Web startup tackles student debt “crisis”
n”> – Sue Khim was in her third year of medical school, $50,000 in debt and wondering if she would ever dig herself out.
Instead of simply making the minimum monthly payments on her student loans, Khim scoured the Web to find banks that offered better interest rates. The discrepancies shocked her, with rates varying from 11 percent to 6 percent.
“The comparison shopping took forever and it was really painful,” said Khim, noting the best rates, most often offered by credit unions, were hidden while the less consumer-friendly terms from major lenders were more front and center.
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Miliband outlines plans to reward ‘producers’ and punish ‘predators’
Speaking at the event in Liverpool, the Labour leader challenged the view that all businesses are the same and called for rewards linked to the long-term value they generate and the wealth they create.
“Are you on the side of the wealth creators or the asset strippers?”, Miliband asked delegates. “The producers or the predators? Producers train, invest, invent, sell.
“Predators are just interested in the fast buck, taking what they can out of the business. This isn’t about one industry that’s good and another that isn’t. Or one firm always destined to be a predator and another to be a producer. It’s abou