No

Veterans memorial plans to be presented in Livonia
Detroit News - veterans' affairs, small-business issues and student loan repayments. For more information, contact McCotter's Livonia

Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps


Yozons Electronic Signature Software new and improved - Helps
Computer-Security-News.com, FL - Sep 15, 2005 The strength of the new platform will be seen in the future as new applications are built on top to support vertical markets, such as student loan refinancing.