Image: LendEDU With nearly 70% of college graduates leaving school with student loan debt, the idea of adding student loan assistance to employee benefit packages is starting to become a reality for companies who want to attract top talent. Take for example startup firm, LendEDU in Mountain View, California. Started 18 months ago by Nate…
DetailsIn 1999, Sydney was at its peak the Olympic Games were imminent and there was unbridled optimism that Sydney was about to emerge as an international city as the millennium approached. Internationally, Sydney was renowned as an incredibly fun place to live; the entertainment was world class, with great restaurants and venues to visit at…
DetailsDAVID UNWIN / FAIRFAX NZ. The Highflyers building, on the corner of The Square and Main St in Palmerston North, has been largely empty since 2013. The liquidation of the company that wanted to redevelop the Highflyers building in Palmerston North has ended badly for creditors. Liquidators have been unable to squeeze a cent out…
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DetailsSenior chartered accountants Yezdi H Malegam and Bansi S Mehta suggested an “action plan” – including floating a non-profit Young Indian – to revive The Associated Journals Limited (AJL), Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi said in a petition filed in Supreme Court on Thursday. “For the purpose of undertaking the…
DetailsBy Associated Press Published: 09:11 EST, 5 February 2016 | Updated: 09:11 EST, 5 February 2016 PITTSBURGH (AP) A man who cashed $300,000 worth of counterfeit checks using personal information stolen by peeking over the shoulders of hundreds of Wal-Mart customers was sentenced to prison Thursday. Robert MacVittie and his wife lined up behind customers…
DetailsA man who cashed $300,000 worth of counterfeit checks using personal information stolen by peeking over the shoulders of hundreds of Wal-Mart customers was sentenced to prison Thursday. Robert MacVittie and his wife lined up behind customers trying to cash payroll checks at “dozens and dozens” of Wal-Mart stores in 20 states and recorded them…
DetailsAs I knock on doors to find out what issues are important to our community members, crushing student debt is a big issue I hear about with unfortunate frequency. This issue continues to heavily impact many Minnesotans, not just current college students and graduates, but parents and high school students looking to plan for post-secondary…
DetailsSam Adler Bel Sam Adler-Bell and his sister. When Sam Adler-Bell started receiving calls last summer from numbers he didnt recognize with area codes in weird little towns offering to help him pay off his federal student loans, he was both intrigu… Read the full article at: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-this-robocall-illegal-the-line-blurs-for-people-with-student-debt-2016-02-04
DetailsShutterstock photo Federal investigators recently searched the Manhattan offices of an investment firm once headed by young insurance magnate Alexander Chatfield Burns, whose empire collapsed in 2014 amid allegations that millions of dollars had been siphoned off into unusual or nonexistent investments. The Jan. 14 raid by federal agents, confirmed by people familiar…
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