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The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Bill Mann	Sallie Mae Killed My Rich Uncle The student loan lender deflects a rival's accusations with withering facts.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 David Lee Smith	Help May Be Coming for Sallie Mae Federal aid appears near for reeling Sallie Mae.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	First Marblehead Sails Along Gradual improvements are taking place, but the company still gets little respect from Wall Street.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Bill Mann	Sallie Mae Faces Inquiry The SEC questions the student loan company over a measly $100k. Apparently.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 John Dutemple	Sallie Mae Sticks Close to Home Sallie Mae launches two new programs that will benefit students and investors alike.
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Hope Nelson-Pope	College Graduates, Lifelong Debtors? Thousands of students are mired in debt. Who's to blame?
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Stephen Ellis	First Marblehead Gets an "A" A spectacularly cheap stock aces another quarter. This provider of student loan services reported quarterly revenues of $120.2 million and earnings of $43 million, or $0.65 a share. These numbers beat analysts' estimates of $90.9 million and $0.60 a share.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Rich Duprey	Before the Call: Ride, Sallie Mae, Ride It doesn't make much sense to take a position in Sallie Mae right now, since there might be such limited upside left in the stock. Investors will only need to revisit this stock if the deal ultimately falls through.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2007 Emil Lee	Is First Marblehead a Five-Star Stock? First Marblehead shares have been on a wild roller-coaster ride of late, as investors fear the company's customers will jilt it and cash flows will fail to materialize.
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn	Seeing Red Sallie Mae, the leading lender to college students, reported a $1.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2007. Sallie Mae isn't the only student lender that has been bloodied recently. Students and parents need to be cautious when looking for student loans.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Find the Right Student Loan College loans come in many varieties. Some have very attractive provisions and guarantees, but others can spell trouble for even the most responsible young adults.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Richard Gibbons	A Spectacularly Cheap Stock First Marblehead boasts huge sales growth, but it's nonetheless a fantastic bargain. After all, value investing isn't about buying boring stocks in dead-end industries. It's about buying companies for less than they're worth, and that includes growth stocks when they're on sale.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2008 Rich Duprey	First Marble-Headache First Marblehead's guarantor files for bankruptcy, raising questions of viability for the student loan provider.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Ben Elgin	Study Now--And Pay And Pay And Pay Later Thousands of low-income adults borrow at high interest rates to go back to school to learn new skills. Many end up falling into a debt spiral.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Pay Less on Your Student Loans Should you consolidate your loans? Take the time to understand all the pros and cons before you choose what to do.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Deadline Looms for Consolidating Loans If you've got a bunch of student loans, consider consolidating them. You have until June 30 to do so at the current low-low-low interest rates.
BusinessWeek January 30, 2006 Aaron Pressman	Student Loans: Outflank The Hikes Ahead Student loan interest rates are going up on June 30, but there are ways to cushion the blow.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 Christopher Singley	Marblehead's Golden Opportunity Loan servicer First Marblehead announces that Goldman Sachs is providing it with $1 billion of debt financing. Why is the company raising all this money now?
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Lindsey Gerdes	The Private-Loan Dilemma Unable to borrow enough via the federal government, more students are turning to other lenders, which can be a risky last resort.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Congress Makes College Loans Cheaper? Some students may see a cut in their college loan interest rates.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 David Meier	Sallie Mae Goes Solo But why would SLM want to be a completely private company and lose the advantages of access to extremely low-cost capital that its cousins Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enjoy? Perhaps the benefit of access to that capital wasn't so great.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Die, Student Loan, Die Don't move from the ivory tower right into debtor's prison. When it comes to paying off debt, do a side-by-side interest-rate comparison to see which loan you should kill off first.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Time Is Running Out for Student Borrowers Interest rates for student loan programs are expected to rise significantly on July 1, and that means the ultimate cost to borrowers will be going up. You can avoid this fiscal trouble, though, by consolidating your student loans.
Registered Rep. August 25, 2014 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	The Most Attractive Student Loans Since many families will need help to cover some of their costs, it's important that advisors be equipped with the basics about borrowing for college. Here are some critical things that you need to know about student loans.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Don't Make These 4 Money Mistakes Parents are making some wrong moves with their money. When it comes to saving for their children's college education, a lot of parents are making mistakes that are keeping their money from working as hard as it could for them.
U.S. Banker July 2009 Anthony Malakian	A Whole New World Bank of North Dakota makes about 70 percent of the student loans in its home state, but if the Obama Administration has its way, the $3.5 billion-asset bank would be out of the origination business by this time next year.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	First Marblehead Gets No Respect A strong quarter and optimistic outlook can't woo analysts to this provider of student loan services. With its first wave of incoming residuals still a while off, expect volatility in First Marblehead's stock until they arrive.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005	Federal vs. Private Loans At a glance, here's how federal and private student loans differ.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger	3 Tips for New Grads Be sure to start off your new life on the right foot. Include your finances in your planning, and you'll get the most you can out of your education.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Consolidate Those Loans Right Now! Save money on your student loans by locking in a low rate.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2008 Kevin McKinley	Student Loans At A Trickle Dozens of education loan providers have either scaled back their lending operations, or announced a departure from the business altogether.
Registered Rep. May 11, 2015 Greg Taggart	Ways to Minimize the Risk of Student Loans Unwary students and their parents continue to pile the debt on in pursuit of what can be a valuable college degree. All too often, the result is a Phi Beta Kappa key to the poor house.
Financial Advisor January 2012 Jerilyn Klein Bier	College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Giving Thanks for Getting Out of Debt If you're under a mountain of debt, don't lose hope. You can find a way out. Seeing a zero balance is a great feeling.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn	College Loans Say Uncle The new law excluding banks from making federal education loans should be a PLUS for borrowers who can now turn to the Bank of Uncle Sam.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Gene G. Marcial	First Marblehead: Solid First Marblehead has huge upside potential as earnings continue to ratchet up.
The Motley Fool December 6, 2007 Christopher Singley	First Marblehead Showing Cracks? Bond rating agency Moody's expresses concerns about student loan performance in securitizations facilitated by First Marblehead.
Bank Technology News November 2006 John Adams	IT Infrastructure: Sallie Mae Uses ITIL To Break Down Silos As Sallie Mae sheds its ties to Uncle Sam, it's embracing the IT Infrastructure Library to shore up IT structure and processes.
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The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	When Sallie Met Analysts Sallie Mae's CEO provided analysts with lots of entertainment during a recent conference call -- but precious few answers.
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The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Snag Ultra-Low Student Loan Rates Time is running out for the best deals on student loans.
The Motley Fool April 7, 2005 Bill Mann	Cherry-Picking Fannie Fannie Mae is now accused of keeping its most promising loans and selling the rest. That's a shock. But is it a problem for mortgage-backed securities investors?
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