Really need to take that econ course? It’s going to cost you. Santa Monica College is rolling out a two-tiered pay system so students who are desperate to get in to a class can gain admittance, if they can pony up the extra cash.
Personal Finance
Student Loans: For a Great Deal, Borrow from Alumni
An alumni network at 40 universities looks to make student loans more affordable while cutting the default rate and providing lenders with a decent return.
Market for Investment and Vacation Homes Has Been Booming
Buyers snatched up houses as investment properties and second homes at an especially fast clip last year. The number of homes purchased for investment purposes rose a whopping 65% in 2011, from 749,000 to 1.23 million …
How to Cut Your IRS Debt
If you’re having trouble paying your taxes or want to fight late fees, these tips can help you negotiate with the IRS.
Visa, MasterCard Suffered ‘Massive’ Data Breach
A security industry blog warned on Friday of a potentially “massive” data breach affecting as many as 10 million Visa and MasterCard accounts.
Canada’s Penny Is No More – Is the U.S. Penny Next?
In an effort to cut costs, the Canadian government released its 2012 budget Thursday without any money designated to fund the Canadian penny. The penny’s costs have finally grown so high that the government has realized it just …
10 Fun, Weird, Sometimes Disturbing Factoids About the $640 Million Mega Millions Lottery
Tonight at 11:00 p.m. E.T., the winning numbers of a record-breaking $640 million lottery will be announced. The monster jackpot is causing a frenzy across the U.S., with players waiting up to three hours to buy tickets at “hot” stores and math nerds debating whether it’s worth it to buy a ticket. The media circus over Mega Millions even …
Daily Deals to Go: LivingSocial Launches Takeout & Delivery Service
For the most part, restaurant deals from the likes of Groupon, LivingSocial, and other sites have come in the dine-in-only variety. Starting Thursday, though, LivingSocial is offering takeout and delivery services at restaurants in 26 U.S. markets, with the rest of the country to soon follow.
Which City Has the Best Job Market?
The U.S. economy has finally started to see some steady, robust job growth — adding more than 220,000 jobs each of the past three months. This is surely good news for the country, but we all know that America is anything but a …
Backlash to the ‘Pink Slime’ Backlash
Who in the world would ever want “pink slime” in their hamburger? Before answering, take note that the slime is officially referred to as “lean finely textured beef,” or LFTB, that it’s 95% lean, on average — and that without …
Student Loans — To Pay For Kindergarten?
The growing mountain of student loan debt we owe has been well-documented, but new research shows a trend that’s even more troubling than Americans going into hock to pay for a college degree: Apparently, some parents are taking …
FTC Thinks Your Privacy’s Under Attack, Too
This week, the Federal Trade Commission weighed in on the topic of consumer privacy with a new report that essentially says individuals need more protection than the rules and guidelines in place today provide. “The traditional distinction between personally identifiable information and ‘anonymous’ data has blurred,” the agency says in …