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Mon, Jul 1 2013
What older Americans can do about big student loans
NEW YORK - In the debate over growing student debt, there has always been one mitigating factor: Borrowers tend to be fairly young and there is plenty of time to pay off what they owe. | Video
Student loans: Exploiting America's young - Douglas Holtz-Eakin
- Obamacare was paid for on the backs of students.
For financial geeks, a do-it-yourself hedge fund site
BOSTON - In the secretive world of hedge funds, algorithms are not shared because they provide the juice behind market-beating returns, and are a key reason why hedge funds charge their clients "two and twenty" - an annual fee equivalent to 2 percent of assets, plus 20 percent of gains.
How to cope with the doubling of student loan rates
BOSTON - Interest rates on U.S. government-backed student loans doubled to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent on Monday.
Column: Are consumers ready to be empowered by smart power meters?
LONDON - Used right, the new generation of smart power meters could cut peak electricity consumption by up to 20 percent, avoiding the need to construct 2,000 new power plants across the United States.
Fri, Jun 28 2013
How to live up to your LGBT marketing
- Gays and lesbians may not yet have full marriage equality in every state, but in the eyes of the wealth management industry, their money is as good as anyone's.
Consumer sentiment ends June to near six-year high
NEW YORK - Consumer sentiment improved in late June, ending the month close to a near six-year high set in May, as optimism among higher-income families rose to its strongest level in six years, a survey released on Friday showed.
Thu, Jun 27 2013
Consumer spending, jobs data point to lukewarm growth
WASHINGTON - Consumer spending rebounded in May and new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, suggesting the economy remained on a moderate growth path.
U.S.-based taxable bond funds post $8.62 billion outflows: Lipper
- Investors in funds based in the United States pulled $8.62 billion out of taxable bond funds in the latest week, marking the first four-week streak of outflows from the funds since 2008, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday.
Sun, Jun 30 2013
Singapore home prices up again, suburbs seen most vulnerable to correction
SINGAPORE - Singapore home prices rose for a fifth straight quarter in the three months to June, and analysts said owners and developers of private apartments in the outer suburbs appear most at risk should the property market correct.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.
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