Student loan exec from Marblehead quits over client gifts

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

PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-7

Royal & Sun legal battle over US student loan insurance extended
Forbes - Oct 4, 2005 PLC said a US court ruling yesterday will delay a final outcome in its long-running legal battle to avoid paying out up to 396 mln usd in student loan insurance

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

Lincoln firm buying Texas student loan assets
San Jose Mercury News, United States - Oct 4, 2005 LINCOLN, Neb. - A Lincoln-based student loan company will buy up the outstanding stock of a Texas student loan group. In an agreement

Fitch Upgrades Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 28, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B-1, and affirms the outstanding class A-2 notes of Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A:

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.

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

K2 Student Loan Trust I $130 Million Series 2005-1 Notes Rated
Standard and Poor's - NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's) Oct.

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

International Studies Offer More Options: Costa Rica Newest Addition to Study Abroad Program
ASU Ram Page Online - Students will now be able to earn up to six hours of credit studying in Russia, Mexico, Scotland, Germany and the newest addition, Costa Rica. Last year, ASU sent about 60 participants to three countries.

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.

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.

Higher Education Act Delay Allows College Graduates to Consolidate Student Loans

Higher Education Act Delay Allows College Graduates to Consolidate Student Loans
[Press Release] PR Web via Yahoo! News - Oct 03 12:00 AM
Quincy, MA (PRWEB) October 3, 2005 -- Legislative changes affecting federal student loans have been pushed back in Congress for at least 60 days, giving recent college graduates a window of opportunity to consolidate their federal student loans at the current interest rates and programs. Graduates can take advantage of locking in low interest rates and transforming their variable rate federal Save to My Web

Nebraska firm buying Texas student loan assets
KVIA - Oct 04 9:46 AM
LINCOLN, Neb. A Lincoln, Nebraska-based student loan company will buy up the outstanding stock of a Texas student loan group.Save to My Web

Fixing mistakes in your credit record
Delaware Online - Oct 02 1:24 AM
Someone used Tyrone Davis' personal information to take out a student loan for a technical school in Baltimore, then defaulted on the loan. Now, Davis can't get his credit record straightened out.Save to My Web

ACS Awarded Renewed Contract for Student Loan Servicing and Tax Credit Reporting With University of Pittsburgh
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 26 5:15 AM
Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. , a premier provider of business process and information technology outsourcing solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a renewed, three-year contract to provide student loan servicing, tax credit reporting, and tuition refund processing for the University of Pittsburgh , an internationally recognized public university based in Pittsburgh, Save to My Web

Fixing errors in credit report is no small task
USA Today - Sep 27 9:26 PM
Someone used Tyrone Davis' personal information to take out a student loan for a technical school in Baltimore, then defaulted on the loan. Now, Davis can't get his credit record straightened out. "My whole life is messed up," says Davis, 41, of Richmond, Va.Save to My Web

Conservatives Like Bush Vow to Battle Spending Curbs
Fox News - Oct 05 5:29 AM
President Bush's conservative allies in Congress hope he uses some of his political capital to push for more budget cuts to help pay for hurricane relief.Save to My Web

File bankruptcy; keep the house

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

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

International Studies Offer More Options: Costa Rica Newest Addition to Study Abroad Program
ASU Ram Page Online - Students will now be able to earn up to six hours of credit studying in Russia, Mexico, Scotland, Germany and the newest addition, Costa Rica. Last year, ASU sent about 60 participants to three countries.

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

International Studies Offer More Options: Costa Rica Newest Addition to Study Abroad Program

International Studies Offer More Options: Costa Rica Newest Addition to Study Abroad Program
ASU Ram Page Online - Students will now be able to earn up to six hours of credit studying in Russia, Mexico, Scotland, Germany and the newest addition, Costa Rica. Last year, ASU sent about 60 participants to three countries.

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

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

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

Veterans memorial plans to be presented in Livonia

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

Expert: Curb Appetite For 'Must-Have' Gadgets
10News.com - According to student loan provider Nellie Mae, the average college senior has four credit cards and $3,000 of credit

Wachovia signs student loan contract
Sacramento Business Journal - diligently with us to support our student loan business,' says Doris Grose, president of Wachovia make, acquire, or otherwise hold student loan assets,' says Steven Snyder, managing

Presale: College Loan Corp. Trust 2005-2
Standard and Poor's - 2005-2's (the trust) class A-1 through A-4 student loan asset-backed notes series 2005-2 reflect the of the sum of the student loan principal outstanding, the amounts in

First Marblehead Accelerates Planned Closing Date for $1.68 Billion Securitization of Private Student Loans
dBusinessNews.com - of private student loans by The National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3 has been accelerated, and that the

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.

Taxpayers subsidising student loans

Taxpayers subsidising student loans
The New Zealand Herald - By Mary Holm Q. I am a 19-year-old student in the fortunate position of being debt free. However, I was wondering whether I should take out a student loan for the purpose of using it as a deposit for an investment property. or use the interest-free student loan for a deposit or both

ACS Wins Additional BPO Contract With Wachovia Education Finance
WKRN - been providing a full spectrum of student loan servicing and consolidation processing solutions for with us to support our student loan business,' said Doris Grose, President

Errors in credit report? Good luck
USA Today - Davis says he can prove he never took out the bad student loan on his record, but no one is interested in the evidence

First Marblehead Chief Quits Due to Gifts
SmartPros - 28, 2005 (Associated Press) Shares of First Marblehead Corp. 17 percent after the chief executive of the student loan-services provider resigned following his admission that he had

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

Tip on improper gifts led to CEO's exit

Tip on improper gifts led to CEO's exit
Boston Globe - Sep 29 12:30 AM
Bank of America Corp. touched off a chain events that ultimately led to the resignation of First Marblehead Corp. chief executive Daniel M. Meyers when the bank fired a high-ranking student loan executive several weeks ago, then alerted First Marblehead's general counsel that Meyers had given expensive personal gifts to her.Save to My Web

Student housing, parking get boost from OSU plans
BizJournals - Oct 02 9:50 PM
Ohio State University is planning a $61 million construction project to spruce up the main entrance at the north end of its Columbus campus and deal with parking and student housing issues at the same time.Save to My Web

Legislature Seeks to Make Financial Aid Easier for Students to Ob
New University - Oct 03 10:54 PM
One bill targets failure of high schools to submit GPA verification forms. The other calls for a state audit of EDFUND.Save to My Web

Nebraska firm buying Texas student loan assets
KVIA - Oct 04 9:46 AM
LINCOLN, Neb. A Lincoln, Nebraska-based student loan company will buy up the outstanding stock of a Texas student loan group.Save to My Web

Balancing pluses, minuses
Kansas City Star - Oct 02 12:21 AM
Juggling parochial high school costs for one child, college costs for another, and trying to build retirement savings isnt how Diana Braun hoped to enter her 50s.Save to My Web

Web site answers questions
Courier-Post - Oct 05 12:14 AM
The New Jersey Department of Education has launched a Web site for students and employees of Harrison Career Institute. The state site includes these "Frequently Asked Questions."Save to My Web

Veterans memorial plans to be presented in Livonia

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

Student loans and new law
San Francisco Chronicle - like it today,' you probably cannot get this type of student loan forgiven. This is true today and will be true after

Nelnet to acquire LoanSTAR Funding Group
Reuters - Oct 3 (Reuters) - Nelnet Inc. ( NNI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it agreed to acquire LoanSTAR Funding Group Inc., a wholly owned student loan subsidiary of the Greater Texas Foundation. The deal includes acquisition of LoanSTAR Funding's student loan portfolio of about $850 million, Nelnet said

Errors in credit report? Good luck
USA Today - Davis says he can prove he never took out the bad student loan on his record, but no one is interested in the evidence

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

424b2: National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3 (0001338373) (Filer)
SEC Filings - National Collegiate Student Loan Trust 2005-3 (Filer) Type: 424B2 Act: 33 File No.: Film No. : - () ()

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.

Student loan exec from Marblehead quits over client gifts

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

PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-7

Nelnet buying Texas student loan assets
Lincoln Journal Star, NE - Oct 4, 2005 announced an agreement with the Greater Texas Foundation to acquire the outstanding stock of the foundation s wholly-owned student loan subsidiary, LoanSTAR

Fitch Ratings Upgrades Various SLM Student Loan Trusts
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 30, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the following classes of the notes issued from various SLM Student Loan Trusts:

National Collegiate to set $1.67 bln student loan ABS
Reuters - Oct 3, 2005 NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - National Collegiate Student Loan will issue about $1.67 billion of asset-backed securities supported by student loans, a source

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.

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.

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.

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

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.

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

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.

Journalists sue student-loan agency for spending records

Journalists sue student-loan agency for spending records
phillyBurbs.com - HARRISBURG, Pa. -

Carcieri unveils education 'Blueprint'
Boston Globe - By Ray Henry, Associated Press Writer September 28, 2005 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gov. Donald L. A combination of scholarships, student loan forgiveness or even hiring bonuses may also close the gap, the panel said.

More class spaces sought
Red Deer Advocate - Still, he'd rather have a student loan so he doesn't have to lean on his parents far too much.'I'd like to see student

Nelnet To Acquire LoanSTAR Funding Group and Related Servicing Assets of LoanSTAR Systems
WQAD - stock of its wholly-owned student loan subsidiary LoanSTAR Funding Group, Inc acquisition of LoanSTAR Funding Group's student loan portfolio of approximately $850 million

Lawmakers Welcome Bush Spending Cuts Vow
ABC 7 - on the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled, student loan subsidies for banks, farm subsidies and food stamps

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

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.

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

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

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

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

Carcieri unveils education 'Blueprint'
Boston Globe - By Ray Henry, Associated Press Writer September 28, 2005 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gov. Donald L. A combination of scholarships, student loan forgiveness or even hiring bonuses may also close the gap, the panel said.

Read the article
CIO - RBC Royal Bank is one of the few companies that actually gets it. small incomes, low account balances and large student loan debts, young customers aren't exactly the sort over

Fitch Upgrades Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A
Business Wire - September 28, 2005 12:34 PM US Eastern Timezone Fitch Upgrades Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Adviser: Keeping your home after filing bankruptcy
Bankrate.com - bankruptcy filing - advertisement - LI Find It Fast SCORES Keep house with Chapter 13 bankruptcy The Bankruptcy Adviser by • Bankrate.com Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, If you own a home, can you file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure?

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.

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

File bankruptcy; keep the house
Bankrate.com - In other words, file and keep your home? -- Eileen Dear Eileen, Yes, you can. It's called Chapter 13 bankruptcy, also known as personal reorganization bankruptcy.

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

Fitch Upgrades Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 28, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B-1, and affirms the outstanding class A-2 notes of Signet Student Loan Trust 1996-A:

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

National Collegiate to set $1.67 bln student loan ABS
Reuters - Oct 3, 2005 NEW YORK, Oct 3 (Reuters) - National Collegiate Student Loan will issue about $1.67 billion of asset-backed securities supported by student loans, a source

PNC Student Loan Trust I, Series 1997-2 Upgraded by Fitch Ratings
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 28, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the outstanding class B and affirms the outstanding class A-7

First Marblehead Chief Quits After Gift

First Marblehead Chief Quits After Gift
AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 7:56 AM
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.

Student loan exec from Marblehead quits over client gifts
The Daily Item - Sep 28 9:21 PM
ARBLHEAD -- A Marblehead businessman resigned from his post overseeing student loans for Boston-based First Marblehead Bank after admitting he gave thousands of dollars in gifts to a former employee of a major client.

HCI students can turn to Web
Courier-Post - Oct 01 12:06 AM
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has launched an informational Web site for students of Harrison Career Institute, a for-profit Voorhees-based vocational school with 13 campuses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

ACS renews University of Pittsburgh contract
Dallas Business Journal - Sep 26 9:28 AM
Affiliated Computer Services Inc. has won a three-year contract renewal with the University of Pittsburgh to provide student loan servicing and tax credit reporting services, ACS said Monday.

By laura tester Advocate staff
Red Deer Advocate - Oct 04 3:12 PM
Colleges and universities should open their doors to more students with lower grades, says an Olds teacher at a public forum on post-secondary education.

(AFX UK Focus) 2005-10-04 16:00 GMT: AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 15:45 BST
Interactive Investor - Oct 04 8:19 AM
WASHINGTON (AFX) -- President Bush on Tuesday urged Congress to expand planned cuts to entitlement spending programs and to look for "real cuts in non-security spending" to help offset the costs of rebuilding the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. In a news conference, Bush also called for legislation to encourage the construction of new oil refineries.

National Collegiate to set $1.67 bln student loan ABS

National Collegiate to set $1.67 bln student loan ABS
Reuters - Financials _

Fitch Ratings Upgrades Various SLM Student Loan Trusts
Business Wire UK - September 30, 2005 02:52 PM US Eastern Timezone Fitch Ratings Upgrades Various SLM Student Loan Trusts NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.

US Sen, House Bills Show $6 Billion Student Loan Difference
Dow Jones Newswire - By John Godfrey Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Who wins in the debate between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on student loan interest rates could make more than a $6 billion and Pension Committee has said student loan rates should be fixed, albeit

Nelnet To Acquire LoanSTAR Funding Group and Related Servicing Assets of LoanSTAR Systems
WQAD - stock of its wholly-owned student loan subsidiary LoanSTAR Funding Group, Inc acquisition of LoanSTAR Funding Group's student loan portfolio of approximately $850 million

Errors in credit report? Good luck
USA Today - Davis says he can prove he never took out the bad student loan on his record, but no one is interested in the evidence

PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate

PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate
WIVB - PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate Email to a Friend Printer Friendly Version HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- PHEAA announced today that the agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate.

Fixing mistakes in your credit record
Delaware Online - 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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Fixing mistakes in your credit record

Fixing mistakes in your credit record
Delaware Online - 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

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

Plan to reduce dropping out by axing student loan debt
Edinburgh Evening News - EDITOR SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates party would replace the current student loan system with means-tested grants

Nelnet and Chela Enter Into Agreement for Nelnet's Acquisition of Student Loan Portfolio and Related Servicing
CBS 46 - Nelnet and Chela Enter Into Agreement for Nelnet's Acquisition of Student Loan Portfolio and Related Servicing and Origination Assets From Chela LINCOLN, Neb. and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27 /PRwire-FirstCall/ -- Nelnet, Inc. and Chela Financing, Inc. an approximately $2.3 billion student loan portfolio, related servicing and origination

Urgent probe on student loan silence
The New Zealand Herald - Urgent probe on student loan silence 09.09.05 The Ombudsman will urgently investigate Labour's refusal to release papers on the cost of its interest-free student loan policy.

Ohio's Preferred Nonprofit Student Loan Consolidator, Student Lending Works, Reduces Interest Rates, Launches
Business Wire via Yahoo! - CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. http://www.StudentLendingWorks.org) is Ohio's only designated nonprofit provider of student loan consolidation products.

Republicans still plan to cut spending

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

US Sen, House Bills Show $6 Billion Student Loan Difference
Dow Jones Newswire - By John Godfrey Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Who wins in the debate between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on student loan interest rates could make more than a $6 billion and Pension Committee has said student loan rates should be fixed, albeit

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

First Marblehead Chief Out
TheStreet.com - the exclusive provider of private direct-to-consumer student loan products for GMAC Bank, a division of General Motors

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

Taxpayers subsidising student loans
The New Zealand Herald - By Mary Holm Q. I am a 19-year-old student in the fortunate position of being debt free. However, I was wondering whether I should take out a student loan for the purpose of using it as a deposit for an investment property. or use the interest-free student loan for a deposit or both

US Sen, House Bills Show $6 Billion Student Loan Difference

US Sen, House Bills Show $6 Billion Student Loan Difference
Dow Jones Newswire - By John Godfrey Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Who wins in the debate between the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate on student loan interest rates could make more than a $6 billion and Pension Committee has said student loan rates should be fixed, albeit

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

October 2 - October 8, 1930
Denton Record-Chronicle - October 2, 2005 Compiled by Fred Patterson, publisher emeritus 75 YEARS AGO FROM THE FILES OF THE RECORD-CHRONICLE OCT. Anna Burgoon reported $125 in the student loan fund. School song contest planned at college A song contest has been

Student housing, parking get boost from OSU plans
Business First of Buffalo - including admissions, registrar, financial aid, enrollment services, student loan disbursements and fees and deposits

Urgent probe on student loan silence
The New Zealand Herald - Urgent probe on student loan silence 09.09.05 The Ombudsman will urgently investigate Labour's refusal to release papers on the cost of its interest-free student loan policy.

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Company Description
Zacks.com - Sep 28 8:13 AM
First Marblehead provides outsourcing services for private, non-governmental, education lending in the United States.

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

Transcript of an online chat with the Prime Minister
The Labour Party - Oct 03 12:13 AM
28 September 2005: Tony Blair has been leader of the Labour Party for 11 years and Prime Minister for eight. In his conference speech yesterday he said that Labour values had dominated British politics for 10 years - the task, he said, was to ensure that those values charted the way ahead for the party and the country.

Young, gifted and back
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 30 6:36 AM
The jazz-meets-pop wonder wants to do more than follow the pack singing standards.

First Marblehead chief abruptly quits
Boston Globe - Sep 28 12:30 AM
The chief executive of First Marblehead Corp., a Boston firm specializing in student loan services, abruptly quit yesterday after the firm discovered that he had exchanged gifts worth $32,000 with one of the firm's key clients.

Area bankruptcy filers usually deep in credit card debt
Toledo Blade - Oct 02 4:12 AM
Awash in a steady flood of bankruptcies in the last five years are everyday northwest Ohioans unsuccessfully using credit cards as life preservers. But instead of staying financially afloat, they are drowning, pulled under by bills and lack of income.

Fixing errors in credit report is no small task

Fixing errors in credit report is no small task
USA Today - Sep 27 9:26 PM
Someone used Tyrone Davis' personal information to take out a student loan for a technical school in Baltimore, then defaulted on the loan. Now, Davis can't get his credit record straightened out. "My whole life is messed up," says Davis, 41, of Richmond, Va.

First Marblehead chief abruptly quits
Boston Globe - Sep 28 12:30 AM
The chief executive of First Marblehead Corp., a Boston firm specializing in student loan services, abruptly quit yesterday after the firm discovered that he had exchanged gifts worth $32,000 with one of the firm's key clients.

First Marblehead Shares Up, OKs Buyback
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 30 12:32 PM
Shares of First Marblehead Corp. rose 11.4 percent Friday after the student loan services provider announced plans to buy back 5 million shares of its stock.

Kara McGuire: Money matters on your mind
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sep 29 3:29 PM
I'm usually the one asking questions. But not today. Here are questions from 20-somethings that deal with the ever-so-popular topics of debt and housing. If you have a question, send it to kara@startribune.com .

U.S. Stocks Gain on Durable-Goods Report; Honeywell Shares Rise
Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 7:21 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.

Web offers help to Harrison students
Daily Journal - Oct 01 3:08 AM
The N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development has launched an informational Web site for students of Harrison Career Institute, a for-profit vocational school with 13 campuses, including one in Vineland on South Delsea Drive.

Student Lending Works Launches Today; Combating Recent Interest Rate Increases, Nonprofit Student Lending Work

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.

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

Your views for Thursday, September 29, 2005

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?

U.S. Stocks Gain on Durable-Goods Report; GM, Delphi Advance
Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 7:57 AM
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose after a report showed a bigger-than-expected increase in durable-goods orders last month and General Motors Corp. averted a strike.

Plan to reduce dropping out by axing student loan debt
The Scotsman - Sep 22 7:13 AM
SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates.

Area bankruptcy filers usually deep in credit card debt
Toledo Blade - Oct 02 3:47 AM
Awash in a steady flood of bankruptcies in the last five years are everyday northwest Ohioans unsuccessfully using credit cards as life preservers. But instead of staying financially afloat, they are drowning, pulled under by bills and lack of income.

HCI students can turn to Web
Courier-Post - Oct 01 12:06 AM
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has launched an informational Web site for students of Harrison Career Institute, a for-profit Voorhees-based vocational school with 13 campuses in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland.

Area bankruptcy filers usually deep in credit card debt

Area bankruptcy filers usually deep in credit card debt
Toledo Blade, OH - 9 hours ago She filed in July for Chapter 7 liquidation with $2,135 in assets and $95,391 in liabilities, most for credit card debt and a $25,000 student loan.

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.

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:

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.

Fitch Ratings Upgrades Various SLM Student Loan Trusts
Business Wire (press release), CA - Sep 30, 2005 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2005--Fitch Ratings upgrades the following classes of the notes issued from various SLM Student Loan Trusts:

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

Student Lending Works Launches Today; Combating Recent Interest Rate Increases, Nonprofit Student Lending Work

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.

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

Red Sox, Yankees tied again

Red Sox, Yankees tied again
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Sep 30 7:46 PM
BOSTON With two games to go, the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are all even. What else would you expect? "Whoever made out the schedule got it right," Red Sox center fielder Johnny Damon said.

Cases to unveil new chief justice's ways
Seattle Times - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
When the Supreme Court's term opens tomorrow, the justices will enter a new era in which new faces including that of Chief Justice...

First Marblehead Chief Quits Due to Gifts
AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 28 2:19 PM
Shares of First Marblehead Corp. dropped more than 17 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.

Plan to reduce dropping out by axing student loan debt
Edinburgh Evening News - Sep 22 7:20 AM
SCOTTISH Nationalists today proposed writing off student loan debt in a bid to cut dropout rates.

Nelnet and Chela Enter Into Agreement for Nelnet's Acquisition of Student Loan Portfolio and Related Servicing and
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 27 2:26 PM
Nelnet, Inc. and Chela Education Financing, Inc. announced today that they have entered into an agreement that provides for Nelnet's acquisition of assets from California-based Chela, including an approximately $2.3 billion student loan portfolio, related servicing and origination assets, and rights to the Chela brand.

PHEAA Achieves All-Time Low Student Loan Default Rate
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Sep 28 9:32 AM
PHEAA announced today that the agency has achieved an all-time low student loan cohort default rate.