Archive | Finances
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Students question candidates’ plans for loan pardons
While U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both address the financial strain of college costs, they offer different solutions to conquer student debt. A number of Boston U.
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Column: Unpaid interns
In September of 2011, two unpaid interns for Fox Searchlight filed suit against the major filmmaking corporation for breaking labor laws concerning the work they did for the film Black Swan, which grossed over $300 million worldwide in 2010.
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Best cities for college grads
Although the semester just began, seniors will spend this year preparing for graduation, when they will be forced to face the job market. While searching for a post-grad plan, students will set their sights on a number of potential employers all over the world.
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Textbooks tear wallets
Students preparing for the semester have probably spent the last week scouring the Internet for ways to save money on textbooks required for many of their classes.
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Food prices expected to rise in wake of drought
People around the country watching their televisions probably laughed when Stephen Colbert, in a worried voice, said: “No one warned me about receding cheese lines on my pizza!” with an image of the edges of cheese on a pizza receding to a small circle in the center of a pizza.
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Editorial: Pell Grant payback should not fall on students
Here today, gone tomorrow. These are the words Florida State College in Jacksonville, students are using when referring to their financial aid. In what would be any poor college student’s nightmare, more than 1,300 students of FSCJ will have to payback their Pell Grants to the government.
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Column: Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan establishes himself as the anti-student candidate
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney’s decision to tap Rep. Paul Ryan (R — Wis.) as his running mate cements Romney’s status as an anti-student candidate. And if you vote for them, you are absolutely voting against your interests.
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Column: Personal Finance 101
As the members of the Class of 2012 received their diplomas in June, they faced a job market with a 9.4 percent unemployment rate for degree holders and were expected to receive lower starting wages compared to those who graduated a decade ago, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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Amazon sales tax for California begins in September
Students in California will encounter higher prices when purchasing their textbooks on Amazon.com for their classes this fall. The online retail company will start collecting sales tax in California beginning on Sept. 15, said Scott Stanzel, an Amazon spokesman.