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Four things you need to know about paying for college

Education

Going to college is expensive, and how you pay for it — and what you pay for — is an important, complicated question. But we have answers. Author Beth Kobliner offers answers to five common questions about affording college.

Jumaane Cook

A new study finds many insurance plans are ignoring Obamacare requirements for women’s health care

Health
A woman walks past a currency exchange store with an Argentine national flag on display in Buenos Aires' financial district on August 14, 2014

How a New York court got to dictate terms to a entire country

Finance
People walk past Islamic Bank of Britain's (IBB) first branch on Edgware Road in London.

London is becoming the newest hub of Islamic finance

Finance
The World

Prosecutors wiretap Wall Street

Conflict & Justice
The World

Government considers next moves for Fannie and Freddie

Global Politics

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner convenes a meeting of mortgage analysts and economists today to discuss the future of mortgage financing. Is home ownership still a social good? And how much should the government put on the line to encourage it?

The World

Public pensions: what are a state’s responsibilities?

Conflict & Justice

In an attempt to remedy the gap, lawmakers in Colorado, Minnesota and South Dakota have voted to reduce annual cost-of-living increases on pensions. Not surprisingly, retirees in each state have filed lawsuits.

A Credit Suisse office in Zurich, Switzerland. Will the $2.6bn fine make them stop?

Credit Suisse pleads guilty to tax crime charges. But is anyone going to jail?

Business, Economics and Jobs

The Swiss Bank, Credit Suisse, has been fined $2.6 billion, after pleading guilty to US charges of conspiring to aid tax evasion. The Swiss Bank, Credit Suisse, has been fined $2.6 billion, after pleading guilty to US charges of conspiring to aid tax evasion.

Wall Street & The Role of Women

As we approach the five year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we consider what the event brought with it: The start of the financial crisis and a deep recession. But what about the culture of Wall Street itself,  and the role of gender in finance? How have things changed since the collapse, and […]

Plans to Reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on the Horizon

Earlier this week President Obama announced his intent to drastically overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “We’ve got to turn the page on this kind of bubble and bust mentality that helped to create this mess in the first place,” he said in an address at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday. […]