| MARSHALL LOEB'S DAILY MONEY TIP: Three Ways To Serve Humanity And Cut College Costs
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Paying down student debt can be particularly challenging for people who are interested in embarking on modest-paying public service careers. Luckily, civic-minded folks can take advantage of a number of government-sponsored programs designed to alleviate the burden of student debt. Debt management consultant Harrine Freeman, of H.E. Freeman Enterprises, suggests three debt-forgiveness alternatives for good Samaritans: AmeriCorps Who's eligible? To qualify for service in AmeriCorps, you must be at least 17 and be a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident. Note: You may have to meet some additional qualifications to serve in specific AmeriCorps programs. For more information, visit Americorps.org. What do you do? Members of AmeriCorps work for more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies and community organizations.
College Students Facing Credit Card Responsibility
Having a credit card is something many college students have but aren't ready for the responsibility that comes with it. The Business College at Mississippi University for Women hosted a seminar to promote responsible credit card use, Wednesday. The Consumer Credit Counseling Service and Regions Bank conducted the "College Credit for Life" seminar. The workshop gave students advice on credit cards, debt management, and planning a budget. Students also took a before and after test to see how much learned from their consumer seminar. .
TELUS Reports Third Quarter Results
TELUS Corporation today reported that third quarter 2007 revenue increased 4.5 per cent to $2.31 billion from a year ago. The performance was driven by nine per cent growth in both wireless revenue and wireline data revenue, partially offset by declines in local and long distance wireline revenues. Consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased 3.6 per cent to $987 million due to an increase in wireless EBITDA of eight per cent, while wireline EBITDA decreased by one per cent. .
UPDATE: AMD Gets $622 Million Investment From Middle East Firm
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Monday it has received a $622 million Middle Eastern investment in a move that could help the loss-making chipmaker handle rising costs. The Mubadala Development Company, which is based in the capital city of Abu Dhabi, will have a non-controlling 8.1% stake in AMD (AMD) . Mubadala will get 49 million newly-issued AMD shares at $12.70, the closing price of AMD stock on Nov. 15. In the end, AMD received $608 million after reimbursing Mubadala for $14.6 million in expenses. The investment is a big boost to the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based maker of semiconductors which has struggled with rising costs, particularly in manufacturing and research and development, as it struggles to compete with the world's No.
|
