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A federal appeals court has blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from implementing its Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student debt relief plan.  The Details: The St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request by seven states to put on hold parts of the...

New legalized states and additional betting options have led to more users turning to the world of sports betting. Though sports betting can result in big wins, it also entails losses and valuable lessons. Several people on social media quickly learned that sports betting may not be for everyone....

A plan from President Joe Biden to cut student loan debt has divided the country with some feeling happy and others mad. Among those speaking out against the plan are members of Congress, who feel Biden is being unfair. The official Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) account of The White House clapped...

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The government shutdown may have ended in January, but it’s highly likely that some of the nearly one million government employees affected are still feeling the financial ramifications. That’s because for many Americans, it’s becoming harder and harder to simultaneously save and...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE: WFC) have ended their student loan partnership, just over a month after its announcement, according to a report on Bloomberg. Bloomberg cited Catherine Pulley, a Wells Fargo spokeswoman, as saying Wednesday that the "promotion for...

A large part of the government’s investment in higher education over the past 15 years may have done more harm than good. According to a new report by the Wall Street Journal’s Josh Mitchell, many Americans who have taken advantage of government-financed grants, low-interest loans and...

Many college students don’t fully realize the type of financial burden they are taking on when they take out thousands of dollars in private student loans. While there are a handful of federal student loan forgiveness programs, and qualified teachers and public workers can also get relief...

There is a debt plague affecting the nation. Forty million Americans are burdened by this strain of debt and a colossal $1.2 trillion drained because of it. The epidemic is growing. Over the last decade, there has been a 325 percent increase in documented cases. While the contagion is in and of...

The Obama Administration is devoting much of this week to making student loans more affordable and less of a crushing financial burden for both students and their families. President Barack Obama on Monday signed an executive order that will allow millions of college and university graduates to...

If you or someone you know has student loan debt, it is probably not an insignificant amount of money. According to CNN, the average student loan debt for the class of 2012 was $29,400. That much debt is not good for you – or for the economy. As a result, the U.S. Department of Education and...