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| College debt: A staggering burden The Herald Bulletin By Dani Palmer The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON, Ind. — When Elizabeth Finley began her college career, she never imagined she'd end up with $100000 to pay back in student loans. "I knew I'd be in debt," the Anderson woman said, "but not a hundred grand. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Student loan interest set to double unless Congress takes steps Joplin Globe The Federal Reserve Bank of New York, meanwhile, estimates in a report published last month that student loan debt reached $904 billion in the first quarter of this year. Total student loan debt — which outweighs the $679 billion Americans owe on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| CU senior: Student loans are a necessary evil Denver Post But the debt that students accrue in four short years doesn't just go away. Next May, I will receive my diploma, and I will have six months from that day to start repaying my student loans. That means that for a brief six months, I get to feel like I ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Claudia Buck: New push helps educate you about college aid Sacramento Bee But as student loan debt piles up and college costs nationwide seem stuck on the "up" escalator, there have been renewed efforts recently to help families make smarter, more informed choices about financial aid and to avoid getting fleeced. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Spain Seeks EU's Fourth Bailout With $125 Billion Request Bloomberg Spain became the fourth euro member to seek a bailout since the start of the region's debt crisis more than two years ago with a request for as much as 100 billion euros ($125 billion) in loans to rescue its banking system. "The 100 billion euros is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How young people can build good credit scores Los Angeles Times Because we had paid some college expenses and he had basketball athletic scholarships, our son graduated from college debt free. My wife and I have always tried to live within our means. Other than a mortgage and the occasional car loan that we almost ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Borrowing for college: The new angst U-T San Diego Americans now owe more than $1 trillion in student loan debt. So it is only reasonable that prospective college students and their families fret about how they are going to pay for college. Rather than buying into the notion that college may not be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| A look at the 4 eurozone countries with bailouts aimed at preventing them from ... Washington Post A February-March 2012 deal gave Athens another €130 billion in loans and shaved €105 billion off its national debt by asking private investors to accept losses on the Greek bonds they hold. Bailout reason: Greece's astronomical debts threatened to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Borrowing for college: A student's view U-T San Diego However, living expenses were covered entirely by student loans, offset by some part-time work. I now have more than $55000 of debt. Friends who graduated with similar debt burdens pay roughly $600 a month. I have six months after graduation to start ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A look at the four eurozone countries with bailouts Hindustan Times Greece Population: 10.8 million Gross domestic product (2011) : 215 billion Debt as percentage of GDP (2011) : 165% Bailout amount: 110 billion in the first May 2010 rescue package. A February-March 2012 deal gave Athens another 130 billion in loans ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Harrisburg's summer rush Philadelphia Inquirer Groups representing military families, retirees, and others say storefront loans with high interest rates tend to trap desperate people in a cycle of debt. Kerry Smith, a lawyer with Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, said the House bill gives ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Housing boom left Ireland littered with vacant homes and unpaid loans Kansas City Star A nation of fiscally risk-averse people who historically had low rates of borrowing suddenly found itself buried under mountains of debt. "As a society, we never had money before," said Elaine Byrne, a journalist and lecturer at Trinity College in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Paying down debt is slow going for BSU grad The Herald Bulletin By Stuart Hirsch The Herald Bulletin Still, by the time she graduated from Ball State University in the summer of 2008 with a degree in health science, Dunham had borrowed $22000 in federally subsidized Stafford loans. Dunham, 27, and her parents split ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spain to Request EU Aid for Banks Wall Street Journal Follow every article, blog post, video and tweet on the debt crisis from our reporters across Europe. Mr. de Guindos pointed out that the loans Spain will get from the funds will be "lower than market price." Spain is now paying more than 6% for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Finland to Demand Collateral Should Spain Aid Come From EFSF San Francisco Chronicle (Click on TOP CRIS for more on the debt crisis.) June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Finland will demand collateral for its share of emergency loans to shore up the Spanish banking system should the money come from the euro-region's temporary bailout fund, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Eurozone agrees to $126b Spain bailout The Canberra Times The race to resolve the banks' troubles comes after Fitch Ratings cut Madrid's sovereign credit rating by three notches to BBB, highlighting the Spanish banking sector's exposure to bad property loans and to contagion from Greece's debt crisis. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Colorado Voices: Is college worth it? Denver Post Last month, two statistics made The New York Times, USA Today, and everyone else in America sit up and take notice: The most conservative estimate places college loan debt at $610 billion, outpacing credit card debt. And while statistics vary, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Home loans: better advice for borrowers, more stable markets for lenders Malta Independent Online Where a borrower defaults on a loan, MEPs want arrangements to ensure that the lender makes every reasonable effort to resolve the problem before initiating foreclosure proceedings. They also aim to ensure that arrangements for settling the debt ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| In era of low rates, consumers are shut out Bend Bulletin "In this case, any borrower that has access to the capital markets and doesn't have to fill out a loan application at a bank is definitely going to have a tremendous advantage." Of course, the declining debt load of households is not necessarily bad. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ivy Tech's partnerships with four-year schools allow credit transfers The Herald Bulletin By Dani Palmer The Herald Bulletin ANDERSON, Ind. — Ivy Tech Community College often fits the bill for those who want to limit their student loan debt and are seeking a two-year degree or a low-cost alternative to the first two years of a four-year ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ireland sees short-term debt issue this summer gulfnews.com Ireland expects to resume borrowing on short-term debt markets this summer and longer-term by early next year, its debt agency said, as the country tries to avoid seeking a second international bailout when its first finishes at the end of 2013. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spain could ask for bank bailout this weekend BusinessWeek ... for the possibility they might have to step up to save yet another country suffering through Europe's debt crisis. Pressure is mounting on Madrid to ask for help in propping up its banks struggling with by toxic real estate loans and assets. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Small Biz Notes: Pipeline of loans remains thin The News-Press The stated reasons aren't new: Companies hesitate to take on more debt when consumer confidence remains low. Financial institutions are being more stringent about qualifying borrowers since the mortgage meltdown and bank failures. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| America's Student Loan Racket By admin Around yearend 2011, student debt exceeded $1 trillion. It's staggering. It increases nearly $3000 per second. It exceeds credit card and auto loan obligations. It's second only to outstanding mortgage debt. It's rising exponentially. Voices | ||
| AMERICAN FREEDOM by BARBARA: GRADUATION: Today I'm ... By Barbara From the information his future looks like it will be even grimmer than today's college students, when he graduates colleges. Thankfully we don't think we will need to burden him with a student loan. The Obama administration ... AMERICAN FREEDOM by BARBARA | ||
| Bad With Money » Blogging Away Debt By jeffrey And then something happens in my life and – BAM – I go back down the spiral road of debt. Here's my story: It started when I was a teenager. I used credit cards and loans to 'keep up with everybody'. I come from a working class background, ... Blogging Away Debt | ||
| Do you need Home Equity Loans? | One Cent At A Time By SB Is home equity loan for you. Should you put your home in for a few extra bucks. What if you can't pay your debt back? Learn the pros and cons about home equity loans in this article. One Cent At A Time |
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| Student Loan Debt Explodes, Climbing 275% Since 2003 | Common ... New data released today by the Federal Reserve shows, while general consumer debt has decreased in the first quarter of this year, student loan debt in ... https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/31-8 | ||
| A Lesson in Student Loan Debt on ADVANCE for Nurses A Lesson in Student Loan Debt. Next economic bubble threatens to derail the American Dream - again. By Cindy Diccianni, RN, ChFC, CSA, CLTC, & Jeanne ... nursing.advanceweb.com/.../A-Lesson-in-Student-Loan-Debt.a... |
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