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| Reid offers new plan on student loan deadlock The Associated Press By LAURIE KELLMAN, AP – 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday sought to defuse a partisan standoff over how to prevent student loan interest rates from doubling next month for 7.4 million students. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US consumer cut back on credit card use in April BusinessWeek The gain was driven by a $9.96 billion rise in a category that includes auto and student loans. That offset a $3.4 billion drop in credit card debt, the first decline since January. Total borrowing rose to a seasonally adjusted $2.55 trillion. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama Slams Congress for Failing to Act on Student Loans ABC News (blog) LAS VEGAS — Touting his efforts to make college more affordable, President Obama today blasted lawmakers for failing to extend low-rate student loans. "This is a no-brainer," the president told students at a campaign-style rally at the University of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Senator Reid makes new offer on student loans Reuters By Thomas Ferraro and Caren Bohan | WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday offered a new way to avert by the end of this month a doubling of the 3.4 percent interest rate on federal student loans. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senate Democrats Propose Pension Offset for Student Loans BusinessWeek By Kathleen Hunter on June 07, 2012 US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proposed changing companies' pension contribution rules and increasing pension insurance premiums to cover the cost of a one-year freeze in the 3.4 percent student loan interest ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US 30-year mortgage drops to record-low 3.67 pct BusinessWeek Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year loan dropped to 3.67 percent. That's down sharply from 3.75 percent last week and the lowest since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s. The 15-year mortgage, a popular refinancing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Senator Reid makes new offer on US student loans Reuters Unless a bipartisan agreement is reached, the interest rate on federal student loans is set to double on July 1 to 6.8 percent. The White House says it would cost the average student about an additional $1000 over the life of the loan. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama: Student loan rates a 'no-brainer' The Hill (blog) By Amie Parnes - 06/07/12 06:07 PM ET President Obama on Thursday accused congressional Republicans of stalling on legislation that would prevent student loan rates from doubling. President Obama on Thursday accused congressional Republicans of ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Pennsylvania House Passes Payday Loans Bill « CBS Philly By Mike Dougherty The state House has passed a bill that would regulate so-called "payday" loans over the objections of members who say the legislation will make the problem worse. CBS Philly | ||
| McConnell rips into Obama on student loans--again | Planet ... By David Lightman McConnell rips into Obama on student loans--again. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell continued to put pressure on President Barack Obama to find a path to freezing student loan rates. For the third time in four days, McConnell, ... Planet Washington | ||
| Yanis Varoufakis: Solidarity Euro-Style – Finnish Loans, ECB Bond ... By Yves Smith Yanis Varoufakis: Solidarity Euro-Style – Finnish Loans, ECB Bond Purchases, EFSF Tough Love and Assorted Horror Stories from the Postmodern Euro-Workhouse. By Yanis Varoufakis, Professor of Economics at the University of Athens. naked capitalism | ||
| Activists Call On Banks To Renegotiate Loans To Transit Agencies ... By Adam Harrington A group of about 50 transit activists swarmed into the lobby of a Loop bank on Thursday, demanding to know why big banks are being bailed out, while charging sky-high interest rates for loans to public transit agencies. CBS Chicago | ||
| President Obama Discusses Student Loans | C-SPAN President Obama travels to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to talk with students about student loans and the possibility of interest rates doubling on those loans at the end of the month. C-SPAN Recent Events |
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| Which Student Loans For My Grad School Kid? | Bankrate.com Here's our crash course on whether federal or private student loans are better for grad school. www.bankrate.com/finance/.../student-loans-grad-school.aspx |
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