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  • Personal Finance: 5 tips to take charge of your student loans Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 9:25AMThis year's college graduates got a lot of advice from a parade of commencement speakers. Find your passion. Believe in yourself. Take risks. But here's something graduates probably didn't hear from the dignitary at the podium: Pay your student loans.
  • First Federal’s leader focused on inland growth Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 12:45PMSince joining First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston in 2006, Wayne Hall has made his way from chief financial officer to chief operating officer to — most recently — chief executive officer and president.
  • 2010 Review Saturday, January 1, 2011 @ 11:03PMPresident Barack Obama speaks at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center honoring the fallen Upper Big Branch miners during a memorial service. Rick Barbero
  • Guilford in 2010: The Year in Review Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 3:02AMJanuary
  • 2010: The year in review Monday, December 27, 2010 @ 2:27PMEditor’s note: Where did 2010 go? In today’s edition of the BCR and the following two editions, the BCR will take a look back at 2010 and the events that occurred along the way.
  • USA Funds Introduces New Customer Support Team Tuesday, November 2, 2010 @ 10:24AMUSA Funds® has announced a new team of customer support experts who will assist staff at postsecondary institutions with products and services to promote the success of their institutions and their students.
  • BREAKING NEWS: Fatal Accident Reported in Lavalette, Route 152 Closed Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 8:45AM911 Dispatchers tell WSAZ.com the accident happened around 8:20 Friday morning.
  • Fire Burns Through Huntington Building Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 3:30AMA fire burned through part of the Big Eagle building early Friday morning.
  • Fitch: Ongoing Student Loan Servicer Consolidation Should not Impact ABS Ratings Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 10:15AMNEW YORK----Fitch Ratings does not believe recent and expected student loan servicer consolidation will have a material effect on the performance of Student Loan Asset Backed Securities or existing ratings.
  • UCSD will face more financial hurdles Sunday, April 25, 2010 @ 4:44AMWhen UCSD leaders describe the effects of losing $85 million in state funding this year, they mention widespread furloughs, hundreds of layoffs and a freeze on faculty hiring.
  • Sallie Mae cuts — if any — could come in 2 weeks Wednesday, March 31, 2010 @ 2:22AMMUNCIE -- A decision could be made in the next two weeks regarding the fate of Muncie's Sallie Mae office and its 725 jobs.
  • The Record: Letters, March 31, 2010 Wednesday, March 31, 2010 @ 2:16AMLetters on flood cause, Montclair State expansion, costs of municipal consolidation, saving two public agencies and reinstating the "millionaires tax."
  • Teacher layoffs, consolidations likely for some local schools Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 8:15AMDue to low tax collections, all school systems in Alabama are getting 7.5 percent less money from the state this year than originally anticipated. The cuts are compounded by reductions in last year's budgets, which were slashed 11 percent.
  • Economy, war, murder among top local stories Sunday, January 3, 2010 @ 3:39AMBy Bernie Delinski, Staff Writer At a time when the Shoals was suffering industrial closings and layoffs and local cities and counties were grasping individually for solutions, the governments came together to find a progressive solution to stop the economic bleeding.
  • Federal government changes rules for repayment of student loans Thursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:01PMThe federal government this week began offering some students financial relief by allowing them to pay back loans based on their income. The new Income-Based Repayment Plan started Wednesday and caps monthly payments depending on income and family size.
  • Loan Relief Gets Respect Thursday, July 2, 2009 @ 4:35PMNothing impresses legislators like the voices of their constituents, thought Michael Pellicciotti, immediate past chair of the ABA Law Student Division.
  • Government Program to Pay Student Loans Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 6:20PMOn July 1, 2009 a new government program started to help people pay off student loans. The plan lets graduates reduce their monthly student loan payments based on income. It's called the "Income-Based Repayment Plan" and it's available to borrowers who took out federal loans or used a federal consolidation loan to combine debt. To see if you qualify, click here .
  • Program aims to ease burden of student debt Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 12:09AMPaying back a burdensome federal student loan might get easier for some, beginning today. Income-Based Repayment, a program that caps the monthly payments on student loan debt, is available depending on the amount of loan debt, adjusted gross income and family size.