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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
BusinessWeek May 14, 2007 Anne Tergesen	Borrower, Be Wary Those student loan rebates and discounts aren't always as alluring as they seem. You have to scrutinize the terms to get a good deal.
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 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Snag Ultra-Low Student Loan Rates Time is running out for the best deals on student loans.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Avoid the Loan Sharks For those with less-than-perfect credit histories, there's a scary trend in personal finance these days. In the name of convenience, some borrowers are digging themselves into a hole from which they may never emerge.
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 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.
Registered Rep. August 24, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	Tackling Student Debt Because high levels of student loan debt are far more common than they used to be, you should expect queries from clients about how to minimize their own balances, in addition to those of their grown children.
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.
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The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 John Rosevear	Buying a Home During the Storm Essentially, what's going on is that the mortgage industry -- along with Wall Street -- is rethinking the appropriate pricing for taking on the risk of a borrower with a less-than-prime credit history.
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Entrepreneur February 2008 Rosalind Resnick	Nothing Personal How can you protect yourself and your assets from risk when securing a business loan?
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BusinessWeek February 26, 2007 Anne Tergesen	Colleges: Too Close To Lenders? Regulators are looking at how schools steer families to favored creditors.
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The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Financial Aid to Be Slashed If you're a college student, a prospective college student, or the parent of some such person, take note: Congress is looking to pass the largest cut in student financial aid in American history. But college can still be affordable -- if you plan ahead now.
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CFO November 1, 2004 Randy Myers	Squeezing the SBA Small-business borrowing may get more expensive.
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The Motley Fool November 16, 2007 Rich Duprey	Battling for Payday Loans A ban on military payday loans keeps underpaid soldiers even more short of cash.
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Entrepreneur July 2005 Jennifer Pellet	Money Buzz 07/05 Businesses can connect to all potential lenders with only one on-line application.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2005 David FitzMaurice	Providian Picks Itself Up Earnings statement reveals the consumer lender is on the right track.
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Reason March 2009 Veronique de Rugy	Dissatisfaction Guaranteed The government has decided to encourage more lenders to take more chances by guaranteeing yet more loans to high-risk borrowers. The only guarantee for these loans is that our children will be paying billions to cover the losses.
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