December 21, 2020 | : Several of Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) equity-oriented higher education priorities are included in the FY21 Omnibus spending deal, including her bill, The HBCU Capital Finance Debt Relief Act, which cancels over $1.3 billion in debt held by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). According to Adams office, the bill also…
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By AFP ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has secured a $1.7 billion debt relief agreement to help offset the financial headwinds sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday. The deal, following months of negotiations with creditors, will provide a moratorium on debt payments for large swathes of the current fiscal year and help ease the cash-strapped country’s massive…
Pakistan has secured a $1.7 billion debt relief agreement to help offset the financial headwinds sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Monday. The deal, following months of negotiations with creditors, will provide a moratorium on debt payments for large swathes of the current fiscal year and help ease the cash-strapped country’s massive financial obligations.…
Nyajuok Mangongo, 36, made a handful of moves to pay off $87,000 in credit card debt and a car payment in just under a year. From picking up weekend hours as a nurse during the pandemic, to buying things from her local Goodwill to resell on eBay and Facebook Marketplace, Mangongo hustled to supplement her…
Most of the people employed in the private or public sector take some kind of loans for buying home, vehicle or other reasons, among others. Some students take an education loan for pursuing bachelor, master degree or other professional courses. Nowadays, banks also offer the option of converting credit card outstanding into equated monthly instalments…
Global institutions, creditors and lobby groups are scrambling to come up with ways of tackling what many fear will be a wave of sovereign debt crises in emerging economies in the coming year. The economic and financial consequences of the pandemic threaten to tip dozens of nations into a fiscal crisis and to leave many…
image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionMany face difficult choices between essential goods and paying the bills About 4.7 million households struggled to afford their telecoms bills this year, with more than a million having to cut back on items such as food and clothes in order to pay. It comes as the coronavirus pandemic has an impact…
article Dealing with serious credit card debt? You have options. (iStock) Having high amounts ofcredit card debtcan be daunting. And paying it all off? Thats even more difficult. Fortunately, there are a number of strategies that can help youtackle the problem, including some that may even save you on interest in the long run. First,…
Angel Orth, 33, pays $500 a month towards her student loans for the undergraduate and graduate degrees she received from a public university in the United States nearly eight years ago. But the Florida realtor has barely seen her $70,000 balance go down due to ever-accruing interest. Ive paid about $48,000 back, but the balance…