By AMY CALDER WATERVILLE College graduates working at Maine businesses in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics will be eligible to apply for student debt relief as part of a new statewide program offered by the Harold Alfond Foundation and administered by the Finance Authority of Maine. Alfond Foundation Chairman Greg Powell announced…
by: Michael Yoshida, ActionNewsJax.com Updated: Feb 21, 2017 – 1:22 PM “; var imageDivId = “#”+”imageDisplayModal_496126406”; if ($(“.reveal-modal-bg”).length == 0) { $(“#wrapper”).after(“”); } if ($(imageDivId).length == 0) { $(“#wrapper”).after(contentText); } A veteran said that he lost millions of dollars as a result of his gambling addiction, and he’s speaking out now that government officials are…
AUGUSTA, Maine – A private foundation says it will help pay down the student debt of some technology workers who settle in Maine. The new Alfond Leaders program will provide up to $60,000 of student loan debt relief to 150 individuals selected from around the world. The idea is to help Maine transition from traditional manufacturing and…
I work as cabin crew for an airline and I have debts of Dh350,000. I first took out a loan to buy a decent property in my home country of Tunisia. A few months later, some friends advised me to invest my money in forex. I made the transfers to the forex scheme, which turned…
National Debt Relief recently shared in an article published February 6, 2017 some valuable financial tips to help families with college education expenses. The article titled “Worried About How to Pay For College? Here are 8 Tips That Can Help” takes a look at some of the things families can do together to address the…
by James Kanter and Niki Kitsantonis Eurozone finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to begin negotiations in Athens as soon as next week over much-needed overhauls in exchange for bailout payments, with Greece appearing to win a reprieve from the crippling austerity that it has faced for years. The agreement fell short of an all-encompassing deal,…
Shutterstock photo (Adds Meirelles comment on Rio vote) By Anthony BoadleBRASILIA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said cash-strapped states that sign up for a debt relief program would get three years to repay loans owed to the federal government and private banks as long as they commit to drastic…
Shutterstock photo (Adds Meirelles quotes, details of debt relief plan) By Anthony BoadleBRASILIA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Brazilian Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said cash-strapped states that sign up for a debt relief program would get three years to repay loans owed to the federal government and to private banks as long as they…
BRUSSELS (AP) Greece and its European creditors agreed Monday to resume talks on what economic reforms the country must make next in order to get the money it needs to avoid bankruptcy and a potential exit from the euro this summer. The creditors also hinted that they would temper their demands for budget cuts a…
Money seems less real now we live in a cashless society, a finance expert says. A Tauranga family could lose everything after racking up $380,000 in debt. Tauranga Budget Advisory Service manager Diane Bruin said the couple may need to go to insolvency but “had they sought help much earlier it could have changed the…