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11/17/2008 09:36 AM
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Recent college graduates fight load of debt (Blairsville Dispatch)
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Loan consolidation options are more limited now than they were for students who graduated college a few years ago. The U.S. Department of Education is nearly the only loan consolidator in the nation as many lenders have suspended consolidations because of the credit crunch.
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11/17/2008 11:05 PM
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Student-loan consolidation choices shrink (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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Kari Schoeneweis will face more than $60,000 in student loan debt when she graduates from Carlow University in spring. he plans to do what her older siblings did and consolidate her loans to reduce the monthly payments.
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11/18/2008 06:45 AM
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Taylor Wimpey reveals more scars of housing slump (Guardian Unlimited)
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Taylor Wimpey today revealed more scars of the devastating housing slump in which it has axed 1,900 jobs after a collapse in profits that has prompted emergency talks with its bankers to renegotiate £1.7bn of debt. The company revealed that its order book for the first 44 weeks of this year has fallen by around 40% to 6,607 from 11,074 at the same time last year. Average selling prices ...
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11/19/2008 06:36 AM
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Clement says Detroit Three remain optimistic (CTV.ca)
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Federal Industry Minister Tony Clement reports that the Big Three automakers -- Chrysler, Ford and General Motors -- remain "optimistic" that they will still have a strong North American market in the future, even though they have suffered serious losses in recent months.
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11/19/2008 07:00 AM
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COMPANY RELEASES (Mineweb)
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"Overall, we are satisfied with the group performance during the first half of the 2009 financial year. Although the 2008 interim results have not yet been restated, the relative performance for the period under review has shown good comparative growth.
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11/14/2008 07:55 AM
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Pacific Biometrics, Inc. Reports First Quarter Operating Results (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
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Pacific Biometrics, Inc., a leading provider of specialty central laboratory and contract research services, today announced its operating results for the first quarter of FY2009.
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11/09/2008 05:12 AM
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Family's goals: college funds, retirement (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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Samuel and Jaime Estrada have made putting their three daughters through college their financial priority. So far, with one daughter a year from graduating, the second with two years to go and their youngest to begin college in 2010, the Estradas have managed to use their cash flow to pay for tuition and living expenses without taking out any loans.
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11/12/2008 06:13 PM
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PRIMECAP Management Buys Expeditors International, Nucor Corp., Ticketmaster, Sells Rohm and Haas Compan., Chevron ... (Guru Focus)
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In a market like this, PRIMCAP Management seems to fair better, relatively. As long term manager of Vanguard Primcap Fund, they have built great track record. PRIMECAP Management owns 258 stocks with a total value of $55.9 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells during the third quarter. PRIMECAP Management buys ROCHE HOLDING LTD S/ADR, Expeditors International of Washington I, ...
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11/12/2008 04:31 AM
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Public school numbers still shrinking (Fond du Lac Reporter)
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For the fifth year in a row, student enrollment in public schools statewide has declined, adversely affecting already burdened school budgets that continue to climb.
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11/09/2008 12:14 PM
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Want to go to Obama's inaugural? Here's how (Orange County Register)
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Only members of Congress will give out tickets.
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