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What You Need to Know About VA Loans
With interest rates high, housing inventory low and Veterans Day just around the corner, Cheddar News took a look at how the current market is impacting those who served and continue to serve our country. Patton Gade, national director...
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Stretching Your Dollar: Facts on Student Loan Forgiveness
Biden administration continues to seek ways to clear student debt for Americans.
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Advice for student loan borrowers now the payment pause is over
As a reaction to COVID in 2020, the government halted all student loan payments and interest. But bills will be due again in October. Anna Anderson of the National Consumer Law Center offers guidance on navigating the change.
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Be Well: How to Prepare for the Rising Costs of College
Be Well: How to Prepare for the Rising Costs of College
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Stretching Your Dollar: Understanding Life Insurance Loans
Tom McNeela, chief RIA solutions officer with RetireOne, joined Cheddar News to explain how people can use their life insurance policies for an emergency loan. "There's a lot of advantages and opportunities with permanent life insurance...
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Indian police searching for 3 men connected to migrant drownings in Quebec
Police in India are searching for and have charged three men connected with the deaths of a family of Indian migrants. They were one of two families who drowned near Akwesasne, Que., while trying to cross the St. Lawrence River into the...
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Analyst Breaks Down Thursday's Market as Stocks Climb Amid Strong Tech Earnings
David Wright, president and owner of Wright Financial Group LLC, joined Cheddar News to discuss Thursday's trading as stocks closed higher amid strong tech profits. But Wright says banking stress could sway markets down as the Federal...
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Chinese report highlights risks for struggling economies
China has spent more than 200 billion dollars bailing out struggling countries.
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Stretching Your Dollar: Understanding College Financial Aid
Will Sealy, co-founder and CEO of digital student loan consulting firm Summer, joined Cheddar News to discuss the process to obtain the best financial aid package ahead of a new school year.
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Stretching Your Dollar: Tips for Getting Financial Aid for Students
It's time for Stretching Your Dollar, a regular segment where Cheddar News gives you tangible tips for how to make the most of your money. Today's topic: tips for getting student financial aid.
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Need2Know: January 31, 2023
First responders fired after video of police beating Tyre Nichols was released, 10 people show in Lanland, Fla. and winter storm is causing travel troubles. Here is everything you Need2Know for January 31, 2023.
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Biden Administration Cooks Up New Plan for Student Loans
The Biden administration is making a splash with a new plan to reform student loans.
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Walmart-Backed Fintech Startup to Offer 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Loans
A fintech startup backed by Walmart will begin offering ''buy now, pay later' loans next year.
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Consumer debt climbs in Canada, up 7.3% from last year: Equifax
Equifax Canada says consumer debt rose to $2.36 trillion in the third quarter this year, driven by more than 1.5 million new credit cards issued to Canadians in the last three months.
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Biden Administration to Make It Easier to Dismiss Student Loans In Bankruptcy
The Biden administration updated guidelines that allow the discharge of student loan debt in a bankruptcy proceeding.
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Bank of Canada raises interest rate again as recession fears grow
The Bank of Canada's benchmark interest rate increase of 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent was less than the 75 points that economists and investors were anticipating.
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Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 3.75 per cent
Canada’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 3.75 per cent as part of its ongoing effort to bring down inflation. Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem pointed to signs of an economic slowdown that may tame inflation, but...
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What is IMF and why does it matter?
The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook, due on Tuesday, will likely bear bad news.
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Pakistan flood damage could cost the country about $40bn
Pakistan is still reeling from record flooding that killed nearly 1,700 people and cost the country around $40b.
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Canadians turning to credit cards for financial stress relief
A report from the Equifax credit bureau shows a 6.4 per cent increase in Canadian credit card balances between the first and second quarters of this year.
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Critic Says $10k Student Debt Relief Does Not Fix the Systemic Issue
President Biden has announced that he will be canceling $10,000 worth of debt per student borrowers who make less than $125,000 annually, however, some students and critics of the president are alleging the plan is not enough. Dan...
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Student Borrowers Wait in Anticipation for Biden Announcement on Loans
President Biden is expected to make an announcement regarding student debt this week, with hopes from borrowers that up to $10,000 per loan will be canceled. Roy Paul, the executive director of the financial literacy nonprofit Cents...
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Millenials Credit Scores Benefiting From Student Loan Freezes
Kia McCallister-Young, director at the nonprofit America Saves, joined Cheddar News to talk about how millennials are seeing better credit score numbers due to student loan debt being canceled and what to do if loans come back. "The most...
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Addressing Arguments Against Student Debt Forgiveness as Biden Makes Changes
The Biden administration is making changes to federal student loan programs, bringing more than 3.6 million people closer to debt forgiveness under the new rules, providing 40,000 with immediate debt cancellation, and allowing several...