STUDENT LOAN

The student loan debate continues in Washington as the House plans to vote on a bill Friday that would keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for subsidized Stafford loans, instead of increasing to 6.8 percent on July 1.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday made an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he slow jammed the news of a possible increase in the Stafford student loan interest rates.

President Obama, relating his and the First Lady's experiences with student loans, told a crowd of college students that he's been in their shoes.

In a stark reminder of how the recession has damaged the employment prospects of young Americans, an analysis found that more than half of recent college graduates are out of work or toiling in unskilled jobs.

President Obama is urging Congress to prevent a planned interest rate increase on federal student loans, weighing in on the latest budget showdown.

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Good 'ole Joe. You can always count on him to say what he shouldn't. Remember when the revolution was underway in Egypt? In stepped Joe to praise Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian dictator.

President Barack Obama, in his new $3.8 trillion budget proposal for 2013, called for taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a reduction in the national deficit and adequate funding for education.

One frequent criticism of the Occupy movement was its lack of coherence in formulating demands. Today, the 99 Percent Declaration puts an end to those assertions.

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country's biggest lender, reported an unexpected rise in bad loans for the third quarter, taking the shine off healthy growth in loan demand and interest income that helped it post a 15 percent rise in net profit.

President Obama revealed a new college affordability plan Friday that would increase federal grant money available in low-interest loans.

The New York state's financial regulator is probing several large banks, including Bank of America Corp and Citigroup Inc, on whether they overcharged customers on force-place insurance, a source familiar with the matter said.

U.S. consumer credit surged 10 percent in November, its biggest jump in a decade in a positive signal for the economy as consumers tapped their credit cards and the government doled out more student loans.

U.S. consumer credit surged 10 percent in November, its biggest jump in a decade in a positive signal for the economy as consumers tapped their credit cards and the government doled out more student loans.

Consumer credit surged in November by the most since October 2001, rising 10.0 percent on higher credit card debt and more student loans doled out by the government, a Federal Reserve report showed on Monday.

I have never heard anyone describe themselves as “working class” or “blue collar” – even if it was obvious that these terms applied to them perfectly.

The Federal Reserve predicts student loan debt will pass the $1 trillion mark this year. Students are taking out twice as much as they did 10 years ago (even after adjusting for inflation) and can't pay it back. From politicians to protesters, Americans are offering solutions to this seemingly impossible problem.

Discover Financial Services should be a stock that catches the eyes of traders and investors. Crowned as the top performer this year in the Standard & Poor's 500 Financials Index, the company closed Wednesday's session at $23.82, up about 30 percent since the start of 2011. However, Discover is trading at a lower multiple compared with its peers, Visa, MasterCard and American Express.

Student loan company Sallie Mae Corp. (SLM) left the New York Stock Exchange and began trading on the NASDAQ stock market Monday under the ticker symbol SLM in what the company calls a "cost-effective" move. The firm also launched a new corporate logo.

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) announced Thursday the reduction of fixed interest rates for many of its private student loans, as the company tries to coincide with peak season and appeal to graduates interested in consolidating their student loan debt, as well as those who are in the midst of obtaining financing for second semester coursework.

Leon Cooperman sent a straightforward and scathing letter to President Obama Monday calling for reform and more accountability from President Obama calling for reform and more accountability from the administration.