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Student aid linked to health care gets a trim

AP Features 5 hours ago

Congressional Democrats on Thursday trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad rewrite of a college aid bill piggybacked on to fast-track health care legislation. The student loan measure would be ...

Fed's emergency loans decline in past week

AP News 8 hours ago

Banks reduce their borrowing by average of $2.24 billion from Fed's emergency loan program Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week in a further sign that the strains from the financial crisis are fading. The ...

Obama health plan faces Sunday make-or-break vote

AFP Global Edition 11 hours ago

President Barack Obama's Democrats predicted victory in a cliffhanger vote Sunday on his historic plan to extend health care coverage to some 32 million Americans who lack it now. The 10-year plan, Obama's top domestic priority, aimed to bring the world's richest ...

Mortgage rates still below 5 percent

AP News 15 hours ago

Rates on 30-year mortgages edge up, but remain below 5 percent as Fed prepares exit Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve prepares to end a program that has kept rates at ...

PersonalFinance: Federal long-term care

Reuters US Online Report Health News 17 hours ago

WASHINGTON, March 17 - Tucked inside that healthcare bill and likely to become the law of the land, is a new federal long-term care insurance policy. Called the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, the new program is a voluntary opt-in ...

Calif. politics has short sellers facing big bills

AP News yesterday

Californians losing their homes face big tax bills unless Schwarzenegger, lawmakers compromise What should have been a legislative afterthought is threatening to become a financial purgatory for thousands of California taxpayers hit by the housing crisis. With less than a month until ...

Small business disaster prep includes insurance

AP News yesterday

Small businesses need the right kinds and amount of insurance as they do disaster prep Small business owners are getting some reminders this month that the forces of nature can threaten a company's survival. And that they need to be sure their ...

Number of Californians without health plans soars

Reuters US Online Report Health News yesterday

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly one in four Californians under age 65 lacked health insurance during all or part of last year, well above the latest national average, in a trend fueled by shrinking coverage due to mounting job layoffs, a new ...

The CARD Act and the College Crowd

consumeraffairs.com yesterday

MMI offers tips for understanding the CARD Act While only 10 percent of respondents in a recent Money Management International (MMI) survey believe students should use credit cards to finance college costs, many students get their first credit card while they are ...

Data show surge in consumer cases in fiscal 2009

AP News 2 days ago

New court data show surge in cases related to consumer issues in fiscal 2009 The number of new cases in federal courts related to consumer issues surged in the year ended last Sept. 30 as Americans battered by the recession fought foreclosures ...

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