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Make a College Cost Plan to Limit Student Loans 09/10/2014 12:00am • For many high school seniors and their parents, the college application process begins in earnest this month. Fall is the time for students to consult rankings, narrow down their list of choices, draft essays and ask teachers for letters of recommendation. What most students and parents neglect to 7 Questions College Financial Aid Officers Wish Parents Would Ask 09/10/2014 12:00am • Before college begins, students and parents should enter the financial aid office armed with a list of good questions. Which ones are essential? We had financial aid officers weigh in on what they wish college hopefuls and their parents would ask. Skip these and you risk missing out on aid, borro 7 Things You Must Do Before Buying a Used Car 09/10/2014 12:00am • Buying a used car can be a smart financial move, but making an impulse buy could mean you end up with a lemon. Whether you're heading to the dealership or buying from a private seller, arming yourself with knowledge and resources will help you make the most informed decision. Here are seven things House GOP to extend Export-Import Bank authority 09/09/2014 10:00pm • ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans moved Tuesday to extend the authority of the Export-Import Bank this month as part of a government-wide funding bill needed to prevent a shutdown at month's end.Republicans unveiled the measure, which would extend the bank's charter Fed ramps pressure for biggest US banks to shrink 09/09/2014 08:31pm • MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve is pushing the biggest U.S. banks to shrink so that they're less of a risk to the financial system.In testimony at a Senate hearing Tuesday, Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo highlighted several proposals that regulators are working on. Th Japan Rakuten to buy cash-back site Ebates for $1B 09/09/2014 08:30pm • ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) -- Rakuten Inc. announced Tuesday it plans to buy U.S. based cash-back site Ebates for $1 billion, part of a series of overseas acquisitions aimed at building what the Japanese e-commerce company says will be the "world's largest product line-up."With Post McDonnell, Va. Republicans call to set higher bar for public officials 09/09/2014 03:34pm • WASHINGTON - Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's corruption convictions are spurring calls for changes to the commonwealth's gift rules from members of McDonnell's own party. House Speaker Bill Howell and Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment, both Republicans, say in a Richmond Times-Dispatch op-e Clinton to join Obama for AmeriCorps anniversary 09/09/2014 11:32am • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton will join President Barack Obama at the White House this week to mark the 20th anniversary of AmeriCorps, officials said Tuesday.Clinton launched the first crop of AmeriCorps volunteers in September 1994.Clinton and Portugal: too soon to decide on early IMF pay back 09/09/2014 11:16am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Portugal's prime minister says he supports Ireland's bid for an early pay back of bailout loans to the International Monetary Fund, but added his country could only take a similar initiative if market conditions further improved.Pedro Passos Coelho, visiting Greece Tuesday, sa Senate Dems in doomed push to limit campaign funds 09/09/2014 04:10am • ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats started their campaign-season drive Monday for a constitutional amendment aimed at curbing special interests' financial clout in elections, a doomed effort the party hopes will help them make a populist appeal to voters.The measure would EU adopts new Russia sanctions but delays action 09/09/2014 01:20am • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union on Monday shied away from slapping new economic sanctions on Russia right away over its actions in eastern Ukraine. Instead, the 28-nation bloc said the punitive measures will come into force "in the next few days" depending on how w Princeton, Williams take top spots in U.S. News best colleges rankings 09/09/2014 12:00am • The benefits of graduating from college are huge: better job prospects, higher wages and lower unemployment. The drawbacks to dropping out are just as massive: time spent outside the labor market and accrued student debt without better job opportunities to help with repayment. Over the past 20 U.S. News Publishes College Crime Statistics, Loan Default Data 09/09/2014 12:00am • The 2015 edition of the U.S. News Best Colleges rankings is now live on our website. It includes new rankings for National Universities, National Liberal Arts Colleges, Regional Universities and Regional Colleges, as well as updated statistical profiles for each school in our Best Colleges dir 5 Questions to Help You Decide Whether to Save or Pay Off Debt 09/09/2014 12:00am • If you're in the enviable position of having some extra cash in your bank account that hasn't already been claimed by bills, then you might be asking yourself: Should I use the money to pay off debt, or simply save it? It's a perennial question with a difficult answer, because it depends largely on 3 Lessons to Teach Mom and Dad About Paying for College 09/09/2014 12:00am • Students cranking out term papers on typewriters. Making new friends without friending them first on Facebook. Ordering pizza on the library pay phone. Sound familiar? Mom and Dad have probably given you the spiel on how college has changed since they were students. But when it comes to how famili