College Planning
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Grandparents Still Spoiling Grandkids, Despite Economy: AARP Survey
By Danielle AndrusSpoiling the grandkidswhat else are grandparents for? Most grandparents surveyed by AARP answered not much.
March 27, 2012
OECD Calls for Realistic Debt Targets, Higher Firewall in EUContinuing weakness in banks, rising debt levels and questionable ability to meet fiscal targets combine to create an atmosphere in need of fiscal reform.
March 26, 2012
European StagnationWhen the financial system faces a major bankruptcy, one that is large enough to threaten its health, it often makes sense to buy time. Regulators, central bankers, multilateral lenders and governments.
March 26, 2012
Reconsidering Reverse MortgagesTimes were tough for Dorothy Ariail back in 1977 when she became a young widow with three children.
March 26, 2012
Spain Could Relaunch Debt Crisis: MontiWhile Prime Minister Mario Monti of Italy had praise for Spains efforts to relax its work regulations, he criticized its budget-cutting efforts, saying it hasnt paid enough attention to its public accounts.
March 23, 2012
AIG Adds $1.5B to Government PaybackAmerican International Group Inc.s (AIG) remaining debt to the U.S. government is about $45 billion after paying an additional $1.5 billion to the U.S. Treasury Department, the company says.
March 22, 2012
U.S. Bank Lending Below Depression-Era Levels: S&PU.S. bank loans are at such lows that the economic recovery has been nearly loan-free, S&P's head of financial institutions ratings said Wednesday in New York.
March 20, 2012
MassMutual Scholarship Program Goes NationalMassMutual announced today that their MassMutual Scholars Program is now a national scholarship program aimed at empowering students of African-American, Asian/Pacific Islander or Hispanic descent to pursue a career in financial services or insurance.