Saturday, December 03, 2005

Credit cards leave students, new graduates in a bind


Credit cards leave students, new graduates in a bind
Fox40 KTXL - on an apartment, along with the onset of student-loan payments, many young people turn to credit cards semester or beginning to make student-loan payments, now is a good

Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric
NewsMax.com - Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric Dick Morris Wednesday, Nov as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is

UO students react to House bill
Register-Guard - To get the $14.3 billion in student loan cuts, the House bill cuts the subsidy the government pays to private lenders

Cut student loans?
Star Tribune - Related content Details of the student-loan plan Politics Minneapolis, St

Shhhh! Secret!: PHEAA's curtain
PiratesLIVE - What is Pennsylvania's legislator-packed student-loan agency trying to hide?

GOP Budget Cuts Just Pass House
CBS News - end of the decade by curbing rapidly growing benefit programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and student loan subsidies.

Friday, December 02, 2005

The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric


The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric
Marietta Daily Journal - bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric
NewsMax.com - Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric Dick Morris Wednesday, Nov. bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Thursday, December 01, 2005

The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric


The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric
Marietta Daily Journal - bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric
NewsMax.com - Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric Dick Morris Wednesday, Nov. bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

House struggling with budget cuts


House struggling with budget cuts
CNN - House Republicans are striving to pass a deficit reduction bill to curb spending on Medicaid, food stamps and student loan subsidies. eligibility for food stamps, curbing student loan subsidies and requiring Medicaid beneficiaries

Cut student loans?
Star Tribune - Related content Details of the student-loan plan Politics Minneapolis, St

Congress eyes student loan cuts
Times Daily - High school students on the verge of entering college may find themselves strapped to pay for their higher education.In a move that would cut the federal budget to reduce the deficit, the U.S. slash more than $14 billion from the federal student loan program. It is the biggest single item in The amount available on a student loan is based on that figure

House Republican Leaders Push Budget-Cut
San Francisco Chronicle - (11-17) 07:36 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- House Republicans are striving to pass a deficit reduction bill to curb spending on Medicaid, food stamps and student loan subsidies. eligibility for food stamps, curbing student loan subsidies and requiring Medicaid beneficiaries

Collection agency hit with record fine
Star Tribune - division of Sallie Mae, the nation's No. 1 student loan lender. The violations occurred before and after Sallie Mae

Lawmakers face difficult budget talks
USA Today - By doing so, they sidestepped a threat by about two dozen moderates to defeat the budget measure over that issue alone. 35 billion in savings by trimming the growth of Medicaid, food stamps, student loan subsidies and other benefit programs

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

US House GOP Leaders Continue Pressing $50 Billion Budget Bill


US House GOP Leaders Continue Pressing $50 Billion Budget Bill
Morningstar.com - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Despite an embarrassing defeat Thursday of one spending measure, Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives continued to press for action on a five-year package of $50 billion in spending cuts.

Royal & Sun reaches settlement with Wilmington Trust in US student loan case
Advanced Financial Network - RSA's US subsidiary Royal Indemnity Company (RIC) has been fighting since 2002 to avoid paying out up to 396 mln usd in student loan insurance.

Letters to the editor, November 13
Jerusalem Post - November 1, 005 5:2 IST Web JPost SERVICES SECTIONS SpecialsEveryone knows someone who fell in love on JDate. Fly roundtrip to Israel NONSTOP this winter and save!

With Graduation Behind You, It's Time to Consolidate Federal Student Loans
WTOL-TV - FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Last Spring's college graduates can now reflect on their days of lectures, term papers and campus life, but many also are forced to look ahead and face the steep burden of large student loan debts.

The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric


The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric
Marietta Daily Journal - bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric
NewsMax.com - Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric Dick Morris Wednesday, Nov. bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Monday, November 28, 2005

Letters to the editor, November 13


Letters to the editor, November 13
Jerusalem Post - November 1, 005 5:2 IST Web JPost SERVICES SECTIONS SpecialsEveryone knows someone who fell in love on JDate. Fly roundtrip to Israel NONSTOP this winter and save!

Royal & Sun reaches settlement with Wilmington Trust in US student loan case
Advanced Financial Network - RSA's US subsidiary Royal Indemnity Company (RIC) has been fighting since 2002 to avoid paying out up to 396 mln usd in student loan insurance.

With Graduation Behind You, It's Time to Consolidate Federal Student Loans
WTOL-TV - FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Last Spring's college graduates can now reflect on their days of lectures, term papers and campus life, but many also are forced to look ahead and face the steep burden of large student loan debts.

US House GOP Leaders Continue Pressing $50 Billion Budget Bill
Morningstar.com - WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Despite an embarrassing defeat Thursday of one spending measure, Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives continued to press for action on a five-year package of $50 billion in spending cuts.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

IRD moves to plug student loan loophole


IRD moves to plug student loan loophole
stuff.co.nz - Student loan borrowers hoping to milk a loophole in Labour's promise of interest-free loans will be stung with continuing interest payments.

U.S. House approves cuts to student-loan funding
U-Wire.com - By Jane Yang Daily Californian (UC-Berkeley) 11/23/2005 TODAY'S HEADLINES 11/23/2005 Woodward admits connection to CIA leak case U.S. House approves cuts to student-loan funding Poor shooting finally does in Arizona Scrappy Hawkeyes upset No. eliminating $14.3 billion of federal student-loan funding after a tight 217

House Votes to Cut Student Loan Programs
The Hoya - House Votes to Cut Student Loan Programs The proposed budget cuts to student aid has the potential to hurt future Hoyas.

You need magic to see state spending
SteelersLIVE - In honor of the new Harry Potter movie, let's see today if we can whip up a little column magic. They are arguing the state student loan agency should not have to provide detailed receipts for more than $900,000 its

The Student Loan Lark
NZCity - If you are a student or planning to become one, the first thing to consider is the ethical question. Students who genuinely need to borrow should, of course, do so with a clear conscience.

House Republicans eke out budget cut
Chicago Sun-Times - The bill, passed 217-215 after a 25-minute-long roll call, makes modest but politically painful cuts across an array of programs for the poor, students and farmers. programs such as Medicaid, food stamps and student loan subsidies. Republicans said reining in such programs whose

Student-loan rip-off a test of GOP rhetoric


Student-loan rip-off a test of GOP rhetoric
Porterville Recorder - Many students are locked into rates that approach 9 or 10 percent, reminders of the grim economic days of the early 1980s, and find themselves with no flexibility. bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric
NewsMax.com - Student Loan Ripoff a Test of GOP Rhetoric Dick Morris Wednesday, Nov. bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked

The student-loan rip-off is a test of GOP rhetoric
Marietta Daily Journal - bankruptcy as they face huge debt burdens. But student loan refinancing - beyond the one shot now permitted - is blocked