Archive | Finances
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Beating the banks with checking and savings accounts
Opening up checking and savings accounts are the first steps in taking control of your personal finances. If you already have a checking and savings account, you are on the right track.
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Landing that first gig is all about motivation
What stands most in the way of college graduates and their first jobs? One business leader says it's how well personal attitudes and beliefs will mesh with a company's.
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Default rates on student loans rise
Default rates on student loans are increasing, as Education Secretary Arne S. Duncan announced last week, but the news has not translated into dramatic changes for a private university like Harvard. Up from 6.
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Column: Education means debt
Why are there so many things bursting these days? From breast implants to pipelines; from the housing market bubbles to America's higher education? The envy of most other nations and the fuel for the economy here, the American system of colleges and universities, is in danger.
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Column: Students – beware of high interest rates, fees on your credit cards
I hate to say it, but Washington, D.C., has a pretty terrible record of helping the little guy, even when they try the hardest. It seems like a never-ending saga.
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Finance panel offers minorities Wall Street advice
More than 70 students packed into a room at Duke U. last night for the fourth annual “Minorities on Wall Street” event. The gathering consisted of a panel of three students who had internships on Wall Street last summer, a panel of investment banking professionals and a networking session.
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Obama’s tax plan meets opposition
Leading Republicans and Democrats rejected President Barack Obama’s plan to let Bush-era tax cuts expire for those making $250,000 or more a year on Monday, making the president’s proposal increasingly difficult to pass. Obama’s plan would extend former President George W.
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Column: Send the right message – Interview dress code
We all freak out on the day of a big interview about what to wear (well, at least us women do). An interviewee has so much on their mind before going to an interview. Bring references, get directions, research the company, bring portfolio and the mental list goes on and on.
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Cal-Berkeley sophomore profits greatly in business
With ooShirts, an online start-up that allows customers to design their own T-shirt prints cheaply, U.
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