Students in Los Angeles protest the rising costs of student loans for higher education in September 2012. (David McNew/Getty Images) By Ese Olumhense Student loan debt now over $1.3 trillion A bipartisan coalition of legislators is making a move on a bill that would enable companies to offer tax-ree tuition assistance benefits to their employees…
Feedback from readers has revealed keen interest in ways of reducing the risks involved in helping children achieve home ownership. So crucial is parental support for potential first home buyers that financial institutions are even suggesting funding options to assist home buyers avoid paying costly mortgage insurance attached to purchases with high Loan Valuation Ratios…
Drakes drum This is the biggest story about Europe in the last five years, how the eu had beggared a sovereign country so parents cannot afford to feed their children, couples have to live with parents, while eu officials write grand statements. Nothing will change while the eu still exists. Spain and Italy next. junker…
Jacksonville, Fl. Lyse Medinas parents moved to Jacksonville from Haiti so she could have more opportunities, but the change brought challenges. Medina tells our partners at Action News Jax, My dad is a taxi driver, and my mother isnt working right now because she has had several eye surgeries. Medina said there wasnt any money…
by: Beth Rousseau, Action News Jax Updated: Mar 2, 2017 – 8:11 PM JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Lyse Medinas parents moved to Jacksonville from Haiti so she could have more opportunities, but the change brought challenges. Medina tells Action News Jax, My dad is a taxi driver, and my mother isnt working right now because she…
The Prime Minister’s Digital Transformation Office was “locked out” of helping with Centrelink’s robo-debt, the former head of the agency says. Paul Shetler, who was handpicked by Mr Turnbull to lead the government’s technological revolution, says he and his colleagues first heard about the automatically generated debt program in the media. Locked out: former Chief Digital Officer Paul Shetler. Photo: Dominic…
WESTERN Downs businesses have been burned by a long-term contractor for Cameby Downs Mine, after the business went into liquidation owing a total of more than $1.8 million. Dalby’s Skyreach Pty Ltd, Chinchilla’s MFE Pty Ltd and Miles’ Kelly Green Pty Ltd together are owed roughly $300,000 after Conveyor and General Engineering Pty Ltd (CGE)…
A FAMILY trucking company that owed more than $500,000 to creditors and banks has been officially put into liquidation by administrators. Pittsworth-based Oberhardt Transport will be dissolved after the decision was made by directors, creditors and administrators to wind up the business at the latest meeting at Fitzy’s yesterday. While administrator Stephen Dixon, of firm…
In this post-election environment its rare to find moments of bipartisan support, but a proposal to help some borrowers tackle their student loan debt is gaining momentum with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. But it likely wont help the borrowers struggling the most with their loans. The bill, introduced last month by Rep.…
The chief executive of a Shepparton-based not-for-profit organisation has highlighted the issues surrounding Centrelinks automated data matching system and its approach to collecting alleged debts, as the issue faces a looming Senate inquiry. FamilyCares David Tennant recently made a submission to a Senate inquiry associated with the better management of the social welfare system, focusing…