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  • Too many are gambling with college debt Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:02AMIt may be good news that the number of credit cards issued through colleges and their alumni associations went down last year.
  • How much student debt is too much? Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:50AMThat's a question I often hear from parents as they figure out how they and their children will pay for...
  • Tornado Survivors With Student Loans Catch a Break Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:13PM(Joplin, Mo) - Tornado survivors working to pay off student loans could be getting a break.
  • Outdoors In The Ozarks: Copperheads Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:57AMIdentifying Poisonous Snakes From poison ivy to poisonous snakes. In this week's Outdoors In The Ozarks, a look at how to identify a copperhead and other venomous snakes. Facebook Page" href="https://www.facebook.com/Maria.Neider.KY3?ref=ts#!/Maria.Neider.KY3" target="_blank" KY3's Maria Neider and Francis Skalicky with the Missouri Dept. of Conservation" href ...
  • Sallie Mae agrees to delay student loan payments for Joplin tornado victims Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:27AMJOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Some Joplin tornado victims who are paying student loans might be able to postpone the payments for a few months.
  • Sallie Mae agrees to postpone student loan payments for tornado victims Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:07PMJoplin tornado victims who have student loan payments due may be able to postpone them under an agreement between Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Sallie Mae.
  • Student loan payment relief for some Joplin tornado victims Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:42PMState Treasurer Clint Zweifel announces payment relief options for Joplin area residents with Sallie Mae student loans - Announcement impacts about 2,000 people in Joplin area.
  • Richard Gaudreau: Bankruptcy Is the Cost of the Way the Credit Card Industry Does Business Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:29PMOne newspaper article in 1997 told me all I needed to know about the business model for the credit card industry. Beneficial National Bank, the...
  • Sallie Maes Upromise Adds Up College Savings With Launch of New Local Program Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:26PMJust in time for summer vacations, Sallie Maes Upromise service today launched a local program offering cash back for college at hundreds ...
  • Sallie Mae’s Upromise Adds Up College Savings With Launch of New Local Program Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:25PMNEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae's Upromise announces a local program offering college savings at 54,000 local merchants across the nation including restaurants, retailers, and service providers.
  • Sallie Mae Launches Insurance Services Designed to Help College Students Protect Their Investment in Education Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:27AMNEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae today announced a new portfolio of insurance products designed to help families protect their investment in higher education.
  • Sallie Mae Smart Summer Sweepstakes Celebrates Summer with Giveaways and Financial Tips for College Students Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 1:10PMSchools out for summer and Sallie Mae, the nations No. 1 financial services company specializing in education, invites students to celebrate and ...
  • It's Never Too Early To Start Saving Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:25PMThe earlier you begin investing, the more stable your future will be in the short and long term.
  • Will Student's Credit Suffer if Mom Can't Pay School Loans? Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 10:33AMPLUS loans are given to parents to help them pay for kid's college expenses and won't impact students' credit scores if they aren't paid back on time.
  • Butler County woman charged with student loan frauds Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 10:03AMA Butler County woman who had one relative with a student ID and another with a bank account obtained more than $45,000 in fraudulent student loans, a federal grand jury said today in a six-count indictment.
  • NEA Member Benefits and Sallie Mae Announce First $2,000 Scholarship Recipients Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 10:58AMBrenda Jones, an elementary school kindergarten teacher from South Pittsburg, Tennessee, Tara Florentin, an education support professional from Ottawa, Kansas, and Meredith Lewis, a high school English teacher from Carrboro, North Carolina, are the first three winners of a special $2,000 scholarship offered by Sallie Mae through The National Education Association's Member Benefits Corporation.
  • Recession causes student loan scarcity Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 9:00AMFrom the moment the college acceptance letter is ripped open and the envelope tossed aside, students tirelessly work toward the ultimate goal of donning the cap and gown at commencement.This journey is met with plenty of obstacles; most notably the financial one.
  • Student money: Interest on debt 'usurious' Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 1:32PM'If the student loan program simply required re-payment of the principle, I would imagine that the rate of default would plummet:' PhD grad still paying $4 a day to service her debt
  • "Most Likely to Underperform": Best Buy, Cisco, Gap, Tyco... Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 2:49PMHigher grain prices, falling US subsidies, weak retail sales strain debt-laden companies
  • By Colleen Flaherty Killeen Daily Herald Saturday, June 4, 2011 @ 11:05PMAegis Communications Group in Killeen celebrated its one-year anniversary and a new round of hiring Friday with a party at its sprawling North Twin Creek Drive campus.
  • Prom planning vs debt planning Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 5:26AMStudents will shop around for fancy dresses and limos, but what about paying for what comes after graduation?
  • Sen. Sherrod Brown proposes consolidating student loans Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 7:32AMU.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown touted a plan Wednesday he said would make repaying college loans easier and cheaper, and make more grants available for low-income students.
  • 3 Tips for New Grads Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 12:01PMBe sure to start off your new life on the right foot.
  • Stubborn Skeptics Still Not Buying Sallie Mae's Rally Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 1:36PMThis article opens by admitting that student lender SLM Corp (SLM) -- more informally known as Sallie Mae -- "has taken a thrashing in recent years." Thanks to the one-two punch of the 2008-2009 financial crisis and the passage of unfavorable legislation by Congress in 2010, SLM is trading well below its mid-2007 highs near %2458...( Read More )
  • Sallie Mae's Surprising Comeback Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 6:00PMSupported by cash from its $146 billion government loan portfolio, the company aims to build its private student lending business
  • College students get a half point loan break Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 6:02PMCollege loan seekers are getting a break from student loan provider Sallie Mae.
  • Students get a break from loans Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 9:24AMThe lender Sallie Mae is giving a break to students in need of a loan.
  • National business news in brief | T-bill rates rise; Sallie Mae lowers rates on student loans; no deal for NYSE Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 10:12PMThe Treasury Department auctioned $27 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 0.030 percent, up from 0.025 percent last week. An additional $24 billion was auctioned in six-month bills at a discount rate of 0.070 percent, up from 0.065 percent last week.
  • Is higher education a bubble on verge or bursting? Saturday, May 14, 2011 @ 5:06AMFriday, May 13, 2011 Here's a familiar story. Americans had a near-religious belief in the soundness of this investment. Uncle Sam encouraged it with tax breaks and subsidized it with government-backed loans. But then, in the 1990s and especially the 2000s, easy money perverted the market. Prices detached from reality. Suddenly, millions of Americans found themselves holding wildly overvalued ...
  • Buzz driving: Council candidate learns from DUI Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 1:57PMThe race for City Council has barely begun, and candidate James Halfaday is already getting heat. The 31-year-old Native American and Democrat doesn't flinch when he's asked about his criminal record or when WINA's Rob Schilling calls him "Chicken Halfaday." But then, Halfaday is no political novice. He was elected to City Council in his hometown of Dunfermline, Illinois, when he was just 18 ...
  • Education loans: From India or US? Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 1:38PMInterest rates are favourable in the US. However, either the university or a greencard holder should be a guarantor.
  • College Tuition Reality Check Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 9:48AMDespite the soaring costs of college, both parents and students continue to rank a college degree a top priority. In fact, it's so important that parents are increasingly raiding their own retirement accounts to help cover costs. But that's not the best payment plan. 
  • NCAA: No further action needed over Castleton State football violation Friday, April 29, 2011 @ 11:41PMCastleton State College’s quick self-reporting of its football coach’s improperly arranging three student loans totaling nearly $22,000 for one of his players has allowed the school to avoid sanctions, the NCAA has ruled.
  • Local Savings a Search Away with Upromise by Sallie Mae’s New Mobile App Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 10:07AMNEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae’s Upromise launched a free mobile app for iPhones, iPod touch, Android and Blackberry smartphones that helps you save money for college where you live, work or travel.
  • Financial Aid 101: Fill Out the FAFSA Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 9:12AMComplete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid to help pay for college.
  • Sallie Mae Surges After Declaring First Div Since 2007 Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 2:02PMSLM Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, reported a surprisingly strong quarter, announced a big share repurchase and declared a dividend for the first time since 2007. That trifecta of good news has Sallie Mae shares surging about 15% to 16.60. As recently as March 2009, Sallie traded at about 3 as the financial crisis and changes to government-backed student loans crimped business. Since then ...
  • Sallie Mae Tops Zacks Estimate Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 1:45PMSLM Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, reported first quarter 2011 core earnings of 48 cents per share, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 41 cents.
  • Fitch Affirms New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority 2010 FFELP Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 12:52PMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings affirms the senior notes issued by New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority 2010 FFELP at 'AAA'. The Rating Outlook remains Stable for both senior notes. A full ratings list is shown below. The ratings on the senior notes are affirmed based on the sufficient level of credit enhancement to cover the applicable basis factor stress. Credit ...
  • Sallie Mae shares surge after 1st-quarter report Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 11:53AM(AP:NEW YORK) Shares of student loan company Sallie Mae surged Thursday after the company announced its first quarterly dividend payment since 2007 and a $300 million share buyback program.
  • Financial Stocks: Financial stocks lifted by Capital One, Sallie Mae Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 10:02AMThe sector rides a broadly positive reception for results from Morgan Stanley, Sallie Mae, Capital One and E-Trade.
  • Stocks to Watch: Apple, Qualcomm, Yum and More! Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 6:17AMA batch of stocks to watch this morning, courtesy of our friends at Dow Jones.
  • Equity Research on CapitalSource Inc. and SLM Corp. -- Credit Services Industry Backed by Better Lending and Fewer ... Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 8:29AMNEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Apr 20, 2011) - www.shinesroomonline.com has a handpicked team of market professionals with over 100 years of combined investing experience. Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Credit Services industry and are offering free analytical research on CapitalSource Inc. ( NYSE : CSE ) and SLM Corp. ( NYSE : SLM ...
  • Sallie Mae Downgraded to Neutral Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 6:05PMWe have downgraded our recommendation on SLM Corp., better known as Sallie Mae, to Neutral from Outperform in anticipation of slower credit quality improvement owing to sluggish economic recovery.
  • Reps. Dicks, Larsen tour Boeing plant in Everett Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:38PMCongressmen Norm Dicks and Rick Larsen visited Boeing's Everett plant Friday with Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO James Albaugh. They talked with workers about the jobs that will be retained because Boeing won a $35 billion Air Force contract last month to build 179 air refueling tankers.
  • BLOG: Sallie Mae Deferred Payment Returns Wednesday, March 30, 2011 @ 8:19AMBy Jim Donovan: Sallie Mae is bringing back an option that lets students wait until after graduation to start repaying loans. The private student lender, formally known as SLM Corp., had done away with its [...]
  • Study up for Tax Season: Don’t Miss out on Expanded Tax Benefits of Education Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 10:18AMNEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In the annual rush to complete tax forms by the IRS deadline, don’t forget to claim the tax benefits of college, says Sallie Mae, the nation’s No. 1 financial services company specializing in education. Taxpayers who paid college tuition or interest on student loans in 2010 may be eligible to take advantage of tax savings. A national study conducted by Sallie Mae ...
  • Study up for Tax Season: Don’t Miss out on Expanded Tax Benefits of Education Monday, March 28, 2011 @ 10:11AMIn the annual rush to complete tax forms by the IRS deadline, don’t forget to claim the tax benefits of college, says Sallie Mae, the nation’s No. 1 financial services company specializing in education.
  • Business briefs: Monterey Bay Business Plan Competition finalists selected Saturday, March 26, 2011 @ 10:16AMSeven companies from Monterey County have been named finalists for the second annual Monterey Bay Regional Business Plan Competition. The seven are JEDEK, People Towels, Ring O'Fire, Salad Chop, Toucan Health Systems and Watch Technologies.
  • 3/26 Business Briefs: Manufacturers host luncheon with Buchanan Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 10:57PMLAKEWOOD RANCH -- The Sarasota Area Manufacturers Association along with several other groups are sponsoring a lunch with Congressman Vern Buchanan , R-Sarasota, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Monday at the Holiday Inn in Lakewood Ranch.
  • Business digest Friday, March 25, 2011 @ 9:35PMGE Capital takes over the Sevens — GE Capital, formerly the lender, is now the owner of the Sevens Building in downtown Clayton as the result of a foreclosure sale Friday. Rather than try to extend the $23.5 million loan it got from GE Capital in 2007, the investment fund that owned the 24-story building decided to allow it to go into foreclosure. GE Capital took back the building from the ...