Homeland Security Capital Corporation Invests in Homeland Security SPAC (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Homeland Security Capital Corp. , a company engaged in the acquisition, development and consolidation of homeland security-related businesses, announced today that it has invested $715,000 in Secure America Acquisition Holdings LLC, the principal shareholder for Secure America Acquisition Corporation , a special purpose acquisition corporation that was formed to complete a business combination …
Publ.Date : Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:15:00 GMT

Mark McCrocklin: Take control of college debt (The Shreveport Times)
Has lingering college debt kept you from getting on your feet financially? If so, you're probably not alone. According to the Project on Student Debt from the National Center for Education Statistics' 2003-04 Postsecondary Student Aid Study, nearly two-thirds of college graduates racked up student loan debt by the time they earned their diploma.
Publ.Date : Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:06:37 GMT

E-mails detail loan firm's drive for profits (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)
E-mails written by managers of Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp., the nonprofit organization that dominates Iowa's college loan industry, show how the agency uses aggressive marketing tactics and seeks "continued hypergrowth."
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:13:48 GMT

First State Reports Improved Asset Quality (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.——First State Bancorporation :
Publ.Date : Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT

Farm Bill Advances In Congress (The Morning News)
WASHINGTON —As Congress moves closer to adoption of the 2007 Farm Bill, Arkansas farmers are preparing to fight again a decades-long battle over subsidy payments.
Publ.Date : Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:17:47 GMT

Color of Money Book Club (Washington Post)
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosts an online discussion with David Reed, author of "Mortgage Confidential: What You Need to Know That Your Lender Won't Tell You" (American Management Association, $16.95) on Thursday, Oct. 25 at Noon ET.
Publ.Date : Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:36:49 GMT

Leaders Trim List Of Bills For 2008 Session (WMTW Auburn)
Legislative leaders review nearly 600 bill requests for the session that starts in January.
Publ.Date : Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:13:28 GMT

Banner Corporation Reports Third Quarter Profits of $10 Million; Loans Increase 25 Percent and Deposits Increase 31 … (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 25, 2007—Banner Corporation , the parent company of Banner Bank and Islanders Bank, today reported that substantial loan and deposit growth, both internal and through acquisition, as well as a substantial net change in the value of financial instruments carried at fair value, contributed to higher third quarter profits.
Publ.Date : Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:33:20 GMT

Student Funding Group: More Than a Student Loan Originator (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Unlike other lenders, StuFund prides itself in being not just a lender but also a Knowledge Center. Believing that students and families need to have reliable information to make an informed choice, StuFund partners with corporations to offer a variety of resources directly to consumers to help them navigate through the admissions and financial aid processes.
Publ.Date : Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:01:00 GMT

Watch List (Oct. 21-27): Bankers Eye View of Commercial Real Estate (CoStar Group)
In this week’s issue, bankers explain how today's real estate markets are impacting lending, balance sheets, investments and market positioning; we hear from Amcore, Bank of America, BB&T, Citizens Republic, Comerica, KeyCorp., Marshall & Ilsley, Sovereign…
Publ.Date : Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:18:54 GMT

Facility Closures and Layoff Announcements (Oct. 21-27) (CoStar Group)
Syntax-Brillian Corp. intends to close or divest, through a possible sale to a third party, that portion of its operations at 1600 N Desert Drive in Tempe, AZ dedicated to the manufacture of LCoS microdisplays and light engines. In either case, the company…
Publ.Date : Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:19:04 GMT

Beware the broker (winnipegsun.com)
Please, please—don't fall prey to this old scam. I call them scuzzy loan brokers, and I thought we were rid of these scum, after a consumer revolt led to the new laws that ban up-front fees for bogus personal loans.
Publ.Date : Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:17:51 GMT

New book is nice to Charlotte banking giants (The Charlotte Observer)
Longtime banking consultant Arnold Danielson has penned a book about the formation of today's banking goliaths. And the former big-bank skeptic has nice things to say about Charlotte's financial giants."I'm a little worried people will read it and say, `You wrote a puff piece,' " Danielson said. "But they ended up doing a very good job." In "Consolidation of Banking: Or How Five Banks Bought 50% ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:06:50 GMT

How to Get a College Loan (Benton Evening News)
(ARA) – Students and parents who need financial aid for college tuition and expenses have many sources of financial support to choose from. Federal student aid is available for most everyone, as well as private loans that cover necessary school expenses that federal aid does not.
Publ.Date : Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:52:56 GMT

Alumni urge A&M to nurture rural vets (Houston Chronicle)
When Bud Farr attended Texas A&M's College of Veterinary Medicine in 1967, student loans were rare, many in his class were heading to practice in rural areas and most of his fellow students were male.
Publ.Date : Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:56:33 GMT